Google is once again coming under fire for its less-than-forgiving approach (real or perceived) to federated Android apps. According to Android Police, Google has pulled Element’s federated chat app ...

Investors included Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn’s Metaplanet and open-source research outfit Protocol Labs. Secure messaging and collaboration app Element has closed a $30m Series B funding round.

It feels like AI companies want us all to talk to their products out loud more often. Meta, Google, OpenAI and Anthropic, to name a few, have added functionality to let users talk with their AI bots ...