Spotify denies recent accusation that it changed its terms for artists
Spotify sets the record straight about the distribution rights of artists, podcasters, creators, and authors on the platform.
The Download: aging clocks, and repairing the internet
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. How aging clocks can help us understand why we age—and if we can reverse it Wrinkles and gray hairs aside, it can be difficult to know how well—or poorly—someone’s body is truly aging.…
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What It Really Takes to Stand Out on Social Media as a Business Today
Here’s what businesses can do to cut through the noise and thrive on social media right now.
Shoplifters could soon be chased down by drones
Flock Safety, whose drones were once reserved for police departments, is now offering them for private-sector security, the company announced today, with potential customers including including businesses intent on curbing shoplifting. Companies in the US can now place Flock’s drone docking stations on their premises. If the company has a waiver from the Federal Aviation…
5 Rules for Hiring When Great Job Candidates Are Scarce
Hiring in a tight market? Don’t rush to fill the role — do this instead.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs
Subscribers to ChatGPT’s $200-a-month Pro plan will get to try out Pulse, OpenAI’s latest agent product.
Threads is developing a tool that lets you ‘tag’ its algorithm to configure your feed
Threads is developing a new feature that would let users control what they see by ‘tagging’ the algorithm.
Juicebox raises $30M from Sequoia to revolutionize hiring with LLM-powered search
The recruiting startup has over 2,500 customers, including recruiters at Perplexity, Ramp and OpenAI.
Steph Curry’s VC firm just backed an AI startup that wants to fix food supply chains
Food supply chains are notoriously messy. Orders arrive through different channels, staff spend hours manually entering them into clunky enterprise software systems, and compliance often depends on spreadsheets. For decades, software vendors have tried, with mixed success, to modernize the workflows behind the global movement of perishable goods. Now, a Y Combinator startup called Burnt […]
Amazon to pay $2.5B in FTC settlement over ‘deceptive’ Prime tactics
The company will be required to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and provide $1.5 billion in refunds back to an estimated 35 million consumers harmed by the company’s “deceptive Prime enrollment practices,” the FTC says.
LGBTQ+ youth have worse mental health outcomes without access to safe online spaces, studies show
These online communities have become more critical in a time LGBTQ+ rights are under attack in the U.S.