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Apple has again raised subscription prices, with Apple TV climbing from $13 to $15 per month and its annual plan jumping 20 percent from $99 to $119. The individual Apple One bundle, which includes Apple TV, Music, Arcade, Fitness+, News+ and iCloud+, rose from $20 to $22 monthly. Existing subscribers get one month's notice before the new rates take effect.
Google has released version 5.07 of its Google Health app, adding more flexibility for manually entering workout data, faster and smoother in-app maps, and better tracking of running distance on trails and inclines. The update also refines the weight-tracking graph to highlight major or long-term changes, and fixes a Health Connect bug that caused some Android users' connections to Google Health to drop unexpectedly.
Ron Fowler, now 77 and hospitalized with cancer and blood clots, and his 83-year-old friend Chuck Deuschle spent years working at a Kentucky uranium-enrichment plant central to the U.S. nuclear weapons program. They later exposed how the facility and its operators hid dangerous levels of radiation and toxic chemical exposure from workers and nearby residents for decades, choosing to stay on the job and speak out rather than quit.
About 1,600 GSA employees moved from their F Street office to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building are describing deteriorating conditions, including a caved-in bathroom ceiling, mouse traps, and tap water that must run several seconds before turning clear. The relocation follows sweeping cuts and restructuring at GSA under DOGE, which has also pushed federal workers back into offices while shedding staff and selling off buildings. Neither GSA nor OPM, which also occupies the building, responded to requests for comment.
Cherry Ventures general partner Sophia Bendz discussed on TechCrunch's Equity podcast why Sweden's startup scene, home to companies like Legora and Lovable, is thriving. Dealroom data shows the ecosystem has already raised $2.8 billion this year and is on pace to reach $5 billion, up from $3.2 billion last year but still below the 2021 peak of $8.5 billion.
A ZDNET contributor describes tackling a Google Photos library of more than 22,000 photos and videos accumulated since 2016 by breaking the task into manageable daily habits rather than one huge sorting session. The approach relies on features like Google Photos' and Apple Photos' 'On This Day' memory notifications to review small batches of images regularly instead of trying to sort the whole archive at once.
Attimet, a small research lab backed by Y Combinator's Fall 2024 batch, is hiring engineers and researchers to build LLM-powered agent systems and the infrastructure around them, including tools, memory, evaluation and orchestration layers. The founding team, with backgrounds from firms like Optiver, DRW and Argo AI, is looking for people who can work directly with founders and take end-to-end ownership of projects.
Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have abandoned a proposed $50 billion takeover offer for PayPal, according to reports. The deal, which would have been one of the largest fintech acquisitions in history, will not proceed.
Crunchbase data shows global venture funding hit $300 billion in the first quarter of 2026, an all-time high, with AI companies capturing $242 billion, or 80% of that total. Despite the surge, an advisor to high-growth and venture-backed firms notes that founders are increasingly losing deals not because of weak technology, but because of shaky financial and operational foundations that investors uncover during due diligence.
Apple increased its Apple TV streaming service price from $12.99 to $14.99 per month, with the annual rate rising from $99 to $119. The Apple One bundle, which includes Apple TV alongside iCloud storage and Apple Music, also rose from $19.95 to $21.95 for individual plans.
A new audio series called 'The AI Therapist' explores the growing use of artificial intelligence tools for mental health support, with a producer sharing key insights on the trend. The coverage also touches on rising cannabis use among baby boomers and research suggesting vacations can benefit physical health.
Three separate research reports from Deloitte, KPMG/PwC, and Accenture found that while companies are rapidly rolling out AI agents across business functions, few have built the operational structures, workforce readiness, or accountability frameworks needed to scale them safely. Deloitte's survey found only 15% of organizations have reached coordinated multi-agent deployments, and just 16% believe their processes are actually ready for agentic adoption, even though 74% of leaders expect half their business processes to be redesigned around agents by 2030. Separate Salesforce data shows active AI agent deployments tripling year over year, with employee trust and usage also rising sharply.