OneText raises $4.5M from Y Combinator, Khosla to reinvent shopping by text

OneText securely vaults a customer’s payment information after their first purchase. From then on, they can reorder with a single reply.

Gmail’s new ‘Manage subscriptions’ tool will help declutter your inbox

Google announced on Tuesday that it’s launching a new Gmail feature that is designed to help users easily manage their subscriptions and declutter their inbox.

Activision took down Call of Duty game after PC players hacked, says source

Activision last week brought offline the Microsoft Store version of Call of Duty: WWII as the company was investigating “reports of an issue.”

Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B 

French AI startup Mistral is in talks to raise up to $1 billion in equity from investors including Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund, reports Bloomberg.

SpaceX in talks to raise new funding at $400B valuation

The company’s strategy is to raise money via a fundraising round and separately hold a tender offer to allow employees to sell some of their shares to a select group of investors.

GenAI as a shopping assistant set to explode during Prime Day sales

Amazon’s annual sale is predicted to drive $23.8 billion in online spending across U.S. e-commerce retailers, as other businesses run their own competing sales alongside the popular shopping event.

US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers

Accused hacker and Chinese national Xu Zewei was arrested in Italy at the request of U.S. prosecutors.

Apple COO Jeff Williams to step down later this month

Having worked at Apple for nearly three decades, Williams has played a significant role in introducing the iPod and iPhone programs, leading the development of the Apple Watch, and overseeing the design team, among other contributions.

Grok is being antisemitic again and also the sky is blue

Grok, the AI chatbot powered by Elon Musk’s xAI company, is back with more antisemitic rants.

LangChain is about to become a unicorn, sources say

AI infrastructure startup LangChain is raising a new round at about $1 billion valuation led by IVP.