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Snap Is Cutting 1,000 Jobs, 16% of Its Workforce
Snap Inc. is cutting about 1,000 jobs, representing 16% of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring announced by CEO Evan Spiegel. The company attributes the layoffs to rapid AI advancements that have reduced repetitive work and boosted product velocity. Snap expects the move to lower its annualized cost base by over $500 million by the second half of 2026, clearing a path toward net‑income profitability. Affected U.S. employees will receive four months of severance, health coverage and equity vesting.
Fathom Adds a Bot-Less Meeting Mode in a Bid to Take on Granola
Fathom announced a bot‑less meeting mode that transcribes every call you attend without an AI assistant joining the room. The update adds speaker diarization, video recording options, and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for exporting transcript data to other...
Spotify Launches the Ability to Purchase Physical Books in the US and UK
Spotify has rolled out a new feature that lets users buy physical books through its app in the United States and United Kingdom. The service, powered by a partnership with Bookshop.org, is live on Android now, with iOS support slated...
YouTube Livestreams Will Now Hold Back Ads During Peak Engagement to Protect the Vibe
Google’s YouTube announced it will automatically hold back ads on livestreams when chat engagement spikes, aiming to preserve the “vibe” of high‑energy streams. The ad pause applies to all viewers, while Super Chat, Super Stickers, or gift purchases still trigger an immediate,...
Instagram Expands Its Movie-Inspired Content Restrictions for Teens Internationally
Instagram announced it will apply its teen‑content restrictions, modeled on 13+ movie ratings, to all markets worldwide. The policy limits exposure to extreme violence, sexual nudity, graphic drug use, strong language, risky stunts and marijuana paraphernalia, and adds a “Limited...
X Is Rolling Out Automatic Translation and Photo Editing Powered by Grok
X is deploying AI‑driven automatic translation for posts worldwide and launching a new iOS photo editor that accepts natural‑language prompts. Both features run on xAI’s Grok models, letting users toggle translation per language and edit images with commands like “make...
Picsart Now Lets Creators Make Money From Their Designs
Picsart, the AI‑powered design platform with 130 million users, has unveiled a creator monetization program that lets any user earn money by posting campaign‑specific content on social channels. Payouts are calculated from views, comments, shares and reach, and creators can monitor...
A New Connections App, Sonder, Has a Deliberately Tedious Sign-Up Process (and It’s Working)
London‑based Sonder launches a deliberately cumbersome sign‑up to force authentic profiles, letting users create unstructured, collage‑style pages instead of swipe‑centric cards. The app blends digital matchmaking with recurring in‑person events such as speed‑drawing nights and book clubs, aiming to revive...
Caller ID App Truecaller Hits 500 Million Monthly Users
Swedish caller‑ID platform Truecaller announced it now has 500 million monthly active users, up 50 million since April 2025 and double its base over the past five years. India remains its largest market, contributing over 350 million users, while 150 million users are outside...
Speechify’s Windows App Uses Local Models for Transcription and Dictation
Speechify has launched a native Windows application that runs voice AI entirely on‑device, offering dictation, real‑time transcription, and neural text‑to‑speech. The app leverages three local models—including a Whisper‑based transcription engine and the Silero voice‑activity detector—and can fall back to cloud...
With Its New App Store, Ring Bets on AI to Go Beyond Home Security
Ring, Amazon’s security‑camera arm, unveiled an app store that taps its 100 million‑camera footprint to deliver AI‑driven third‑party services. The initial catalog features about 15 apps targeting elder‑care monitoring, workforce analytics, rental management and niche utilities like bird identification. Developers can...
Talat’s AI Meeting Notes Stay on Your Machine, Not in the Cloud
Talat is a new Mac‑only AI notetaking app that keeps all audio and transcripts on the user’s machine, avoiding any cloud storage. Developed by Nick Payne and Mike Franklin, it leverages Apple’s Core Audio Taps and the FluidAudio framework to...
Littlebird Raises $11M for Its AI-Assisted ‘Recall’ Tool that Reads Your Computer Screen
Littlebird, a startup founded by the creators of Sentieo, has closed an $11 million Series A round led by Lotus Studio. The company’s AI‑assisted “recall” tool continuously reads a user’s screen and stores contextual information as lightweight text rather than screenshots....
DoorDash Launches a New ‘Tasks’ App that Pays Couriers to Submit Videos to Train AI
DoorDash unveiled a stand‑alone “Tasks” app that lets its 8 million couriers earn extra income by completing micro‑jobs such as filming daily activities or recording speech. The platform pays upfront rates based on task complexity, and the collected video and audio...
Meet Vurt, the Mobile-First Streaming Platform for Indie Filmmakers Embracing Vertical Video
Vurt, a new mobile‑first streaming service, debuted on March 18, 2026, offering indie filmmakers a vertical‑video platform for micro‑series, full‑length films and TV shows. The launch includes over 100 episodes and a weekly slate of original titles, featuring talent such...
