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Spotify has launched Playlist Notes, a feature that lets users attach personal comments to songs, podcast episodes, and audiobooks inside playlists they own or help manage. The update extends Spotify’s…

Reddit is beginning limited tests of video and audio versions of posts, giving some users the option to play narrated Reddit content instead of only reading it. The experiments will…

Sonic Fire Tech has raised $15 million to continue developing a fire suppression system that uses low-frequency sound instead of water or chemicals. The Ohio-based startup says its technology can…

YouTube is changing how it counts video views, with a view recorded as soon as a video begins playing or a user enters a live broadcast. The new system takes…

Feedly has been dealing with technical problems for more than a week, with users reporting severe slowdowns in its web app and issues affecting its iOS app. Some paying customers…

Amazon is buying large quantities of rare books, scanning their contents for artificial intelligence training data and destroying the physical copies in the process, according to an investigation by 404…

Groq has raised $350 million as it continues shifting from building its own AI chips to operating cloud infrastructure powered by Nvidia systems. The Series A values Groq at $3.5…

Nvidia will invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy as part of an agreement tied to the PORTS-Pike data center project near Cincinnati, Ohio. The arrangement will make Nvidia the exclusive…

African defense technology company Terra Industries has raised another $18 million, bringing its seed funding to $52 million as it expands autonomous defense systems and manufacturing. The company says it…

WordPress.com has launched WordPress.com Education, a program that gives participating students a full hosting plan free for their first year, with no credit card required. The plan includes 6 GB…

Uber is investing in drone delivery company Zipline as part of a partnership that aims to complete one million drone deliveries per day by the end of 2029. Zipline drones…

Japan’s ageing population, labour shortages and weak productivity would appear to make it a natural market for workplace AI. Yet adoption remains relatively low, with an OECD study finding that…

Fenway Sports Group has agreed to sell a minority stake in Liverpool FC to 1892 Holdings, a consortium led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia and backed by investors including Amazon…

Young women are becoming more familiar with terms such as “cycle syncing,” menstrual phases and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS, as social media makes conversations about periods and hormones…

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is experimenting with glow-in-the-dark ice pops, AI-equipped freezers, protein-rich products and new manufacturing techniques as it looks for ways to manage rising costs and changing…

Meta is set to face a major federal trial on August 18 over allegations that Instagram and Facebook were deliberately designed to keep children engaged while collecting data from users…

More than 100 signed photographs by British music photographer Gered Mankowitz will go to auction in Wiltshire on September 7, offering collectors images of artists including the Rolling Stones, Jimi…

A 22-carat gold egg created for Cadbury’s 1983 Conundrum treasure hunt has sold for £123,500 at auction, around six times its estimated value. The result set a new auction record…

Chinese animated film Niu Lai has become an unexpected box office success after initially earning just 7,705 yuan ($1,140) during its first 10 days in cinemas. The low-budget production has…

A mounted animal head originally mistaken for an antique fox has sold for more than £60,000 after being identified as a likely thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger. The specimen had previously…