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Amazon announces new personality styles for Alexa+, including an adult-only "Sassy" option, which it says won't get into areas like explicit sexual content (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
European video game age ratings body PEGI plans to add four new categories in June to tackle elements of addictive design in games, including loot boxes (Robert Purchese/Eurogamer.net)
Microsoft says EVP of Experiences and Devices, Rajesh Jha, plans to retire on July 1 after 35+ years at Microsoft and promotes four of his direct reports to EVP (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Ukraine's defense minister says Ukraine is opening up access to its battlefield data for its allies to train AI models (Max Hunder/Reuters)
BackOps, which makes automation tools for supply chain operations, raised a $26M Series A led by Theory Ventures (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
Bumble jumps 30%+ after reporting Q4 revenue above estimates and unveils an AI-driven app overhaul to lure back users; BMBL is down 90% since its 2021 IPO (Kritika Lamba/Reuters)
Qdrant, which develops an open-source vector search engine for production AI systems, raised a $50M Series B led by AVP (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
Tel Aviv-based Bold, which uses AI agents to secure enterprise devices like laptops from cyberattacks, emerges from stealth with $40M in funding (Robert Scammell/Business Insider)
Disney+ is rolling out Verts, its new short-form video feed, to US users on its mobile app, featuring clips from movies and TV shows on Disney+ (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Oro Labs, which uses AI to streamline corporate procurement, raised a $100M Series C led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and Brighton Park Capital (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
Stockholm-based AI coding startup Lovable reaches $400M in ARR, up from $300M in January; rival Cursor hit $2B in annualized revenue in February, per a source (Bloomberg)
Crypto accounting startup Cryptio raised a $45M Series B led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global and reports having 450+ clients, including Circle (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
Microsoft launches Copilot Health, which integrates medical records, biometric data from wearables, and lab test results to give personalized advice, in the US (Sebastian Herrera/Wall Street Journal)
Google launches Ask Maps, a Gemini-powered conversational feature for iOS and Android in the US and India that lets users ask "complex, real-world questions" (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
Microsoft and Meta each committed nearly $50B in additional data center leases in their most recent quarters, pushing major cloud companies' total to $700B+ (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

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Engadget

Honda cancels three EVs that were months away from US production
Google built a flash-flood prediction tool using Gemini and old news reports
Microsoft's Copilot Health can use AI to turn your fitness data and medical records 'into a coherent story'
Uber is shooting for even more upscale clientele with Uber Elite
Rivian's R2 EV arrives this spring with a $58,000 price tag
Disney+ gets its own time-sucking vertical video section
Starfleet Academy is the best first season of a Star Trek show ever
Google’s GFiber internet business is merging with Astound Broadband
Google Maps brings a 3D map to your driving directions
JBL's two new Live headphones offer 80 hours of battery each
The best eco-friendly phone cases for 2026
Uber is piloting a robotaxi service in Tokyo
NVIDIA- and Uber-backed Nuro is testing autonomous vehicles in Tokyo
Google Play will let you try a game before you buy it
I guess this wasn't an Xbox after all
Grammarly has disabled its tool offering generative-AI feedback credited to real writers
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Valve's Steam Machine launches in 2026: Everything we know so far
Valve defends loot boxes in response to New York's lawsuit
TikTok will let you stream full songs in its app if you're an Apple Music subscriber
Microsoft's full screen 'Xbox Mode' will roll out to Windows 11 PCs in April
Microsoft will start providing game studios with Project Helix consoles in 2027
Tembo might just be the world's cutest drum machine
Meta will let kids under 13 use WhatsApp with parent-managed accounts
Most AI chatbots will help users plan violent attacks, study finds
The PS Plus Games Catalog is getting Space Marine 2 and Persona 5 Royal in March
Fortnite's original Save the World mode will be free to play starting on April 16
Rabbit's Cyberdeck is a modern take on a netbook
Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb joins Commodore to help build its community
Looking Glass' Musubi showcases its holographic display in a consumer-friendly package
The 7 best cordless vacuums for 2026
Anthropic is opening an office in DC while battling Pentagon in court
Meta rolls out new features for scam protection
Google starts rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users in Canada, India and New Zealand
Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases
Metadata company Gracenote is the latest to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
Epic is increasing the price of Fortnite's V-Bucks currency
Amazon wins a temporary injunction against Perplexity's Comet browser
Wordle’s creator is back with a new game, and it’s a real chin scratcher
Here's the final trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
ChatGPT will now generate interactive visuals to help you with math and science concepts
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book will be released for Switch 2 on May 21
Google to Provide Pentagon with Gemini-powered AI agents
Live Nation settlement avoids breakup with Ticketmaster
NVIDIA is reportedly working on its own open-source AI agent platform
GeForce Now adds GOG syncing and 90fps game streaming in VR headsets
Meta is buying Moltbook, the ridiculous social network populated by AI bots
Google brings Gemini-powered content creation tools to Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive
A Resident Evil Requiem story expansion is in the works
The Sonos Play puts the best parts of the Era 100 in a portable speaker

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