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Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them from driving into highway construction zones
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027
Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users
Fox to acquire Roku in $22 billion deal
SpaceX opens at $150, an 11% pop for the most anticipated debut in history
Opendoor’s India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing
Pinterest bets on creators with Amazon Storefront integration
How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers
Eventbrite and Vimeo owner Bending Spoons files to go public
Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person
Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.
Meet Wander, a StumbleUpon-inspired tool for discovering the ‘small web’
Meta tests ‘Series’ for episodic Reels on Instagram and Facebook
Strava declares war on scrapers ahead of IPO
This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory
Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket
YouTube will now automatically label AI videos
Spotify now lets you stream narrated magazine articles, too
Spotify’s AI bet: more of everything, less of what you want
Meta quietly launches Forum
Spotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM
Youtube adds ‘Ask YouTube’
Google Search as you know it is over.
Amazon’s new Alexa+ powered feature can generate podcast episodes
YouTube viewers watch 2 billion hours of Shorts on TVs each month
Spotify to adopt Apple’s new video podcast tech
Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI
TikTok launching TikTok GO
Venmo’s biggest makeover in years comes at a very interesting time
Disney looking to make a unified ‘super app’
Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio
The AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T
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
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