Fasset, a Los Angeles-headquartered banking and investment platform focused on emerging markets, has closed a $51 million Series B funding round, in what has been reported as the largest payments Series B globally in 2026.

Nectar Social, an AI-powered platform that automates marketing workflows across social media, creator management, and commerce, has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was established in partnership with Anthropic.

Smartwatches have become increasingly common in Bangladesh, particularly among younger consumers using them for fitness tracking, notifications and call management.

As technology companies increasingly reshape their products around artificial intelligence (AI), Google is giving its software ecosystem a more vibrant and playful visual identity, expanding a new gradient-based icon design across a growing number of its apps.

A US delegation left Beijing on Friday after two days of high-level talks with Chinese officials led by President Xi Jinping, with staff and journalists reportedly instructed to dispose of items collected during the visit before boarding the return flight.

WhatsApp is introducing a new privacy-focused artificial intelligence (AI) feature called “Incognito Chat with Meta AI”.

Google is reportedly testing a reduction in free cloud storage for some new Gmail users, lowering the limit from 15 GB to 5 GB.

Google has announced a broad set of updates for Android 17, the newest version of its mobile operating system. Announced at the Android Show on May 12, ahead of the I/O developer conference next week, here are the confirmed highlights.

Flyers have appeared across Meta’s US offices as employees protest new surveillance software designed to train artificial intelligence, just days before the company begins cutting 10% of its workforce on May 20, according to a recent report by Reuters.

Android Auto is set to receive multiple new features aimed at improving the in-car experience, Google announced at Android Show 2026.

Google has announced a new line of laptops called “Googlebooks”, during the company’s Android Show 2026.

HerWILL has concluded its global AI for Digital Safety Datathon 2026 in Dhaka, naming Azra Tuni of Bangladesh as champion after a competition focused on using artificial intelligence to address harmful online content.

The United States Mint has released a $1 coin honouring Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, as California's entry in the American Innovation $1 Coin Program. The coin is going on sale to the public on May 12.

By 2026, AI has become one of the most pervasive acronyms in everyday speech, worked into nearly every piece of software and industry. What began with trivial uses such as writing essays or counting letters has now expanded into research, the very engine of human intellectual progress.

Parker, a US-based fintech startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services for e-commerce businesses, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down, in one of the more notable collapses in the sector in recent years.

Google Finance is expanding its new artificial intelligence-powered platform across Europe this week, introducing a redesigned experience with full local language support and a broader range of market analysis tools.

Microsoft is making passkeys the first sign-in option shown to users who have them registered, edging passwords further down the priority list, according to a new announcement by the tech giant.

Amazon Prime Video is introducing a new short-form video feature to its streaming platform, joining rivals including Netflix and Disney+ in adopting a TikTok-style vertical browsing experience aimed at mobile users.

Figure AI, a robotics company, has recently shown two of its F.03 humanoid robots autonomously resetting a full bedroom, including making a bed together, using only visual cues to coordinate their actions.

Nintendo has announced a global price increase for its Switch 2 console, driven by surging memory chip costs caused by booming AI data centre demand.