Figma opens at $85 on the NYSE, after selling shares at $33 in its IPO, hitting a ~$50B valuation, more than a year after Adobe's $20B failed acquisition (Jordan Novet/CNBC) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Google plans to start rolling out ML-powered age estimation in the US "over the next few weeks" to detect if users are under 18 and enable existing protections (Abner Li/9to5Google) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

Dropbox says it will discontinue Dropbox Passwords, launched in 2020, on October 28 to focus on its core product, and recommends 1Password as a replacement (Richard Speed/The Register) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

YouTube is rolling out age estimation tech in the US to identify teen users and serve more age-appropriate content, regardless of the birthday given at signup (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Fable, a startup offering AI-generated security training for employees, comes out of stealth having raised $31M, a source says at a $120M valuation (Thomas Brewster/Forbes) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

AIUC, which offers enterprises insurance policies and audits for AI agents, emerges from stealth with a $15M seed led by Nat Friedman at NFDG (Sharon Goldman/Fortune) Reviewed by studypoint on 02:09 Rating: 5

Berlin-based Buena, which is building AI-powered software to automate property management tasks, raised $58M, including a Series A led by GV (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

The Johns Hopkins University Press will license its authors' books to train AI models, citing concerns that "the window may be closing" for making AI deals (Ellie Wolfe/The Baltimore Banner) Reviewed by studypoint on 03:09 Rating: 5

A look at the tensions between Meta, Apple, and Google on whether apps or app stores should check if a user is a minor, as states work on age verification bills (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

Sources: KKR is in talks to buy ST Telemedia Global Data Centres in a deal that could value the Asian digital infrastructure provider at more than $5B (Bloomberg) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Sources: Microsoft is investigating whether a leak in its early alert system for cybersecurity companies let Chinese hackers exploit SharePoint flaws (Bloomberg) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Core Devices CEO says the company has recovered the Pebble trademark, allowing it to rename its new smartwatches as Pebble 2 Duo and Pebble Time 2 (Victoria Song/The Verge) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Google launches Web Guide, an AI-powered Search Labs experiment that organizes Google Search results by grouping pages related to specific aspects of the query (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Apple releases the first public betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26, with its new Liquid Glass design language (Jay Peters/The Verge) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Goldman Sachs and BNY partner to let institutional investors purchase tokenized money market funds, with ownership recorded on Goldman's blockchain platform (Hugh Son/CNBC) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

Google DeepMind unveils Aeneas, an AI model for contextualizing ancient Latin inscriptions, to help historians interpret and restore fragmentary texts (Google DeepMind) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Poseidon, an AI-focused decentralized data layer built on the Story protocol, raised a $15M seed led by a16z (Daniel Kuhn/The Block) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Apple was exempted from the EU's Corning deal to end exclusivity terms with OEMs, after finding products designed exclusively for Apple fall outside the market (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

Sources: UK plans to designate Apple and Google as holding a "strategic market advantage" over rivals, subjecting them to new regulations and potential fines (Washington Examiner) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

SPAC Insider: SPACs are booming in 2025, with 74 blank check companies going public so far in 2025, raising about $14.7B and beating 2022 total of $13.4B (Lucinda Shen/Axios) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5