AI learning app Gizmo levels up with 13M users and a $22M investment

Gizmo, an AI-powered learning platform, has attracted more than 13 million users and just secured $22 million in Series A funding.

Google rolls out a native Gemini app for Mac

You can share anything on their screen with Gemini to get help with what they’re looking at in the moment, including local files.

OpenAI opens its cybersecurity model to thousands of defenders in race with Anthropic’s Mythos
OpenAI opens its cybersecurity model to thousands of defenders in race with Anthropic’s Mythos

In short: OpenAI is releasing GPT-5.4-Cyber, a model fine-tuned for defensive cybersecurity with lowered refusal boundaries and binary reverse engineering capabilities, and scaling its Trusted Access for Cyber programme to thousands of verified defende…

Snap cuts 1,000 jobs as Spiegel bets AI can do the work of a bigger workforce
Snap cuts 1,000 jobs as Spiegel bets AI can do the work of a bigger workforce

Snap is cutting roughly 1,000 jobs, or 16% of its full-time workforce, as CEO Evan Spiegel cites AI-driven efficiency gains and pursues more than $500 million in annualised cost savings. The layoffs follow a public campaign by activist investor Irenic …

HBO Max comes to India through exclusive JioHotstar deal at 50 cents a month
HBO Max comes to India through exclusive JioHotstar deal at 50 cents a month

HBO Max has launched in India through an exclusive partnership with JioHotstar, the streaming platform born from Reliance Industries’ $8.5 billion merger with Walt Disney’s Indian operations. The deal brings a dedicated HBO Max-branded hub to JioHotsta…

Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted backdoors in all of them
Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted backdoors in all of them

An attacker bought 30+ WordPress plugins (Essential Plugin portfolio) on Flippa for six figures, planted a PHP deserialization backdoor in August 2025, then activated it eight months later to serve cloaked SEO spam exclusively to Googlebot. WordPress.o…

Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce

The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts.

Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks

Adobe says the assistant can work across apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and its other apps to do tasks for you.

Fathom adds a bot-less meeting mode in a bid to take on Granola

Fathom will allow you to choose between video, audio-only, and transcription modes.

Spotify launches the ability to purchase physical books in the US and UK

Spotify users in the US and UK can officially purchase physical books through the Android app. iOS users will get the feature next week.