Monday, May 4, 2026

LG founder’s grandson, production firm partner up to bring AI to filmmaking

Since AI tools went mainstream, filmmakers, writers, and actors have been scrambling to figure out whether these technologies can truly assist their creativity or if they...

Microsoft inks $9.7B deal with Australia’s IREN for AI cloud capacity

Microsoft is leaving no stone unturned in its quest to secure more compute capacity for meeting its customers’ heavy demand for AI services. On Monday, the Redmond-based...

Microsoft’s $15.2B UAE investment turns Gulf State into test case for US AI diplomacy

Microsoft will invest $15.2 billion in the United Arab Emirates over the next four years, the company announced Monday at the first annual Abu Dhabi Global...

OpenAI and Amazon ink $38B cloud computing deal  

OpenAI isn’t done securing the AI infrastructure it needs to rapidly scale agentic workloads. The ChatGPT-maker on Monday said it has reached a deal with Amazon...

TikTok announces its first awards show in the US

TikTok announced on Monday that it’s launching its first-ever TikTok Awards show in the U.S. The awards will include “Creator of the Year,” “Video of the...

Pine Labs aims to take Indian fintech global even as it cuts valuation for...

Pine Labs, an Indian merchant-commerce startup backed by PayPal and Mastercard, is going public this week at a valuation about 40% lower than its last private...

Dia’s AI browser starts adding Arc’s ‘greatest hits’ to its feature set

The AI web browser Dia is drawing inspiration from its predecessor, Arc, an earlier experiment in modernizing the web-browsing experience that hailed from the startup known...

Chrome can now autofill your passport, driver’s license, and vehicle registration info

Google announced on Monday that its Chrome browser can now fill in your passport, driver’s license, vehicle registration, and more as part of its auto-fill feature. The...

Facebook Groups can now go public without exposing members’ private posts

Meta on Monday announced an update to Facebook Groups that will allow admins to make their previously private groups public, without compromising the privacy of their...

Waymo’s robotaxi expansion accelerates with 3 new cities

Waymo said Monday it will launch a robotaxi service in Detroit, Las Vegas, and San Diego as the Alphabet-owned company hits the accelerator on its expansion...