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ICE becomes one of the most-blocked accounts on Bluesky
Plus Netflix is rolling out a live voting feature; Netflix revises offer to pay all cash for Warner Bros. to fend off Paramount
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Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows
Plus - Well, there goes the metaverse!; TikTok quietly launches a microdrama app called ‘PineDrama’
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ChatGPT users are about to get hit with targeted ads
Plus, Chinese EVs inch closer to the US as Canada slashes tariffs.
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Netflix’s first original video podcasts feature Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin
Plus - Spotify raises its subscription prices in the US again; Wikimedia Foundation announces several new AI partnerships
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App downloads declined again in 2025, consumer spending soared
Plus - Google’s Trends Explore page gets new Gemini capabilities; Meta to reportedly lay off 10% of Reality Labs staff
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Doctors think AI has a place in healthcare
Plus - The latest in startup business news
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Amazon says 97% of its devices can support Alexa+
Plus - Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri; Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code
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X restricts Grok's image generation to paying subscribers
Plus, Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power.
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OpenAI to acquire the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo
Plus - Illinois health department exposed over 700,000 residents’ personal data for years; Disney+ is launching short-form videos this year
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Classroom’s new tool uses Gemini to transform lessons into podcast episodes
Plus - Spotify now lets you share what you’re streaming in real time with friends; Spotify lowers monetization threshold for video podcasts
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Threads is developing in-message games
Threads is developing in-message games; Meta pauses international expansion of its Ray-Ban Display glasses; Amazon’s Ring doorbells get fire alerts, a...
Google previews new Gemini features for TV at CES 2026
Plus - DoorDash says it banned driver who seemingly faked a delivery using AI; Amazon revamps Fire TV
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OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens
Plus, Tesla annual sales decline 9% as it’s overtaken by BYD as global EV leader.
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The best AI-powered dictation apps of 2025
In some ways, 2025 was when AI dictation apps really took off.
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2025 was the year AI got a vibe check
Money was no object for the AI industry in early 2025. A vibe check crept in the second half of the year.
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Inside Uzbekistan’s nationwide license plate surveillance system
Across Uzbekistan, a network of about a hundred banks of high-resolution roadside cameras continuously scan vehicles’ license plates and their occupan...
TikTok Shop launches digital gift cards
Plus - ChatGPT launches a year-end review like Spotify Wrapped
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OpenAI is reportedly trying to raise $100B at an $830B valuation
Plus - TikTok agrees to deal to cede control of US business to American investor group; Netflix is betting on podcasts to become the new daytime talk...
ChatGPT’s mobile app hits $3B in consumer spending
Plus - Rivian rolls out new ‘Universal Hands-Free’ driving feature; Instacart’s AI-driven pricing tool attracted attention — now the FTC has questions...
YouTube will stream the Oscars exclusively
Plus - Google launches Gemini 3 Flash; YouTube to pull music data from Billboard’s charts because it doesn’t like its ranking formula
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Netflix doubles down on video podcasts
Plus - Instagram brings Reels to the big screen; DoorDash rolls out an AI social app for discovering new restaurants
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Facebook Messenger’s desktop app is no more
Plus - Netflix responds to concerns about WBD deal; Snapchat rolls out its end-of-year Recaps
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Trump’s AI executive order promises ‘one rulebook’ — startups may get legal limbo instead
Plus, Reddit argues it isn’t like other social platforms in case against Australia’s social media ban.
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Disney signs deal with OpenAI
Plus - Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming ‘massive’ copyright infringement; Google’s AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just...
ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app of 2025 in the US
Plus - Amazon now offers same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 2,300 US cities; YouTube TV to launch genre-based subscription plans in 2026
Amazon’s Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial-recognition feature to video doorbells
Plus - Slack CEO Denise Dresser to join OpenAI as chief revenue officer; Three in 10 US teens use AI chatbots every day, but safety concerns are growi...
Paramount battles with Netflix over Warner Bros.
Plus - TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’; Claude Code is coming to Slack
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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros
Plus, the New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement.
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TikTok rolls out a ‘Nearby Feed’
Plus - Spotify says Wrapped 2025 is its biggest yet, with 200M+ users in its first day; Amazon reportedly considering dropping USPS and building a com...
Spotify Wrapped 2025 adds its first multiplayer feature with ‘Wrapped Party’
Spotify Wrapped is back. After last year’s widely criticized flop that included an AI podcast as its highlight, the streamer’s highly anticipated annu...
Amazon starts testing ‘ultra-fast’ 30-minute deliveries
Plus - Bending Spoons agrees to buy Eventbrite for $500M; YouTube releases its first-ever recap of videos you’ve watched
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Amazon’s AI chatbot drove sales on Black Friday
Plus - The latest in startup business news.
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Find Your Grind raises $5M to grow platform empowering students to explore unique career paths
If you’re a fan of the punk scene from the early 2000s, you may recognize Nick Gross, the drummer for the band Goldfinger.
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OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word ‘cameo’
Plus, Fleet Space finds massive lithium deposit using AI and satellites.
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A new AI benchmark tests whether chatbots protect human wellbeing
Plus, US banks scramble to assess data theft after hackers breach financial tech firm.
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SpaceX’s upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing
Plus, despite Chinese hacks, Trump’s FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules for phone and internet companies.
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Google releases Nano Banana Pro
Plus - YouTube tests an in-app private messaging feature again; Spotify’s latest feature lets you transfer playlists from other services
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Spotify’s new features let listeners explore the people and stories behind their favorite music
Plus - Target joins OpenAI’s growing list of retail apps; TikTok will now give you badges for limiting your doomscrolling
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Meta wins antitrust trial
Plus - Toyota keeps betting on hybrid vehicles in the US; Hank Green’s Focus Friend is Google Play’s app of the year
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Meta releases a new tool to protect reels creators
Plus - Ford turns to Amazon to give used cars sales a boost; Google rolls out its AI ‘Flight Deals’ tool globally
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