Vercel has secured $300 million in Series F funding at a $9.3 billion post-money valuation, with Accel and GIC co-leading the significantly oversubscribed round. The company will also complete a $300 million secondary tender offer for employees, former team members, and early investors next month. New investors joining the round include funds managed by BlackRock,

A court in San Francisco has given the green light to a $1.5 billion settlement between AI company Anthropic and a large group of authors who accused the firm of illegally using their books to train its language models. The decision, revealed this week, marks one of the most significant financial resolutions so far in

Spotify has quietly carried out one of the biggest digital clean-ups in music history, removing a staggering 75 million tracks it deemed “spam” over the past year. The purge, confirmed this week, is the company’s attempt to rein in an avalanche of AI-generated songs overwhelming the platform. And while the number itself is jaw-dropping, the

LollipopChat is an uncensored AI chat platform that gives you the chance to interact with virtual companions in a way that feels fun, playful, and refreshingly free. Instead of the usual restrictions, it leans into realism and personalization—whether you’re after casual banter, late-night chats, or spicier roleplays. Think of it as texting someone who actually

Artificial intelligence has been pushing boundaries for years, but the rise of AI video generators has taken things into stranger—and let’s admit, more intriguing—territory. For a while, AI stuck to text and images, pumping out essays and meme-worthy visuals. Then, video rolled into the picture, promising dynamic, personalized, even intimate experiences. Some of these tools

Udesire AI sets itself apart from the usual “AI girlfriend” apps by leaning hard into uncensored chat experiences. Instead of tiptoeing around adult topics, the platform gives you the green light to explore intimacy, erotic roleplay, or flat-out taboo fantasies without constant interruptions. The idea is simple: you create or pick your virtual partner, and

JavaFX 25, an update of the rich client application platform for Java, has arrived with new capabilities including a preview of JavaFX controls in the title bar, the ability to style RichTextArea highlights using CSS, the addition of media queries to JavaFX CSS, and the addition of new geometry-based methods to the Text and TextFlow

Cloud computing forms the backbone of our increasingly digital world, enabling businesses to operate more efficiently, grow faster, and innovate with flexibility. Despite its advantages, the cloud is not immune to data breaches caused by weak security practices. Alarmingly, some of the biggest risks do not stem from technical errors or malicious hackers but from

In the corporate world, blaming the intern is a time-honored, if absurd, tradition. It is a public relations reflex that often emerges after a catastrophic failure, when leaders who are paid millions to exercise oversight deflect responsibility downward to the least powerful person in the organization. In 2021, for example, the former SolarWinds CEO attributed a

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) was rolled out by Anthropic in November of 2024 and has rapidly become a hot topic among developers and enterprises alike. MCP is now a leading standard for connecting large language models (LLMs) with tools and data—and demand for developers who can work with it has skyrocketed. Nevertheless, there’s still