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Threads finally brings messaging to the web

Doordash adds new AI tools

People are finally using Reddit’s search

Netflix wants you to watch its TikTok-like vertical video feed ‘Clips’

Uber is in the hotel business now

YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature

Spotify’s next frontier: Fitness content

Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic

Meta is revamping its cross-app management system

Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI

Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?

NSA spies are reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos

Uber will now pick up your returns from your doorstep

Google is now targeting bad ads over bad actors

Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts

YouTube livestreams will now hold back ads during peak engagement

Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent

France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

This founder helped build SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now he’s building a ‘fighter jet for orbit’

X is rolling out automatic translation and photo editing powered by Grok

Chrome is finally getting vertical tabs

OpenAI's vision for the AI economy

Meet the Facebook insider who has been building content moderation for the AI era.

Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models

An AI-heavy makeover coming to Slack

Airbnb is introducing a private car pickup service

Meta starts testing a premium subscription on Instagram

Netflix confirms it’s raising prices again

Google is launching Search Live globally

Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slop

TikTok ads are about to get a tad more disruptive

Fusion startup Helion in talks with OpenAI

Blue Origin enters the space data center game

Uber taps Rivian to build robotaxis

Gemini-powered features in Google Workspace that are worth using.

Google’s Personal Intelligence feature is expanding to all US users

Apple quietly launches AirPods Max 2

Peacock expands into AI-driven video, mobile-first live sports, and gaming

Netflix may have paid $600 million for Ben Affleck’s AI startup

Amazon expands program that lets customers shop from other retailers’ sites

YouTube expands AI deepfake detection

DOJ isn’t going to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster

X is testing a new ad format that connects posts with products

X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features

X taps William Shatner for its new payments service, X Money

Apple unveils new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with M5

Paramount+ and HBO Max to merge into one streaming service

OpenAI reveals more details about its agreement with the Pentagon

Spotify is rolling out Audiobook Charts

Everything announced at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event

Americans now listen to podcasts more often than talk radio

YouTube beefs up its $7.99/month Lite subscription

Uber wants to be a Swiss Army Knife for robotaxis

YouTube’s latest experiment brings its conversational AI tool to TVs

SeatGeek and Spotify team up

Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use

Epstein associate and Day One founder explains herself

Amazon’s Ring canceled their partnership with Flock

Pinterest claims it sees more searches than ChatGPT

xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands

Spotify hits a record 751M monthly users

YouTube TV introduces cheaper bundles

Backlash over OpenAI’s GPT-4o retirement shows how dangerous AI companions can be

Meta tests a standalone app for its AI-generated ‘Vibes’ videos

Alexa+ is now available to everyone in the US

TikTok recovers from dip in usage

UpScrolled zooms past 2.5M users

Anthropic brings agentic plugins to Cowork

Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over ‘flagrant piracy’ of 20,000 works

Chrome takes on AI browsers

OpenAI launches Prism

TikTok alternatives see surge in downloads

Tesla discontinues Autopilot in bid to boost adoption of its Full Self-Driving software

Google’s AI Mode can now tap into your Gmail and Photos

Threads rolls out ads to all users worldwide

ICE becomes one of the most-blocked accounts on Bluesky

Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows

ChatGPT users are about to get hit with targeted ads

Netflix’s first original video podcasts feature Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin

App downloads declined again in 2025, consumer spending soared

Doctors think AI has a place in healthcare

Amazon says 97% of its devices can support Alexa+

X restricts Grok's image generation to paying subscribers

OpenAI to acquire the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo

Classroom’s new tool uses Gemini to transform lessons into podcast episodes

Threads is developing in-message games

Google previews new Gemini features for TV at CES 2026

OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens

The best AI-powered dictation apps of 2025

Anthropic brings agentic plugins to Cowork

2025 was the year AI got a vibe check

Amazon’s Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial-recognition feature to video doorbells

Netflix doubles down on video podcasts

Inside Uzbekistan’s nationwide license plate surveillance system

TikTok Shop launches digital gift cards

OpenAI is reportedly trying to raise $100B at an $830B valuation

ChatGPT’s mobile app hits $3B in consumer spending

YouTube will stream the Oscars exclusively

Facebook Messenger’s desktop app is no more

Trump’s AI executive order promises ‘one rulebook’ — startups may get legal limbo instead

Disney signs deal with OpenAI

ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app of 2025 in the US

Paramount battles with Netflix over Warner Bros.

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros

TikTok rolls out a ‘Nearby Feed’

Spotify Wrapped 2025 adds its first multiplayer feature with ‘Wrapped Party’

Amazon starts testing ‘ultra-fast’ 30-minute deliveries

Amazon’s AI chatbot drove sales on Black Friday

Find Your Grind raises $5M to grow platform empowering students to explore unique career paths

OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word ‘cameo’

A new AI benchmark tests whether chatbots protect human wellbeing

SpaceX’s upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing

Google releases Nano Banana Pro

Spotify’s new features let listeners explore the people and stories behind their favorite music

Meta wins antitrust trial

Meta releases a new tool to protect reels creators

OpenAI says it’s fixed ChatGPT’s em dash problem

Firefighters received chemical burns at Elon Musk’s Boring Company site

Airbnb’s testing a ‘kitchen stocking’ service

Threads is targeting podcasters

Google Maps gets new AI tools

Amazon launches a low-price standalone shopping app

Sam Altman says he doesn’t want the government to bail out OpenAI if it fails

Apple nears deal to pay Google $1B annually to power new Siri

Spotify now has half a million video podcasts

TikTok announces its first awards show in the US

Perplexity strikes multi-year licensing deal with Getty Images

Nvidia is reportedly investing up to $1 billion in Poolside

Nvidia becomes first public company worth $5 trillion

OpenAI completes its for-profit recapitalization

OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly

Rivian will pay $250M to settle lawsuit over R1 price hike

YouTube paid out $8B to the music industry in 12 months

Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers

YouTube’s likeness-detection technology has officially launched

Meta AI’s app downloads and daily users spiked after launch of ‘Vibes’ AI video feed

Meta previews new parental controls for its AI experiences

Spotify partners with record labels to create ‘artist-first’ AI music products

Meta partners up with Arm to scale AI efforts

Spotify partners with Netflix for video podcast distribution deal

Salesforce announces Agentforce 360

Instagram head Adam Mosseri pushes back on MrBeast’s AI fears but admits society will have to adjust

Sora hit 1M downloads faster than ChatGPT

Amazon Pharmacy is launching vending machines for prescription drugs

X splits Verified Organizations into ‘Premium Business’ and ‘Premium Organizations

OpenAI launches apps inside of ChatGPT

Apple removes ICEBlock and similar tracking apps from the App Store

Threads takes on X with new communities feature

Amazon launches a grocery brand

OpenAI is launching its own TikTok competitor

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5

The Trump administration is going after semiconductor imports

Spotify denies recent accusation that it changed its terms for artists

Meta launches super PAC to fight AI regulation

Nvidia plans to invest up to $100B in OpenAI

OpenAI’s research on AI models deliberately lying is wild

Mark Zuckerberg has begun his quest to kill the smartphone

Why the iPhone Air’s real breakthrough is its battery

YouTube rolls out Studio updates

Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks

A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law

Justice Department sues Uber

OpenAI and Oracle reportedly ink historic cloud computing deal

Tesla is seeking permits to offer ride-hail services at Silicon Valley airports

Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’

Tesla shareholders to vote on investing in Musk’s AI startup xAI

Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again

Why the US government is taking a stake in Intel

MrBeast plans to launch a phone company

Space investing goes mainstream

Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users

Mark Cuban’s war on America’s $5 trillion healthcare machine

Google and Grok are catching up to ChatGPT, says a16z’s latest AI report

YouTube’s ‘Hype’ feature launches globally

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI

Transport Topics (Aug. 25, 2025)

Y Combinator says Apple’s App Store has hindered startup growth

YouTube Music celebrates 10 years with new features

Google doubles down on ‘AI phones’ with its Pixel 10 series

TikTok’s latest feature lets college students find and connect with classmates

Grammarly gets a design overhaul and multiple AI features

Trump wants to clean up the space industry’s red tape. Here’s who wins.

Google pushes AI into flight deals

Amazon rolls out same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 1,000 US cities

Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users

The iPhone 17 and everything else we’re expecting out of Apple’s hardware event.

NASA and Google are building an AI medical assistant to keep Mars-bound astronauts healthy

OpenAI’s GPT-5 is here

Instagram takes on Snapchat with new ‘Instagram Map’

OpenAI launches two ‘open’ AI reasoning models

OpenAI says ChatGPT is on track to reach 700M weekly users

Amazon's CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations

Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines

TikTok adds new parental controls, tools for creators

Spotify hints at a more chatty voice AI interface in the future

Tesla signs $16.5B deal with Samsung to make AI chips

Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal

Spotify takes a swing at gaming with a mini golf game

YouTube Shorts is adding an image-to-video AI tool

Threads adds improved content performance metrics for creators

72% of U.S. teens have used AI companions

Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films

TikTok lures songwriters with new promotional features

Google rolls out AI-powered business calling feature

Google Discover adds AI summaries

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building a 5GW AI data center

AI chatbot’s simple ‘123456’ password risked exposing personal data of millions of McDonald’s job applicants

X usage is down and competition is growing

YouTube prepares crackdown on ‘mass-produced’ and ‘repetitive’ videos

ChatGPT is testing a mysterious new feature called ‘study together’

Tennis players criticize AI technology used by Wimbledon

Not everyone is thrilled with Threads’ DMs

Perplexity launches a $200 monthly subscription plan

Threads launches its own DM inbox

Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after 10 years

SCOTUS porn ruling opens door to sweeping internet age verification

Windows killed the Blue Screen of Death

Google unveils Gemini CLI

Amazon to spend over $4B to expand Prime delivery to rural communities

Leak reveals Grok might soon edit your spreadsheets

Iran’s government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks

OpenAI drops data provider Scale AI

Amazon expects to reduce corporate jobs due to AI

Instagram tests a reposts feature

Silicon Valley tech execs are joining the US Army Reserve

Meta is building a power plant

Meta AI gains video editing capabilities

Apple’s upgraded AI models underwhelm on performance

Everything Announced at WWDC 2025

Creators Caucus launches in Congress

X tests highlighting posts that are liked by users with opposing views

Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly not paying for training data

Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less)

IBM acquires data analysis startup Seek AI

How a decade-old patent dispute could upend Uber’s business

Meta AI now has 1B monthly active users

Spotify amps up podcast discovery with new features

YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing

Tesla opened Cybertruck trade-ins, and the numbers aren’t pretty

Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government

Startup Stories: How gut health AI toilet startup Throne raised $4M

Spotify’s new ‘Upcoming Releases’ hub

10 things announced so far at Google I/O 2025

It’ll soon be free to publish apps to the Microsoft Store

OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT

YouTube viewers will start seeing ads after ‘peak’ moments in videos

TikTok rolls out new accessibility tools

TikTok launches TikTok AI Alive

Google’s Gemma AI models surpass 150M downloads

Google inks deal to develop 1.8 GW of advanced nuclear power

Asking chatbots for short answers can increase hallucinations, study finds

Spotify’s latest update gives users more control over their listening experience

Spotify now shows how many times people listened to podcast episodes

OpenAI says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations

Apple isn’t announcing price increases — yet

WhatsApp now has more than 3 billion users a month

Why you should double-check your Ray-Ban Meta glasses privacy settings

Spotify adds 5M premium users

OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT search with shopping features

Google's AI search numbers are growing, and that's by design

Anthropic is launching a new program to study AI ‘model welfare’

YouTube’s TV app is getting a redesign

Study finds social media is not wholly terrible for teen mental health

Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away

ChatGPT will now use its 'memory' to personalize web searches

Mark Zuckerberg says TikTok slowed Meta’s growth

TikTok begins testing Footnotes

Mark Zuckerberg once considered deleting all your Facebook friends

Google Classroom gives teachers an AI feature for quiz questions

ChatGPT became the most downloaded app globally in March

YouTube rolls out a free AI music-making tool

MIT study finds that AI doesn’t, in fact, have values

Amazon unveils a new AI voice model

Analyst says Apple, Tesla have biggest exposure to Trump’s tariffs

Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command

YouTube Shorts takes on TikTok with new creation tools

Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google ‘gangster-style’ businesses

ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users

Signal sees its downloads double after scandal

Nikola founder Trevor Milton pardoned by Trump

Facebook debuts a revamped Friends tab

The TikTok ban is losing support among Americans

Google unveils a next-gen family of AI reasoning models

23andMe faces an uncertain future — so does your genetic data

Spotify debuts ‘Concerts Near You’

Nvidia acquires synthetic data startup Gretel

Nvidia announces Groot N1

Google and Muon Space launch a new satellite to battle wildfires

iPhone and Android users will soon be able to send encrypted RCS messages to each other

Spotify launches a program to publish audiobooks from independent authors

Spotify says its payouts are getting better, but artists still disagree

Mark Cuban says AI is ‘never the answer,’ it’s a ‘tool’

X goes down due to cyberattacks

Japanese telco giant NTT Com says hackers accessed details of almost 18,000 organizations

OpenAI’s ex-policy lead criticizes the company for ‘rewriting’ its AI safety history

YouTube launches an ad-free Premium Lite subscription

Google still limits how Gemini answers political questions

Anthropic raises $3.5B to fuel its AI ambitions

Microsoft hangs up on Skype

TikTok revamps its desktop platform

Amazon unveils the new and improved Alexa+

DeepSeek reopens access to its API

TikTok (with Douyin) becomes first app to reach $6B in annual consumer spending

Bybit says it was hacked and lost $1.4 billion—with a 'B'

OpenAI now serves 400M users every week

X in talks to raise money at a $44B valuation

Amazon kills Inspire

What to know about TikTok’s uncertain future in the US

How this weekend’s ‘Tesla Takeover’ protests against Elon Musk came together on Bluesky

YouTube Shorts adds Veo 2

Apple is reportedly exploring humanoid robots

YouTube gets an AI update

Elon Musk-led team submits $97.4B bid for OpenAI

HPE begins notifying data breach victims after Russian government hack

Spotify, Warner Music Group sign new deal to help deliver ‘further paid subscription tiers’

Google launches new AI models and brings ‘thinking’ to Gemini

Deepfake videos are getting shockingly good

President Trump says new US sovereign wealth fund could purchase TikTok

AI startup Perplexity sued for alleged trademark infringement

Mark Zuckerberg teases a 2025 return to ‘OG Facebook’

A Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech

Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok

Sam Altman’s World now wants to link AI agents to your digital identity

OpenAI launches Operator

Scale AI is facing a third worker lawsuit in about a month

Meta lures TikTok creators with $5K bonuses

TikTok competitors claim the top of the App Store

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban

Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative

Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app

TikTok users’ attempted migration to Chinese app RedNote isn’t going too well

The Biden administration proposes sweeping new restrictions on exporting AI chips

TikTok warns of looming shutdown as Supreme Court weighs sell-or-ban law

Comcast and other TV streamers are now chasing YouTube’s ad dollars

Watch Duty surpasses ChatGPT as top free app on App Store

Uber teams up with Nvidia to scale autonomous driving faster

Google is forming a new team to build AI that can simulate the physical world

xAI’s next-gen AI model didn’t arrive on time

Nonprofit group joins Elon Musk’s effort to block OpenAI’s for-profit transition

OpenAI just announces new o3 models

Tesla is courting Texas cities to test its promised robotaxi service

App downloads decline in 2024

Threads now has 100M daily active users

YouTube will let creators opt in to third-party AI training

OpenAI fires back against Musk

ChatGPT now understands real-time video

Cruise employees ‘blindsided’ by GM’s plan to end robotaxi program

Instagram rolls out ‘trial reels’

OpenAI’s Sora has launched

US appeals court upholds TikTok ban

OpenAI confirms new $200 monthly subscription

Spotify users are disappointed by an underwhelming Wrapped

Walmart completes $2.3B acquisition of Vizio

Daily Crunch Special: The Spotify Wrapped Copycats

Canadian news companies sue OpenAI

OpenAI’s Sora video generator appears to have leaked

Prosecutors request 5-year jail sentence for Samsung chief Jay Lee

UK regulators hit Apple and Google, again

DOJ: Google must sell Chrome to end monopoly

Threads begins testing custom feeds

Bluesky tops 20M users

Mastodon sees a boost from the ‘X exodus’

Bluesky says 1 million people signed up for the platform in last 24 hours

YouTube chases TikTok with new gifting feature

YouTube gets a new AI song remix feature

TikTok launches integration with Lemon8

The top apps Gen Z young adults downloaded this year

Trump included Elon Musk on call with Zelenskyy

TikTok’s latest music feature

OpenAI acquires Chat.com

Meta extends political ad ban past Election Day

Threads now has 275M monthly active users

Indonesia blocks Google Pixel sales

OpenAI launches its Google challenger, ChatGPT Search

X makes its basic API tier more costly

LinkedIn launches its first AI agent

Instagram is lowering video quality for unpopular videos

OpenAI says it won’t release a model called Orion this year

Google adds new disclosures for AI photos

TikTok will now show its STEM feed to adults

OpenAI hires its first chief economist

X rolls out its real-time search tool

Bluesky surges into the top 5

Meta lays off employees across multiple teams

Airbnb's new Co-Host feature

X still struggles to grow subscription revenue

Billionaire Robinhood co-founder launches a space-based solar power startup

Instagram blames some moderation issues on human reviewers

Tesla reveals 20 Cybercabs at We, Robot event

X changes creator payouts

Pop culture prevails over news and politics on TikTok

Emma Watson invests in a reproductive health company

Even the 'godmother of AI' has no idea what AGI is

OpenAI launches new ‘Canvas’ ChatGPT interface

OpenAI valued at $157B

OpenAI’s DevDay brings Realtime API to app developers

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded after third anomaly in three months

Amazon dodges antitrust scrutiny in UK over Anthropic investment

How Google’s NotebookLM enhances AI note-taking

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has nearly 500 million users

OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode

What’s illegal under California’s 9 (and counting) new AI laws

Microsoft taps Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI

Apple Intelligence is now live in public beta

YouTube launches Communities

Snap’s new AI feature

ByteDance’s Lemon8 surges

Meta reignites plans to train AI using UK users’ public Facebook and Instagram posts

OpenAI unveils o1

OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise at $150B valuation

The real power of Apple Intelligence will show up in third-party apps

What is Apple Intelligence?

Telegram quietly updates website to allow abuse reports following founder’s arrest

US charges five Russian military hackers with targeting Ukraine’s government

X Gets a new TV App

Instagram adds a comments feature

What’s next for California’s AI disaster bill?

Google is working on AI that can hear signs of sickness

X caught blocking links to NPR

OpenAI reportedly in talks to close a $100B+ funding round

Meta and Instagram spotted developing a new social music-sharing feature

Durov's arrest boosts Telegram app downloads

NASA will decide today if astronauts will ride Boeing or SpaceX home

Instagram lets you relive the Myspace days

Anthropic’s Claude surpasses $1M in mobile app revenue

YouTube takes on TikTok Shop

Could Trump’s AI-generated Taylor Swift endorsement be illegal

California weakens bill to prevent AI disasters before final vote, and more AI news from the week

Threads gains multiple drafts, audience insights and more

xAI releases Grok-2

Gemini Live launches

TikTok comes for messaging apps with the addition of group chats

UK may seek stronger power to regulate tech platforms

TikTok partners with Warner Bros.

ChatGPT mobile app's revenue saw biggest spike yet

X is getting closer to launching its payment service

OpenAI taking a ‘deliberate approach’ to releasing tools that can detect writing from ChatGPT

Terraform Labs co-founder and crypto fugitive Do Kwon set for extradition

Twitter disappears from Mac App Store

Over 100 VCs pledge support for Kamala Harris

Wiz walks away from Google’s $23B offer

Making AI models ‘forget’ undesirable data hurts their performance

SpaceX cleared to resume Falcon 9 launches

OpenAI unveils SearchGPT

Mark Zuckerberg imagines content creator AI clones

Spotify in ‘early days’ of hi-fi audio plans

What Kamala Harris has said about AI, tech regulation and more

How about that Crowdstrike outage?

OpenAI unveils GPT-4o mini

US buyers spent $7.2B on the first day of Amazon Prime Day

Fisker cleared to sell North American EVs for $46.25 million

YouTube Music is testing an AI-generated radio feature

AT&T says criminals stole phone records of ‘nearly all’ customers

X is building a ‘dislike’ button

Spotify is no longer just a streaming app, it’s a social network

Spotify adds comments to podcasts

Valuations of startups have quietly rebounded to all-time highs

Epic Games calls out Apple for rejecting its Games Store in the EU

Threads nears its one-year anniversary with more than 175M monthly active users

X weighs adding a downvote button to replies

Robinhood adds AI tools to its investing app

Volkswagen’s Silicon Valley software hub is already stacked with Rivian talent

TikTok challenges Amazon Prime Day

SpaceX scores $843M NASA contract

Google brings its Gemini AI to Gmail

Target and Shopify team up

Fisker faced financial distress as early as last August

Spotify quietly lets all podcasters upload videos

Internal SpaceX documents show the sweet stock deals offered to investors like a16z, Gigafund

Snap previews its real-time image model

YouTube is experimenting with Notes

Former NSA head joins OpenAI board and safety committee

Tesla shareholders sue Musk for starting competing AI company

Ford’s secretive, low-cost EV team is growing with talent

TikTok quietly rolls out image search capabilities in TikTok Shop

What went down at Apple's WWDC 2024

Rivian's path to survival is now remarkably clear

TikTok is testing Snapchat-like streaks

Google’s new startup program focuses on bringing AI to public infrastructure

ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity all went down at the same time

GM’s Cruise is testing robotaxis in Dallas again

Spain bans Meta from launching election features on Facebook, Instagram over privacy fears

SpaceX Starship plans for orbit

Fisker cuts hundreds of workers

YouTube’s free games catalog rolls out to all users

What are Google’s AI Overviews good for?

Layoffs hit Lucid and Foursquare

Ticketmaster is at the heart of a US antitrust lawsuit against parent company Live Nation

Spyware found on US hotel check-in computers

As a US ban looms, TikTok announces a $1M program for socially driven creators

Google is launching a new Android feature to drive users back into their apps

OpenAI created a team to control 'superintelligent' AI — then let it wither

TikTok tests 60-minute video uploads

Netflix is building its own ad server

Meta is shutting down Workplace

OpenAI debuts GPT-4o

Microsoft is launching its mobile game store in July

Reddit locks down its public data in new content policy

Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is disgusting

Rivian loses $1.45 billion

The Kendrick-Drake feud shows how technology is changing rap battles

Fisker is in hot water. Again.

Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall

LinkedIn is the Twitter/X rival no one is talking about

Instagram is updating its algorithm

Meta confirms launch of a bonus program for creators on Threads

Tesla Autopilot investigation closes

Zuckerberg says Threads has 150M monthly active users

TikTok ban signed into law by President Biden

X is launching a TV app

Tinder gets a ‘Share My Date’ feature

Tesla recalls the Cybertruck

Meta upgrades its AI chatbot

TikTok starts testing TikTok Notes

Amazon Music gets an AI playlist generator

Investors are growing increasingly weary of AI

ChatGPT just got a big upgrade

Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs

Creators sign letter slamming Meta’s limit on political content

eBay gets an AI Feature

TikTok’s Instagram competitor likely to be named TikTok Notes

Tesla reportedly drops plan to build $25,000 EV

X is giving blue checks to influential users

Facebook takes on TikTok with a vertical-first video player

Musicians sign letter against irresponsible AI

Sam Altman gives up control of OpenAI Startup Fund

OpenAI built a voice cloning tool, but you can't use it... yet

X is testing NSFW adult communities, according to screenshots

Amazon doubles down on Anthropic

Elon Musk says all Premium subscribers on X will gain access to AI chatbot Grok this week

Spotify tests video courses

Apple is in hot water with the DoJ

Microsoft really wants to talk about Copilot

Reddit prices IPO at $34 per share

Facebook is trying to make ‘poking’ cool again

Apple is exploring a partnership with Google

SpaceX forbids employees to sell stock if it deems they've misbehaved

Instagram putting a 'Spin' on Reels

Creators are frustrated but energized as TikTok ban gains momentum

TikTok could be building an app for photos

Elon Musk says xAI will open source Grok this week

Fortnite is coming back to iOS in Europe (for real this time)

TikTok begs users to tell Congress not to ban it

What’s next for Twitch?

Target to launch its own version of Amazon Prime

Airbnb has a new label to denote its top (and worst) listings

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Copilot gets smarter

Tim Cook says Apple will ‘break new ground’ in GenAI this year

Threads widens the gap with X

Instagram working on a ‘Friend Map’ feature

r/WallStreetBets could be a risk to Reddit's IPO

Almost half of adults on TikTok have never posted a video

Google launches two new open LLMs

YouTube dominates TV streaming in U.S.

EU opens formal probe of TikTok

Google Wants to Save You From Hold Music

No ‘GPT’ trademark for OpenAI

Mark Zuckerberg thinks Quest 3 is better than Vision Pro

TikTok is testing an exclusive ‘Sub Space’

A Dating App for People with Good Credit

Sports betting is coming to X with BetMGM partnership

Google launches Gemini Ultra

X becomes No. 1 app on U.S. App Store

Adam Neumann is trying to buy back WeWork

Meta cuts off third-party access to Facebook Groups

Joe Rogan stays with Spotify, but expands his reach

YouTube Premium and Music now have over 100 million subscribers

Pew report shows TikTok’s rise/YouTube’s ubiquity

Instagram Threads gains traction

Expect big things from Apple’s iOS 18

NSA is buying Americans' internet browsing records without a warrant

Study: Kids spent 60% more time on TikTok than YouTube last year

Google announces new AI-powered features for education

Google Chrome gains AI features

Disney's solution to VR’s movement problem

Japan's Mission to the Moon

Reddit plans to launch IPO

YouTube to eliminate 100 employees

Uber is closing alcohol delivery service Drizly

Microsoft launches a Pro plan for Copilot

Instagram cuts a layer of management

Google removing 17 ‘underutilized’ Assistant features

Netflix Games gains traction

Alexa's AI Upgrade

Amazon’s new health initiative

5 startups we lost in 2023

Logan Paul promises CryptoZoo refunds, as long as you don't sue him

TikTok aims to grow its TikTok Shop

23andMe plays the blame game

Meta cuts prices for the Quest 2 headset

GitHub's Copilot Chat is Going Public

Xiaomi Reveals a Smartphone on Wheels

The New York Times is Suing OpenAI

Apple Vision Pro tipped for late January early February release

Looking back on 2023 and what’s in store for 2024

Beeper says it’s done trying to bring iMessage to Android

Tesla’s Autopilot recall fix labeled ‘insufficient’

Microsoft Copilot gets a music creation feature

Nikola founder Trevor Milton sentenced to 4 years for securities fraud

Opendoor co-founder Eric Wu is stepping down to return to his startup roots

Instagram's GenAI powered background editing tool

Meta starts testing Threads integration

2023's most-downloaded iPhone apps in the US

TikTok becomes first non-game app to reach $10B in consumer spending

Google's best Gemini demo was faked

Amazon piloting a new $9.99 monthly grocery subscription

Google's AI upgrade

Meta set to discontinue cross-messaging between Instagram and Facebook

Spotify cuts 17% of staff

X Goes Chasing Small Business Ad Dollars

Instagram Threads search now supports ‘all languages’

Spotify Wrapped 2023 adds an AI DJ

Apple Music Replay is here

Google's new tool for website owners

Sam's Back and Grok is Launching Soon

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