Prudential Financial Inc. announced it would voluntarily suspend new life insurance sales in Japan for 90 days, in a move to restore trust after some former employees engaged in financial misconduct. Image: Andrés García / Pexels Source: Bloomberg
Two AI giants shake market confidence after investment fails to materialize. Image: Mariia Shalabaieva / Unsplash Source: Ars Technica
Apple is building OpenAI and Anthropic’s AI-powered coding agents directly into Xcode. New integrations in Xcode 26.3 will give developers the ability to call upon Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex to write and edit code, update project settings, search documentation, and more. Xcode is the software developers can use to create and test apps…
Xcode 26.3 offers agentic coding capabilities with Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex. Image: cottonbro studio / Pexels Source: TechCrunch
Dropout, the streamer and media company formerly known as CollegeHumor, has made key hires and promotions across its growing production, development and marketing teams. New hires include Alexandria Black-Davis as head of marketing, Lindsay Wilkinson as head of production, and Elyse Findley and Rosie Kaller both as development managers. Additionally, Dropout staffer Ebony Elaine Hardin…
Luffu uses AI in the background to gather and organize family information, learn day-to-day patterns, and flag notable changes so families can stay aligned and address potential wellbeing issues. Image: Kamil Switalski / Unsplash Source: TechCrunch
James Park and Eric Friedman, the co-founders of Fitbit who left Google two years ago, have announced a new venture called Luffu. Described as an “intelligent family care system,” Luffu collects and logs health and medical information from connected devices, other platforms like Apple Health and Fitbit, and details shared by family members through voice…
“Finally.” That was my first reaction when I heard Google would combine Android and ChromeOS into a single operating system. Android has long struggled on tablets, and ChromeOS always felt like too much of a stripped-down alternative to tempt me away from Windows and Mac. So last week, it was exciting to see a leaked…
The US is preparing new arms sales to Taiwan, which have unsettled Chinese officials to the point that President Donald Trump’s planned visit to China in April could be in jeopardy, according to the Financial Times. Image: Winston Chen / Unsplash Source: Bloomberg
Netflix has settled a defamation lawsuit brought a Vanity Fair staffer who claimed that she was falsely portrayed in the Shonda Rhimes series “Inventing Anna.” Rachel DeLoache Williams, a former friend of con artist Anna Sorokin, sued in 2026, claiming that the series gave the false impression that she had abandoned and betrayed Sorokin and…
