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Trending News: Still no AI-powered, ‘more personalized’ Siri from Apple at WWDC 25The AI policy playbook: What global startups need to knowFrom spatial widgets to realistic Personas: All the visionOS updates Apple announced at WWDC OpenAI claims to have hit $10B in annual revenueAt WWDC 2025, Apple introduces an AI-powered Shortcuts appApple introduces live translation across Messages, FaceTime, and Phone at WWDC 25Apple brings Apple Intelligence to the iPhone screenApple’s new Workout Buddy helps you sweat smarterApple debuts a new dedicated Games appCorporate AI adoption may be leveling off, according to Ramp dataApple lets developers tap into its offline AI modelsXRobotics’ countertop robots are cooking up 25,000 pizzas a monthAnthropic’s AI-generated blog dies an early deathOpenAI updates ChatGPT’s voice mode with more natural-sounding speechQualcomm to acquire semiconductor firm Alphawave Semi for $2.4BMeta reportedly in talks to invest billions of dollars in Scale AILawyers could 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Friend delays shipments of its AI companion pendant

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Friend, a startup creating a $99, AI-powered necklace designed to be treated as a digital companion, has delayed its first batch of shipments until Q3. Friend had planned to ship devices to pre-order customers in Q1. But according to co-founder and CEO Avi Schiffman, that’s no longer feasible. “As much as I would liked to […]

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