Instagram’s TV app is launching on Google TV devices
By bringing Reels to TVs, Instagram looking to better compete with YouTube, which largely dominates the TV space. Image: BoliviaInteligente / Unsplash Source: TechCrunch
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Music generator ProducerAI joins Google Labs
Wyclef Jean used Google’s AI music tools on his new song “Back in Abu Dhabi.” Image: Yan Krukau / Pexels Source: TechCrunch
Anthropic launches new push for enterprise agents with plugins for finance, engineering, and design
It’s a major opportunity to grow Anthropic’s enterprise client base — and a significant threat to SaaS products currently performing those functions. Image: Denniz Futalan / Pexels Source: TechCrunch
Oura launches a proprietary AI model focused on women’s health
The model supports questions spanning the full reproductive health spectrum, from early menstrual cycles through menopause. Image: Pixabay / Pexels Source: TechCrunch
Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’
In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI’s Grok flooded X with nonconsensual nude images. Image: Markus Winkler / Pexels Source: TechCrunch
FedEx will refund customers for Trump’s tariffs — if there ever are any refunds
FedEx plans to pass along any refunds resulting from the Supreme Court’s ruling that some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are “illegal.” In a statement on its website, FedEx notes that while “no refund process has been established by the courts,” the company will reimburse shippers and consumers impacted by tariffs if it gets its…
How strong is New York’s “illegal gambling” case against Valve’s loot boxes?
Lawyers tell Ars the state has a tough road ahead, even as Valve is uniquely vulnerable. Image: Sarah / Unsplash Source: Ars Technica
This Chainsmokers-approved AI music producer is joining Google
ProducerAI, an AI-powered music-making platform, is joining Google. As part of the deal, Google will fold ProducerAI under the Labs umbrella and power the tool with a preview version of its new Lyria 3 music-making AI model. ProducerAI is a music-making platform that allows users to work with an AI agent to generate sounds, workshop…
Netflix isn’t buying Warner Bros: All of the latest updates
Just months after Netflix struck a deal to acquire the Warner Bros. studio, HBO, HBO Max, and Warner Games, the streaming giant has backed out of the arrangement, declining to raise its offer beyond Paramount’s “best and final” bid. Image: Thibault Penin / Unsplash It’s just the latest twist in the acquisition saga, which started…
Apple will soon make (some) Mac Minis in the US
Apple will still be producing Mac Mini computers in Asia too. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Image: Amin Zabardast / Unsplash Apple is preparing to move some of its Mac Mini production to the US as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to appease the Trump administration’s push for domestic investment. Manufacturing…