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Poppy Debuts a Proactive AI Assistant to Help Organize Your Digital Life

May 13, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Smartphones, with their endless notifications and scattered apps, often feel more like a source of digital clutter than a tool for productivity. A new application called Poppy aims to change that by consolidating your calendar, email, messages, and other services into a single, intelligent dashboard. The app’s core premise, as described by its creator, is […]

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Adaption launches AutoScientist, an AI tool that lets models train themselves

May 13, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

For years, AI researchers have anticipated the moment when systems will improve themselves more effectively than humans can. With investors pouring resources into a new generation of research-driven labs, that goal is moving closer to reality. On Wednesday, Adaption introduced AutoScientist, a product designed to help AI models learn specific capabilities faster through an automated […]

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Medicare’s quiet bet on AI: A new payment model that most of tech hasn’t noticed

May 13, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

For seven years, Neil Batlivala built a healthcare company serving a population most of Silicon Valley overlooks: people managing chronic illness alongside unstable housing, food insecurity, or lack of transportation. That company, Pair Team, now finds itself at the center of a federal experiment that could reshape how Medicare pays for AI-driven medical care. What […]

Sam Altman testifying in court during the OpenAI vs. Elon Musk lawsuit

Altman testifies Musk once proposed handing OpenAI to his children during safety dispute

May 12, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the witness stand this morning to defend himself against a lawsuit filed by former cofounder Elon Musk, offering a rare inside look at the tensions that shaped one of the most valuable companies in the world. The central question in the case: whether OpenAI abandoned its original non-profit mission and […]

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Google and SpaceX in talks to launch orbital data centers, WSJ reports

May 12, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Google and SpaceX are in early-stage discussions to deploy orbital data centers in space, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal citing sources familiar with the matter. The potential collaboration would mark a significant shift in how cloud computing infrastructure is built and operated, moving critical hardware off the planet and into orbit. […]

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Anthropic warns investors: secondary platforms offering its shares are not authorized

May 12, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude model family, has issued a public warning to investors regarding unauthorized secondary market platforms that claim to offer access to its shares. The company updated its website this week to name several firms it says are not permitted to allow any sale or transfer of Anthropic stock. […]

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Google brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android with Gemini Intelligence

May 12, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Google has announced a significant expansion of its Gemini Intelligence features for Android, introducing agentic AI capabilities that can complete tasks across multiple apps, browse the web, fill out forms, and even let users create custom widgets through natural language descriptions. The announcements were made during the company’s “Android Show: I/O Edition” event on Tuesday. […]

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Google unveils Googlebooks, vibe-coded widgets, and Gemini upgrades at Android Show

May 12, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

At its virtual “Android Show: I/O Edition” event on Tuesday, Google introduced a broad set of updates spanning new hardware, deeper AI integration, and refined software features. The announcements, which arrive ahead of the company’s annual developer conference, underscore Google’s push to embed its Gemini Intelligence more deeply into everyday devices and experiences. Here is […]

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Threads Tests Meta AI Integration That Lets Users Mention the Chatbot for Real-Time Context, Similar to Grok on X

May 12, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

Threads, Meta’s social media platform, is testing a new integration that allows users to mention Meta AI directly in posts and replies to receive real-time contextual information. The feature, currently in beta testing in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Argentina, and Singapore, functions similarly to Grok on X, positioning Threads as a destination for both conversation […]

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Dessn raises $6M to build a design tool that works directly on your codebase

May 12, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

A new design startup called Dessn has raised $6 million in seed funding to challenge how product teams approach design iteration. Instead of creating mockups in a separate tool and then translating them into code, Dessn lets designers work directly on a company’s existing codebase — running it in the cloud without any setup costs. […]