Apple has quietly released a rulebook for its new Maps ads, revealing a more curated approach than advertising giant Google. The iPhone maker has not revealed a release date for the Maps ads, which were announced earlier this year, beyond saying they would arrive “this summer” in the United States and Canada. However, the company
Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly made a joint bid to acquire PayPal in a deal valued at approximately $53.4 billion. Reuters reports that the offer was submitted earlier this month and is backed by approximately $50 billion in committed bank financing. Under the proposal, Stripe and Advent would jointly own PayPal,
Apple is opening up its biggest overhaul of Siri to a broader audience with the release of the iOS 27 public beta, giving everyday users a chance to try out the new AI assistant ahead of its broader release later this fall. The public beta marks the first time Apple has made its AI-powered Siri
Google Images, the tech giant’s image search engine, is taking on Pinterest with its latest redesign that turns the site into a dynamic, navigable gallery of images from across the web. Google is also adding a way for users to create AI images directly in Search, as it celebrates 25 years since the debut of
A domain used by messaging app Telegram mysteriously went offline on Monday, with the app’s founder Pavel Durov saying in an X post that t.me the links had “stopped working.” The outage prevented users from accessing the t.me Short domain link, used by the messaging app to allow users to share links with a single
Waze, the Google-owned navigation app, is getting new AI-powered features and personalization updates, including the ability to report road updates conversationally and get personalized navigation. Some of the new features are powered by Google’s Gemini AI assistant, reflecting the tech giant’s broader push to integrate Gemini into all of its products while better positioning Waze
