iPhone and Apple Watch users can now add their US passport to Apple Wallet for use at TSA checkpoints. The feature works at over 250 US airports for domestic travel only. Setup requires scanning your passport and completing facial verification.
Land O’Lakes is testing an AI assistant called “Oz” that helps agronomists create optimal crop plans. The tool draws from 20 years of farm data and aims to address severe workforce shortages in rural America. Accuracy is critical – one wrong recommendation could destroy farmer trust.
Tajikistan has launched ORIZ, a state-backed messenger app aimed at reducing dependence on foreign platforms. The government says it will help Tajik migrants in Russia and store all data within the country. Critics warn such national apps could compromise user privacy.
WisdomAI has secured $50 million in Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins with Nvidia’s participation. The startup uses a clever method to eliminate LLM hallucinations by only employing them for query writing, not answer generation. They’ve grown from 2 to 40 enterprise customers in months.
Vistara Growth has closed its fifth structured-capital fund at $321 million, representing a 66% increase from their previous fund. The firm focuses on providing growth debt and structured capital to B2B technology companies across North America.
Former top CFPB enforcement attorneys Eric Halperin, Cara Petersen and Tara Mikkilineni are launching a strategic enforcement project. The move comes as the Trump administration has effectively neutralized the consumer protection agency’s enforcement capabilities.
Google has relaunched Cameyo as “Cameyo by Google” after acquiring the virtualization company last year. The service lets organizations run legacy Windows applications directly in ChromeOS, potentially removing the biggest barrier to enterprise adoption of Chromebooks.
Deductive AI emerges from stealth with $7.5M in funding to tackle the growing debugging crisis in software engineering. The startup’s AI agents can diagnose production failures in minutes instead of hours, already saving DoorDash over 1,000 engineering hours annually.
The CEO of Nexon, publisher of Arc Raiders, says generative AI is now standard across the industry and essential for survival. But the messy rollout of AI voices in the hit Steam shooter shows players and developers are pushing back hard against this assumption.
Windows 11 now natively supports third-party passkey managers like 1Password and Bitwarden. The November 2025 security update enables seamless passwordless authentication across browsers and apps.
