👓 Apple fitness glasses, White House AI framework, Bending Spoons acquires Airtable

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Apple develops its upcoming smart glasses as fitness devices, aiming to track health metrics like the Apple Watch.
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The White House finalizes its voluntary AI evaluation framework, now discussing next steps with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and other partners.
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Bending Spoons acquires Airtable for $1.285B, adding the no-code platform to a portfolio that includes Evernote and Vimeo.
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Robinhood launches Robinhood Ventures Fund II, giving everyday investors access to earlier-stage private companies.
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Lemonade cuts insurance costs by 50% for Tesla FSD miles in Tennessee, launching its Autonomous Car coverage statewide.
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Polymarket launches live-streaming for 20,000 ATP tennis matches per season, letting U.S. users watch and trade simultaneously in-app.
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Telegram got removed from the Apple App Store over child sexual abuse material, then restored hours later after the content was taken down.
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Snap hits 971M monthly active users and 19% revenue growth ahead of its $2,195 Specs AR glasses launch next month.
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Cursor adds Google Workspace plugins, letting agents read, write, and act across Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Docs, and Sheets.
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Visa buys fraud detection firm BioCatch for $2.4B to fight surging AI-powered scams and account takeovers.
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Wispr Flow prepares to launch an AI meeting notetaker that generates transcripts, summaries, action items, and insights.
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Figma rolls out nested folders, letting paid users organize files up to 10 levels deep with color labels.
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Deel hits $1.5B in revenue and acquires AI cybersecurity firm Clarity to combat voice clones and fake identities.
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China revises regulations to strengthen chip design protections, enabling punitive damages against infringement amid U.S. tech restrictions.
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Intelligence raises a $7.9M seed to build DesignArena, growing to $60M ARR and 5.5M users in six months with a team of 10.
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Slashy launches an AI email assistant that sorts inboxes, drafts replies, and preps meetings, saving users an hour daily.
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New Open Residency episode: Beehiiv CEO Tyler Denk joins Mark Mastrandrea to unpack newsletter growth tactics, monetization strategies, and Beehiiv's path to $50M ARR.
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YC Startup School 2026: Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov shares seven lessons from building Waymo, covering physical AI, safety data, and why the demo is only 1% of the work.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.

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