CFO Mark Davies and legal chief Andy Missan signed each otherβs severance agreements while Matt Mullenweg was on leave, providing a year of salary and additional equity vesting if their departures qualify for the benefits.
Google is launching early access to a new MCP server for Google Home, allowing AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and others to control connected devices, review camera summaries, and access smart home activity using natural language.
A new WhatsApp Business MCP server lets developers use AI coding agents like Claude, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT to handle setup, messaging templates, testing, and troubleshooting.
Prime Video is adding on-demand local and national news clips as Amazon joins other streamers experimenting with short-form video to capture younger viewers.
Given that these departed board members were those who voted to put Mullenweg on a paid leave of absence to begin with, it makes sense that a board shakeup has taken place.
In a Slack message seen by TechCrunch, Matt Mullenweg told Automattic employees heβs back in control of the company, days after its board put him on leave. Automattic has not yet confirmed the apparent reversal.
Amazon is expanding shopping integrations across Prime Video, letting viewers discover products tied to thousands of shows, movies, and live sports through X-Ray, its shopping app, and a new Lens-powered βShop the Sceneβ feature.
Apple says its new watches wonβt save raw audio, but features that can transcribe recent speech and summarize ambient conversations raise new questions about consent, privacy, and how people behave when they know they could always be recorded.
Instinctβs new email feature lets the AI agent create and manage accounts, contact businesses, handle support requests, and do more on users' behalf.
Meta's new personal AI agent Muse wants access to users' email, calendars, payments, health services, and more β making the company's biggest consumer AI bet yet a major test of whether people still trust Meta with their data.