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Spotify's SongDNA will show you which songs are sampled on a track, Google Maps using AI to predict if EV chargers availability, and European policymakers want to ease AI and privacy laws

November 20, 2025 • 9 mins
-Spotify has unveiled an upcoming interactive feature called SongDNA designed to show you the samples, collaborators and covers included in a given track, the company announced. As part of that update, Spotify also revealed that it has acquired WhoSampled, the company behind the SongDNA technology. -Google is rolling out an update to Maps that brings some new tools to the table, including the ability to check on EV charger availab...
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Google's new Gemini 3 model arrives in AI Mode and the Gemini app

November 19, 2025 • 8 mins
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Snapchat's new ‘Topic Chats’ feature, Read AI is building a note-taking app, and Meta asked the Oversight Board to weigh in on Community Notes

November 19, 2025 • 10 mins
-users of the social network to participate in public conversations about popular trends. By its own admission, Snapchat has previously focused on private conversations, but says the growth of its TikTok-like Spotlight feature made it clear that people want to comment publicly about topics they’re interested in. -"It's AI on standby." said Read AI CEO David Shim explaining that the company's vision is to give people a tool that c...
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DeepMind releases a new weather forecasting model for more accurate predictions

November 18, 2025 • 6 mins
WeatherNext 2 can generate information around eight times faster than the previous version. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Cloudflare hit by outage causing 'widespread' errors, Tesla won its bid to decertify a class action lawsuit, and DeepMind releases a new weather forecasting model for more accurate predictions

November 18, 2025 • 7 mins
-If you're experiencing internet issues this morning, you're far from alone. Infrastructure company Cloudflare has been hit with what it calls "widespread 500 errors, with Dashboard and API also failing." The company said that services are starting to recover, but customers may continue to see "higher-than-normal errors rates" as it continues to work on the problem. As of 8:13 am, the company said that "the issue has been identifi...
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Google plans to invest $40 billion towards building data centers in Texas

November 17, 2025 • 6 mins
The investment will be made over the next two years and introduce three new data centers across Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jeff Bezos will head a new engineering-focused AI startup called Project Prometheus, Rivian spinoff Also revealed a $3,500 starting price for its first e-bike, and the Mac Pro could be the latest addition to Apple's product purgatory

November 17, 2025 • 6 mins
-Jeff Bezos is spearheading a new AI start-up called Project Prometheus, focused on his current interests in space and engineering. The New York Times reported that the company, which has yet to be made public, will reportedly have $6.2 billion in funding. Part of that sum will come from Bezos, who will act as co-CEO. -Rivian's electric mobility spinoff named Also announced a $3,500 starting price for its first e-bike called the T...
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Apple is bringing MLS to the masses

November 14, 2025 • 5 mins
Plus, Tesla is reportedly testing Apple CarPlay in its vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Disney+ may start hosting user-generated AI videos, Verizon may cut 15,000 jobs, and Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket safely made it to space a second time

November 14, 2025 • 6 mins
-According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney+ might soon play host to user-generated short-form AI videos. Iger said, “the other thing that we’re really excited about, that AI is going to give us the ability to do, is to provide users of Disney+ with a much more engaged experience, including the ability for them to create user-generated content and to consume user generated content — mostly short-form — from others.” -Verizon had...
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Valve’s Steam Frame VR headset is finally official

November 13, 2025 • 7 mins
The wireless headset has been rumored for years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Doordash now delivers food orders via a robot in Miami, Google added agentic AI checkout to shopping, and Google will allow 'experienced users' to sideload unverified Android apps

November 13, 2025 • 8 mins
-DoorDash is bringing its robot delivery service to Miami, following an initial rollout in Los Angeles and Chicago earlier this year with over 600 participating merchants. The company continues to work with Coco Robotics as part of its push towards a "multi-modal system" that allows it to make human, robot and drone deliveries at scale. -Google has announced a trio of new AI-powered shopping features. The tech company is rolling ...
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Apple is reportedly working on more satellite features for iPhone

November 12, 2025 • 7 mins
Apple is reportedly looking to expand its iPhone's satellite capabilities beyond emergency assistance and texting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Coda Music is rolling out tools for labeling and blocking AI-generated tunes, WhatsApp will face further EU regulation, and Threads is adding features for creators to promote their podcasts

November 12, 2025 • 7 mins
-Coda Music used the recent backlash around Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek as a way to differentiate itself from the number one streamer, calling out Ek’s controversial funding of defense technology firm Helsing earlier in the year. Coda Music announced a new feature that feels designed to answer another of the recent Spotify controversies: AI slop music flooding the platform. In response, Coda Music is launching AI identification to...
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Patreon is adding a discovery feed to help creators avoid social media platforms

November 11, 2025 • 6 mins
"I feel like we're competing with what Instagram should have and could have become, but did not," Patreon CEO Jack Conte said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Broadcom announced an AI chipset that translates audio in real time, Meta is killing off the external Facebook Like button, and Ford's F-150 Lightning may be sunset

November 11, 2025 • 6 mins
-Broadcom and a company called CAMB.AI are teaming up to bring on-device audio translation to a chipset. This would allow devices that use the SoC to complete translation, dubbing and audio description tasks without having to dip into the cloud. -Next year will see the end arrive for two of Facebook's external social plugins. The platform's Like button and Share button for third-party websites will be discontinued on February 10, ...
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Apple is reportedly working on more satellite features for iPhone

November 10, 2025 • 6 mins
Apple is reportedly looking to expand its iPhone's satellite capabilities beyond emergency assistance and texting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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China told Apple to remove LGBTQ+ dating apps, Denmark is set to ban social media for users under 15, and Blizzard confirmed it's adding a virtual currency for WoW

November 10, 2025 • 6 mins
-LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance have taken another hit in China, with Apple removing two of the countries biggest LGBTQ+ dating apps. Wired reports that Blued and Finka are no longer available on the iOS App Store or certain Android App Stores following orders from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country's internet regulator and censor. Apple told Wired that it must "follow the laws in the countries where we operate." -T...
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Meta is making billions of dollars from scam ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

November 7, 2025 • 6 mins
The company estimated that scams could account for 10 percent of its 2024 revenue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Grand Theft Auto VI's release delayed again, SpaceX acquired more spectrum licenses from EchoStar, and Amazon is testing an AI tool that automatically translates books into other languages

November 7, 2025 • 7 mins
-Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto VI has been delayed once again to November 19, 2026. The open world game was previously delayed from its 2025 launch window to a May 2026 release earlier this year. -SpaceX is acquiring more spectrum licenses from EchoStar in exchange for about $2.6 billion worth of shares in Elon Musk's aerospace company. The transaction is an expansion of the $17 billion deal struck between th...
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The MPA tells Meta to stop using PG-13 to describe teen accounts

November 6, 2025 • 6 mins
Meta was slapped with a cease-an-desist letter warning it off comparing its content restrictions to the movie-ratings system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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