App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B

Global app downloads were down, but consumer spending was up to nearly $156B in 2025.

OpenAI signs deal, worth $10B, for compute from Cerebras

The collaboration will help OpenAI’s models deliver faster response times for more difficult or time-consuming tasks, the companies said.

India’s Emversity doubles valuation as it scales workers AI can’t replace

Emversity has raised $30 million in a new round as it scales job-ready training in India.

The FTC’s data-sharing order against GM is finally settled

The order, first proposed a year ago, bans GM from collecting and then selling geolocation data to third parties, like data brokers and insurance companies.

Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe

The California attorney general has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s xAI after its chatbot Grok began generating nonconsensual sexual images of real women and even children.

Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI

The abrupt change in personnel was in the works for several weeks, according to an OpenAI executive.

Microsoft taps India’s Varaha for durable carbon removal offtake

Microsoft is buying over 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from India’s Varaha over the next three years.

Indian SpaceX rival EtherealX hits 5x valuation as it readies engine tests

EtherealX is ramping engine tests and building a 150-acre rocket campus in India as it targets a 2027 launch mission.

After Italy, WhatsApp excludes Brazil from rival chatbot ban

WhatsApp is allowing AI providers to continue offering their chatbots to users in Brazil, days after the country’s competition agency ordered the company to suspend its new policy that bars third-party, general-purpose chatbots from the app.

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