May 12, 2026

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Amazon launches 30-minute delivery across the U.S.: Amazon says its new ultra-fast delivery option brings groceries, household essentials, and other items to customers’ doors in 30 minutes. Read More

AI voice startup Vapi hits $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring over 40 rivals: Vapi says its enterprise business has grown 10-fold since early 2025 as companies shift customer support and sales calls to AI agents. Read More

Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO: Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth and early-stage startups. Read More

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Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks: Right now, every AI model you've ever used works the same way. You talk, it listens. It responds, you listen. Thinking Machines is trying to change that by building a model that processes your input and generates a response at the same time, so it's more like a phone call than a text chain. Read More

Spotify's launches a Wrapped-style recap of your entire listening history: Spotify's new feature will show you the number of unique songs that you listened to until now Read More

GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills: Some of the positions focus on AI-native development, data engineering and analytics, cloud-based engineering, and agent and model development as well as prompt engineering and new AI workflows. Read More

Instructure strikes deal with hackers who breached it twice: The maker of the Canvas school software said it "reached an agreement" with the hackers, but provided no guarantees that the hackers would not release the data or keep their word. Read More

Dessn raises $6M for its production focused design tool: A new startup called Dessn has raised $6M to build AI-powered design tools that work directly with production codebases. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted: Google had urged Apple for years to support RCS texting to make communication between each company's devices more seamless. Read More

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