After facing lawsuits and public outcry following the suicides of two teenagers, Character.AI says it’s making changes to its platform to protect children, changes that could affect the startup’s bottom line. Read more:…
Tech Crunch – YouTube looks to improve its TV app with QR codes for shopping, AI-powered upscaling
Key updates include the introduction of QR codes that let you identify and shop for items in tagged videos, AI-powered upscaling, and improved search. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Grammarly rebrands to ‘Superhuman,’ launches a new AI assistant
Grammarly is renaming itself as Superhuman, after acquiring Superhuman email client in July Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Phia’s founders on how AI is changing online shopping
Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save. Read more: Read More
El Paso Herald Post – Federal Food Subsidies Set To Expire On Saturday For Over 140,000 El Pasoans
EL PASO, Tx., October 29, 2025: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, formerly known as food stamps, will end on Saturday, unless Texas officials intervene before then. Texas officials had previously said that […] The…
Tech Crunch – Uber to launch a premium robotaxi service in Waymo’s turf of San Francisco
The move puts Uber in direct competitor with Waymo, which has dominated the metro area. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – MoviePass opens fantasy league game Mogul to the public
Mogul is a film studio fantasy platform where players draft a team of actors, directors, and movies to earn points. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – How a single Fort Worth ISD campus prompted a state takeover
The district has struggled to bring students’ grades up, especially at campuses in low-income neighborhoods with large Black and brown populations. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Flipkart’s Super.money teams up with Kotak811 to make India’s free UPI payments pay
The partnership aims to issue about 2 million fixed-deposit-backed credit cards in the next 12 months. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Federal trial to start over Trump’s efforts to deploy the National Guard in Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, is set to begin Wednesday, with local police officials expected to testify that federal…