Patreon is laying off 20% of its workforce, or 93 people, CEO Jack Conte told employees Thursday. In a memo to staff that the company shared online, Conte said Patreon’s core business is strong, but the platform has to respond to market changes and adjust its cost structure to remain stable, which is why it
Weeks after OpenAI launched a new family of conversational models and updated ChatGPT’s voice mode, rival Anthropic is taking steps to make Claude more voice-friendly with a new update. The company said Thursday that users can choose between Opus, Sonnet and Haiku models. Claude’s voice mode, which launched last year and runs on the Haiku
OpenAI said today that it will make ChatGPT Health, a feature that helps users with health-related queries, available to all US-based users 18 and older on all plans. The announcement comes a day after a Florida pastor sued the company for making a near-fatal suggestion not to see a doctor. The company began testing the
Google is adding a selfie video option as a new way for users to log into their accounts, the company announced Thursday, joining a growing wave of technology companies betting that biometrics, not passwords, are the future of online identity verification. The tech giant says selfie videos give users more options for logging in if
As social media has evolved from a place to connect with friends to full-scale entertainment platforms, a startup called Yope is quietly building what it believes will be the future of online connection: social networks without algorithms, without ads, and without public content. Yope’s app, now backed by a $12.3 million round led by Northzone,
Google on Wednesday announced a new migration experience built directly into Android 17 that should make it easier to switch from iPhone to Android. The feature allows users to wirelessly transfer more types of data from an iPhone without needing to download a separate app, Google says. By simplifying the onboarding process and supporting more
