Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’ Snap no longer has a deal with Perplexity, the company revealed on Wednesday as part of its quarterly earnings report. The deal, announced last November, would have seen Perplexity’s AI search engine integrated directly into Snapchat. Perplexity was set to pay Snap $400 million in cash and equity over one year as part of the deal. Snap...

Starcloud raises $170 million Series Ato build data centers in space Starcloud’s latest funding round values the space compute company at $1.1 billion, making it one of the fastest startups to reach unicorn status after graduating from Y Combinator. The company’s Series A, which closed 17 months after its demo day presentation, was led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures. It’s another sign of the...

Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of EarthNasa/Reid WisemanThe image, titled Hello, World, shows the Earth and Venus as seen from the Orion capsuleNasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on their trip around the Moon.The mission's commander, Reid Wiseman, took the "spectacular" images, Nasa says, after the crew completed a...

Google just declared itself a contender in AI design at IO 2026 Google announced at its annual Google I/O event on Tuesday that it’s launching Pics, a new AI-powered design and image-generation app for Google Workspace. The tech giant says it designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners. With Pics, users can generate everything from social media...

Pope Leo's AI Encyclical Has Landed. It Offers Wisdom for Big Tech, Goverments and You Magnifica Humanitas, which translates to "magnificent humanity," advocates for a moral framework for AI that aims to safeguard the future of humankind. Katie Collins Principal Writer Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's European correspondent,...