Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Apple Music users have started noticing a strange issue that’s causing other people’s playlists and songs to show up in their libraries, as reported earlier by 9to5Mac. Several users on Reddit have reported this problem over the span of several weeks, with some saying that they have even lost
Read MoreChris Welch / The Verge: Amazon announces new Fire TVs, launches a cheaper TV lineup, says over 200M Fire TV devices have been sold, and rolls out Luna in the UK, Germany, and Canada — Amazon announced today that it has sold a total of over 200 million Fire TV devices. That number is a
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Read MoreSahil Patel / The Information: Sources: Meta rehires veteran manager Nick Grudin, who left to join NFT startup Dapper Labs in August 2022, to oversee media and creator relationships — Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg’ effort to cut back on middle managers isn’t stopping the company hiring more middle managers.
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A bill to give Americans a $1,500 discount on the purchase of a new electric bike was introduced in Congress this week, less than a year after a similar proposal was left out of the climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act. The original Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the
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Read MoreWhen it comes to big corporate goals, small businesses are uniformly getting behind their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. According to reporting published in Harvard Business Review, a full six out of 10 companies report having DEI strategies. Yet it can be hard to sustain DEI initiatives for the long term. What makes it
Read MoreWashington Post: A look at ByteDance and TikTok’s lobbying before Shou Zi Chew’s hearing, including Axios ads and private lawmaker meetings, mirroring Meta’s well-worn tactics — The app, owned by Beijing-headquartered ByteDance, is adopting the lobbying tactics of many of its American tech company peers
Read MoreCredit: AMC Breaking Bad is one of the biggest hits of the prestige TV era, often talked about in the same breath as The Sopranos, Twin Peaks, Mad Men, and The Americans. After moderate success in its early seasons on AMC, its popularity exploded when it landed on Netflix, bringing in new viewers who made
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Read MoreChris Stokel-Walker / BuzzFeed News: Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins says Midjourney seems to have banned him after he made images of Trump’s arrest; the word “arrested” is now banned on the tool — “I suspect it was pushing my luck when I did the
Read Morehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=VbJ1K6Nb_gc Two years after the release of the Ear 1, Nothing is back with a second-generation Ear 2. At a glance, the new pair of true wireless earbuds look exactly like their predecessors, down to the transparent plastic case and red dot on the right earbud, but Nothing is touting a lot of under-the-hood improvements.
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Read MoreNothing’s AirPods rival, the new Ear (2), has been officially announced, and there are some great features on board.
Read MoreAshley Carman / Bloomberg: Memo: Spotify has spent less than 10% of its $100M Creator Equity Fund, launched in February 2022 to promote diversity following the Joe Rogan controversy — Spotify Technology SA’s $100 million Creator Equity Fund, designed to promote diversity in music and podcasts following controversial comments …
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Mozilla announces Mozilla.ai, an AI-focused startup with $30M in seed funding from the Mozilla Foundation to work on open source and “trustworthy” AI — On the eve of its 25th anniversary, Mozilla, the not-for-profit behind the Firefox browser, is launching an AI-focused startup.
Read MoreMatt Levine / Bloomberg: A look at Balaji Srinivasan’s proposed $1M bitcoin bet, predicting one BTC will be worth $1M+ in 90 days, which makes little sense besides attracting attention — It is sometimes useful to think that the shareholders of a bank are not its owners; they are just renting it from its creditors.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority OnePlus has revealed that a new OnePlus 11 variant is coming. This model will be made out of a new material, and each device will apparently be unique. It’s believed by some that this OnePlus 11 variant could be made from marble. OnePlus launched the OnePlus 11 globally last
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Read MoreSecretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg poses for a portrait at the Department of Transportation offices in Washington, DC. | Image: Cheriss May for The Verge The US Department of Transportation is making a big bet on smart city technology with the release of $94.8 million in federal funding. But in an interview, Secretary Buttigieg warned
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