Prime Video is on track to earn ‘tens of billions of dollars’
Plus - Can AI data centers be mass-produced like cars? This startup aims to find out; DoorDash said it’s only received ‘several hundred’ ord...
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Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists and subscriptions and update delivery instructions; DoorDash to acquire Instacart for...
Meta has a new AI pet app called Waddle World
Plus - GM is embracing hybrids now; Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns Learn more about your...
Instagram goes from short-form to 90-minute videos
Plus - It sounds like the iPhone Duo keeps cracking and users aren’t happy about it; X is nudging users to promote their posts with a pointi...
Anthropic officially files for its public debut
Plus - Instacart reportedly discussed selling itself with DoorDash and Uber; Apple unveils new iPad mini with OLED display and faster A20 Pr...
Spotify confirms Family Plan crackdown
Plus - OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO; 1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf wi...
Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose
Plus - Airbnb limits chores for guests, sparking backlash from hosts; DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions Learn more...
SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations
Plus - Waymo starts offering rides at the Las Vegas airport; Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy Learn more about your ad choic...
Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days
Spotify launches paid podcast memberships with perks beyond bonus content; Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restaur...
People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again
Plus - Elon Musk pledges to give ‘every kid in America’ one of his SpaceX shares; Nvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enter...
Mark Wahlberg talks about using AI in film ‘the right way’
Plus - Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Flock CEO defends surveillance technology
Plus - Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US; YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming pl...
Netflix to lay off 1,000 staff
Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm; Deezer will soon let you filter out AI-generated music Learn more about your ad...
Bumble agrees to a $1.3B acquisition deal
Spotify users on iOS 27 can now ask Siri to play music without having to say ‘on Spotify’; Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wond...
Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed
They cast the wrong lead in “Good Will Hunting,” apparently, because it’s Ben Affleck who is the secret genius, as it turns out. Learn more...
Flock cuts staff
Plus - President Trump awards Big Tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes; Automattic loses its interim CFO just weeks after boardr...
Google brings agentic AI to Gemini
Plus - Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference; OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than pre...
Spotify expands audiobooks to over 180 markets
Apple is reportedly partnering with LG to launch a smart lock, thermostat, and doorbell; How to find out if Amazon thinks you have ‘flat but...
Paramount closes historic Warner Bros. merger to form Skydance
Plus - Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits; Pinterest’s AI now turns beauty Pins into action plans...
TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout
Plus - Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era; OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results Learn...