In short: Google Maps now uses Gemini to suggest captions when users share photos of places, launching on iOS in the U.S. and expanding globally to Android in the coming months, the latest step in a six-month campaign to weave AI into every layer of Ma…
In short: Paladin EnviroTech has acquired ICT, Ireland’s first R2v3-certified ITAD provider, completing a $70 million, nine-month acquisition spree that now spans the U.S., Netherlands, and Ireland, positioning the company to handle the growing wave of…
Google is testing a new Gemini feature called Projects that lets users organize their chats into folders, similar to the folder system already available in ChatGPT.
For years, buying editorial coverage looked less like modern marketing and more like digging through email archives. A brand would hire an agency. The agency built a media list. Then came dozens, sometimes hundreds, of outreach emails to publishers. T…
A London-based startup which helps mitigate risks and vulnerabilities of businesses deploying so-called AI agents or AI tools that can complete specific tasks has emerged from stealth with a $13m seed…
Unlike static, rules-based systems, AI agents can learn, adapt, and optimize processes dynamically. As they interact with data, systems, people, and other agents in real time, AI agents can execute entire workflows autonomously. But unlocking their potential requires redesigning processes around agents rather than bolting them onto fragmented legacy workflows using traditional optimization methods. Companies…
The London-based startup, founded by former BBC and Uber executives, runs AI-orchestrated video conversations that can gather structured insight from thousands of employees simultaneously. A seven-minute conversation produces more than 1,000 words of d…
In short: Australian AI data centre company Firmus has raised $505m at a $5.5bn valuation in what it says is its final pre-IPO round, and is now targeting a $2bn listing on the ASX in June or July, backed by a $10bn Blackstone-led debt facility secured…
UK-based analytics startup WholeSum has brought its total Pre-Seed funding to $1.3 million, with an additional $335,000 new investment from Love Ventures, Beamline, and strategic angels, following its…
“All of us live in the dark most of the year, and we don’t have anything better to do than build,” says an organiser of one of a new wave of hacker houses which have cropped up in recent months across…