Scandinavian Tobacco Group sells brands to Japan Tobacco for $195m

Opendoor completed its acquisition of Doma’s closing and escrow operations on July 20, 2026. The deal combines Doma’s automated title decisioning technology with Opendoor’s existing closing infrastructure, creating a larger platform for title and escrow services serving home purchases and refinances. The company says the next phase is to scale this infrastructure across more lenders…

Streaming giant Netflix has revealed that 300 movies and shows used generative AI in 2026 The news was shared in a shareholder letter, obtained by the website Kotaku Generative AI was used to “enhance crowds, historical battle sequences, and worldbuilding establishing shots.” Netflix has recently admitted to using AI tools in a huge number of…

Key Takeaways Colette and Andy Bell started a handyman business in 1998 to tackle small projects for homeowners. In 2018, they connected with Ace Hardware, which purchased their business in 2019. Colette is now the vice president of franchise development for Ace Handyman Services, and she continues to lead expansion. Colette Bell and her husband,…

Adobe’s Project Indigo has spent the past year building a reputation as one of the more serious camera apps on iPhone, offering full manual controls and a natural, SLR-style look instead of the overprocessed images most phone camera apps produce by default. Now Adobe is testing a new set of features called AI Playground that…

NextGO Epi, a Berlin-based DeepTech startup developing Gallium Oxide epitaxial wafers for next-generation power semiconductor devices, has secured a €2 million pre-Seed funding round. The round was led by Vireo Ventures, with participation from Ultratech Capital Partners, IBB Ventures, and angel investor Boris Habets. The company claims to be Europe’s only producer of Gallium Oxide…

AI agents are starting to execute more sophisticated tasks, such as identifying vendors that can deliver freight, comparing prices, and messaging the vendor to organizing a delivery. But when it comes to making a payment for the shipment, they still need to involve a human. Today’s financial sector relies on financial rails, the underlying infrastructure…