Lucinda Shen / Axios:
Cents, which makes operating and payments software for laundromats, raised a $110M Series C, following a $40M Series B in 2024  —  What to read next

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Apple expands its American Manufacturing Program, adding Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK, and Qnity Electronics to make components in the US for products sold globally  —  Apple announced a significant expansion of its American Manufacturing Program on Thursday, bringing four new partners — Bosch …

Robert Hart / The Verge:
The European Parliament votes to delay EU AI Act deadlines, including pushing compliance for high-risk AI systems back to December 2027, and to ban nudify apps  —  The proposals would push back looming deadlines for watermarking AI-generated content and high-risk AI systems.

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
WhatsApp rolls out features and updates: an AI tool that suggests replies based on a user's conversations, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more  —  WhatsApp is rolling out a slew of new features and updates, including one that generates AI-powered suggested replies based on your conversations.

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Mistral launches Voxtral TTS, an open-source enterprise text-to-speech model that supports nine languages, including Hindi and Arabic, based on Ministral 3B  —  French AI company Mistral released a new open source text-to-speech model on Thursday that can be used by voice AI assistants or in enterprise use cases like customer support.