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VSCO lays off 24 staff as its consumer business suffers

In an internal memo seen by TechCrunch, VSCO’s CEO Eric Wittman said the company’s consumer business had declined more than expected, and some of its new growth initiatives didn’t yield the expected results.

Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button

Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 Index 01 ring is not meant to be a competitor to the always-on, always-listening AI devices, like the AI pendant Friend, but instead offers a way to record quick notes and reminders with a press of a button on the… Continua a leggere Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button

Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps

Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform’s AI chatbot what they want — like a new HTML or JavaScript app — and the AI will go ahead and build it.

Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales

Quilt has sold nearly 1,000 units in the U.S. and Canada, and the new funding should help expand sales operations to more states and provinces.

‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback

“I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something.”

Petco’s security lapse affected customers’ SSNs, driver’s licenses, and more 

Petco said the exposure was due to an error in an application and that it is notifying victims whose data was affected.

You can buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT

Shoppers will be able to go from recipe planning to checkout within the ChatGPT window.

TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’

Shared Feeds will surface new content tailored to both users’ tastes, such as sports or winter activities, and their favorite creators.

Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

Anthropic launches Claude Code in Slack, letting developers delegate coding tasks from chat threads. It’s part of a shift toward AI-embedded collaboration that could reshape software workflows.

Google details security measures for Chrome’s agentic features

Google details how it is enacting security guardrails before rolling out agentic capabilities on Chrome.