YouTube to pull music data from Billboard’s charts because it doesn’t like its ranking formula
YouTube takes its ball and goes home by pulling Billboard’s access to its music data.
The Download: China’s dying EV batteries, and why AI doomers are doubling down
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries. In the past decade, China has seen an EV boom, thanks in part to government support. Buying an electric…
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YouTube will stream the Oscars — exclusively — beginning in 2029
The news highlights YouTube’s growing dominance in the television space and a major shift as streaming takes on more live events.
Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest’s Horizon OS with third-party headset makers
The company said that it would revisit opportunities for third-party partnerships in the future.
College Graduates Lack This One Specific Skill Your Business Needs — Here’s How to Get It Anyway
Most graduates are told not to use AI, then show up to jobs built around it, and it’s on founders to close that gap before it drags the business down.
Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day
Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company’s most popular products.
Facebook is testing a link posting limit for professional accounts and pages
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
4 Ways You Can Turn Your Legacy Business Into a Modern Powerhouse
Businesses that blend traditional expertise with modern systems, transparency and customer education are gaining a powerful competitive edge.
Whole Foods Wants to Use AI to Turn Food Scraps Into Chicken Feed
The grocer will install AI-powered food recyclers in stores starting in 2027.
Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org
DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet.
Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy and is looking to sell the business
It’s the latest e-bike company to seek bankruptcy protection after pandemic-era excitement for the category wore off.