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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bumble agrees to a $1.3B acquisition deal | 14 Oct 2026 | 00:07:02 | |
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 Wonder
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| Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed | 13 Oct 2026 | 00:07:15 | |
They cast the wrong lead in “Good Will Hunting,” apparently, because it’s Ben Affleck who is the secret genius, as it turns out.
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| Flock cuts staff | 10 Oct 2026 | 00:06:49 | |
Plus - President Trump awards Big Tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes; Automattic loses its interim CFO just weeks after boardroom shakeup
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| Google brings agentic AI to Gemini | 09 Oct 2026 | 00:07:47 | |
Plus - Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference; OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected
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| Spotify expands audiobooks to over 180 markets | 08 Oct 2026 | 00:07:55 | |
Apple is reportedly partnering with LG to launch a smart lock, thermostat, and doorbell; How to find out if Amazon thinks you have ‘flat buttocks’
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| Paramount closes historic Warner Bros. merger to form Skydance | 07 Oct 2026 | 00:06:09 | |
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
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| TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout | 06 Oct 2026 | 00:07:33 | |
Plus - Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era; OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results
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| Shopify debuts Canvas | 03 Oct 2026 | 00:06:32 | |
Plus - Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become Skydance Shopify debuts Canvas, a way to build online stores by chatting with AI
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| Google releases Gemini 4 Argon | 02 Oct 2026 | 00:07:41 | |
Plus - Amazon introduces Kindle Click; Audible’s new features let you explore book worlds — and use AI to talk to characters
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| Airbnb adds AI search and more social features | 01 Oct 2026 | 00:08:12 | |
Plus - Tinder adapts to a social, IRL dating future with ‘Group Hangouts’ feature; OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
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| Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses | 30 Sep 2026 | 00:07:29 | |
Plus - OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns; Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’
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| The iPhone Duo may already have its first killer app: a virtual Walkman | 29 Sep 2026 | 00:07:45 | |
Plus - Meta launches enterprise AI platform; ElevenLabs’ new v4 speech model supports more expression control and 90 languages
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| Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse | 26 Sep 2026 | 00:06:56 | |
Plus - Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays; Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
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| Everything new coming to Meta’s AI agent Muse | 25 Sep 2026 | 00:07:20 | |
Plus - Google tests letting Gemini call businesses for you
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| Big Announcements from Made on YouTube 2026 | 24 Sep 2026 | 00:06:59 | |
YouTube releases new AI features for creators within its Studio app; YouTube’s new ‘Short Series’ feature brings episodic viewing to Shorts; YouTube adds new creator tools like video A/B testing, dynamic thumbnails, and live dubbing
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| Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch | 23 Sep 2026 | 00:08:23 | |
Plus - Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 with lower prices and Fable-level performance; TikTok’s US arm joins Lantern, a cross-platform child safety initiative
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| Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini | 22 Sep 2026 | 00:07:06 | |
Plus - A new California law will penalize influencers who don’t disclose political ads; ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok
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| The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI | 19 Sep 2026 | 00:07:48 | |
As companies hand off longer and more complex tasks to AI agents, they are running into an oversight problem: Agents can act faster, longer, and at greater volume than humans can realistically review.
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| Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses | 18 Sep 2026 | 00:07:45 | |
Spotify expands its partner program for podcasts to 35 new countries; After accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera
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| The AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry | 17 Sep 2026 | 00:07:57 | |
Plus - Amazon gives its workers a raise of $1 per hour; Threads’ new features let podcasters promote shows and reach listeners
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| Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans | 16 Sep 2026 | 00:07:03 | |
Plus - Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo; AI agents now have a place to snitch
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| Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards | 15 Sep 2026 | 00:07:16 | |
Plus - Larry Ellison cancels $7.5 billion sale of Oracle stock; OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026
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| Scammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider | 12 Sep 2026 | 00:04:50 | |
Plus - OpenAI puts Pro subscriptions on hold due to Astra demand; Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek
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| Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening | 11 Sep 2026 | 00:07:39 | |
Plus - There are new shiny iPhones, so Apple is making you pay more for older models
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| Meta debuts its Muse AI agent | 10 Sep 2026 | 00:07:13 | |
Plus - White House takes down ‘Build the Wall’ game
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| What to expect from the upcoming Apple launch | 09 Sep 2026 | 00:06:48 | |
Apple’s annual iPhone release events are always interesting in one way or another, but this year’s presentation is one of the most anticipated in a while.
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| Oura files to go public | 08 Sep 2026 | 00:06:06 | |
Plus - Tesla is asking people if they want to buy and run Cybercab fleets
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| The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus | 05 Sep 2026 | 00:07:35 | |
Generative AI menus have hit the restaurant business courtesy of models trained on a narrow, “pleasing” aesthetic that feels wrong even when you can’t articulate why.
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| Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella | 04 Sep 2026 | 00:04:48 | |
Plus - Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion; Amazon’s Zoox expands its robotaxi service to Las Vegas airport
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| Adobe is making its tools available in Slack | 03 Sep 2026 | 00:06:49 | |
Plus - Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name; Amazon’s shopping AI can now tell you if that message is a scam
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| Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop | 02 Sep 2026 | 00:07:27 | |
Plus - GoPro to be acquired for $285M; Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles.
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| MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 | 01 Sep 2026 | 00:06:56 | |
Plus - Tim Cook’s parting message; Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining
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| Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label | 29 Aug 2026 | 00:07:20 | |
Plus - Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot; YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases
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| OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI | 28 Aug 2026 | 00:06:22 | |
Plus - Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more
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| Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax | 27 Aug 2026 | 00:06:26 | |
Plus - Apple is holding its iPhone launch event on September 9th Bill Gates Ring introduces a new encryption standard
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| Apple debuts its ‘most powerful chip ever’ in M5 Ultra and M6 | 26 Aug 2026 | 00:07:12 | |
Plus - Uber launches live video streaming for teen accounts; Amazon hikes hardware prices by 60%
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| Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B | 25 Aug 2026 | 00:07:20 | |
Plus - Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash; Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders
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| OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic | 22 Aug 2026 | 00:07:26 | |
Plus - Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay; Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy
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| Meta’s experimental vibe-coding gaming app | 21 Aug 2026 | 00:06:38 | |
Plus - Patreon launches 30 new creator features; Senators demand answers from TikTok
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| Amazon’s Prime Air is taking off in nearly 500 US cities | 20 Aug 2026 | 00:07:47 | |
Plus - You can Venmo your college tuition, for some reason; TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs
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| Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear | 19 Aug 2026 | 00:07:45 | |
Plus - Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans; OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens
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| Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’ | 18 Aug 2026 | 00:08:22 | |
Plus - Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network; YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing
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| Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works | 15 Aug 2026 | 00:07:02 | |
Plus - Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations; Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store
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| Facebook officially rolls out its stand-alone Creator Studio app | 14 Aug 2026 | 00:05:56 | |
Plus - Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps; Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news
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| Everything announced at Made by Google ’26 | 13 Aug 2026 | 00:07:56 | |
Plus - The latest in startup business news
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| Jeff Bezos might finally get his hands on a sports team | 12 Aug 2026 | 00:06:19 | |
Plus - OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer; Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models
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| Meta gets a new AI model | 11 Aug 2026 | 00:07:15 | |
Plus - Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the US; Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default
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| Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster | 08 Aug 2026 | 00:06:22 | |
Plus - The Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms; Bumble teases a swipe-free future as it doubles down on IRL meetups;
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| eBay continues to bet on live shopping | 07 Aug 2026 | 00:06:46 | |
Plus - Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings; Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI
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| Disney+ looks to TikTok creators to bring fan content | 06 Aug 2026 | 00:07:26 | |
Plus - Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta; SpaceX doubles revenue on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth
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