Linear, an enterprise software maker that competes with many of Atlassian’s products, on Tuesday announced that it raised $82 million in a Series C funding round led by Accel. The round, which also had participation from 01A, Sequoia, Seven Seven Six, and Designer Fund, values Linear at $1.25 billion and brings the company’s total raised…
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today that the company’s social network Threads will finally begin testing a separate DM (direct message) inbox that’s separate from users’ Instagram DM Inboxes. This means Threads users won’t have to use Instagram or switch apps to chat with someone on the platform. The company will initially test this feature…
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U.K.-based autonomous vehicle technology company Wayve and Uber plan to launch a fully driverless robotaxi service in London in the coming years. The news comes soon after the U.K.’s announcement of an accelerated framework for self-driving commercial pilots. U.K. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander confirmed Tuesday that the U.K. government would fast-track pilots to spring 2026,…
Dutch payments firm Adyen now has a market cap of over $61 billion, but that didn’t stop its cofounder Arnout Schuijff from stepping down in 2021 to focus on his new startup, Tebi. Now an Amsterdam-based fintech startup with 35 employees, Tebi helps restaurants, bars and other hospitality businesses manage their operations with an all-in-one…
Apple announced a slew of major design and feature updates for all its operating systems at WWDC 2025, and just like every year, the company has again built in some features that were previously available through third-party apps. In the Apple world, this is called “Sherlocking.” In the late ’90s, Apple launched a search app…
Apple revealed an update to its Apple TV operating system, tvOS 26, during its WWDC 2025 event on Monday, featuring a “Liquid Glass” aesthetic for Apple TV that offers a sleek and “unobtrusive” design, the company said. One of the standout features for users is the ability to quickly jump into their own user profile….
At WWDC 2025, Apple released a new version of Xcode, its app development suite, that integrates OpenAI’s ChatGPT for coding, doc generation, and more. The company also announced that developers can use API keys to bring AI models from other providers to Xcode for AI-powered programming suggestions. “Developers can connect [AI] models directly into their…
Apple announced some of its biggest updates ever to Spotlight, the Mac’s on-device search feature, during WWDC 2025 on Monday. In macOS Tahoe, Spotlight can be used to run shortcuts and take hundreds of actions, such as writing emails, setting reminders, and playing podcasts. Apple is upgrading Spotlight as chat applications, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT…
