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15 May 2026 Vol 19

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OpenAI to acquire the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo

OpenAI is kicking off the new year with yet another acqui-hire. The AI giant is acquiring the team behind Convogo,…

The most bizarre tech announced so far at CES 2026

While CES 2026 is full of tech giants unveiling their latest innovations, the real excitement comes from discovering unexpected, quirky…

Snowflake announces its intent to buy observability platform Observe

Snowflake plans to acquire Observe, an observability platform that has been built on Snowflake’s databases from day one. (Observability platforms…

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will face a jury in March

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will go to trial after a U.S. judge said there is evidence to support the…

Is this the world’s first solid-state battery?

CES is a land of bold announcements of amazing, innovative products and technologies that will revolutionize the world, often set…

The Download: Mimicking pregnancy’s first moments in a lab, and AI parameters explained

At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses into the lining of…

Why this VC thinks 2026 will be ‘the year of the consumer’

Investment in consumer tech startups has been in a downturn since 2022, as a turbulent macroeconomic climate and rising inflation…

Hands on with a prototype of Clicks’ Communicator, a new BlackBerry-like smartphone

The BlackBerry is back — sort of — thanks to the latest product from the mobile keyboard maker, Clicks Technology,…

Google Is Adding an ‘AI Inbox’ to Gmail That Summarizes Emails

Google is putting even more generative AI tools into Gmail as part of its goal to further personalize user inboxes…

Former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla’s startup triples to $100M valuation

Spangle, an AI e-commerce startup founded by former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla, has raised $15 million in a new funding…