Figma bets on India to expand beyond design

Figma bets on India to expand beyond design

Figma is expanding its presence in India by setting up a local office and hiring Indian talent as it seeks to deepen ties with one of its largest user communities and make a broader push to better win over developers alongside the designers who already rely on the platform. Founded in 2012 by Dylan Field…

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Google Pixel update adds battery-saving maps mode, AI photo remixing, and smarter notifications

Google Pixel update adds battery-saving maps mode, AI photo remixing, and smarter notifications

Google announced its November software update for Pixel phones, called Pixel Drop — a quarterly feature release that brings new capabilities to existing devices — with features including notification summaries, a power-saving mode for the Maps app, prompt-based edits for Photos, and Gemini Nano-powered photo edits in Messages. Apple introduced notification summaries with its Apple…

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Reddit CEO says chatbots are not a traffic driver

Reddit CEO says chatbots are not a traffic driver

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said AI chatbots aren’t a major traffic driver for the social platform despite companies like OpenAI and Google having seen progress in people using AI for search. During Reddit’s Q3 2025 call, the exec noted that Google search and direct access continue to be its top traffic drivers. “[Chatbots are] not…

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Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies

Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies

Threads, Meta’s X rival, continues to ship new features at a rapid pace. Shortly after the launch of communities and disappearing “ghost posts,” the social networking app on Thursday introduced new tools that will give users more control over their conversations on the platform. One new feature, reply approvals, will allow you to decide which…

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Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek

Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan believes that AI assistants will finally allow us to shorten our workweek. Speaking on stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Monday, Yuan discussed his videoconferencing product’s embrace of AI, which includes a “digital twin” feature where an AI avatar can speak for you. Yuan began using his…

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