Meta is adding parental supervision tools to Threads, the company announced Tuesday. With the new tools, parents and guardians will be able to view the time their teens spend in Threads, set daily time limits, adjust sleep mode, and manage their privacy settings through Family Center, Meta’s hub for parental controls across all of its
Tesla has brought an unspecified number of its unattended Model Y SUVs to Orlando and Tampa, just one day before the company’s scheduled second-quarter earnings call. This is the third Florida city where Tesla is testing its fledgling robotaxi service, following a small launch in Miami a few weeks ago. The two new cities appear
Apple is reportedly teaming up with deferred payment processor Klarna to launch a new lease-to-own program for its devices. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that the program, called Apple Upgrade, will launch next Tuesday, July 28. It will allow consumers to pay for purchases over multi-year periods, including iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches. Bloomberg writes
Battery materials startup Sila announced Tuesday that it raised $300 million to expand its factory in Washington state to produce enough anode material for more than 100,000 electric vehicles. Sila’s expansion comes as demand for electric vehicles in the United States has weakened in the wake of the Trump administration’s efforts to cripple propulsion technology.
It’s been a big year for AI acquisitions, so big that most of them barely register. Anthropic and OpenAI have continued to buy, acquiring developer tools, AI service shops, and product testing startups to turn model capability into enterprise revenue and expand their reach faster than each other. Which is what made the weekend rumor
While many newer venture capital firms are still struggling to raise fresh capital, Dimension Capital, founded in late 2022, has been raising larger and larger funds in rapid succession. On Tuesday, the New York firm, which invests at the intersection of science and computing, announced an $800 million fund, up 60% from its second $500
