Universal Music Group and TikTok renew agreement to combat unauthorized AI music
For years, UMG has pushed platforms, streaming services, and AI companies to implement stricter content moderation policies
Spotify now lets you stream narrated magazine articles, too
Spotify is adding narrated magazine articles to its app as it expands beyond music into audiobooks, podcasts, AI audio, and more.
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Inspectors uncovered widespread sports gambling materials displayed throughout Pennsylvania federal penitentiary
Federal inspectors say sports gambling materials were sitting out in the open across several housing units at USP Canaan, according to a newly released watchdog report examining conditions inside the federal
7-Eleven data breach affects over 185,000 people’s personal data
The data breach included names, dates-of-birth, postal addresses, and Social Security numbers, according to a state government listing.
Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation
Stord was founded in 2015 by then-college students CEO Sean Henry and CTO Jacob Boudreau while they were still at Georgia Tech.
Brazil gambling probe widens after Brabet owner arrested during police operation
Brazilian police arrested Brabet betting platform owner Alberth Cesar Janjon last week as investigators widened a sprawling probe into suspected illegal gambling operations operating across several states. Officers
What ClickUp’s mass layoff tells us about the future of work
The nine-year-old startup is replacing hundreds of employees with thousands of AI agents.
The pope’s AI encyclical isn’t really about AI
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical uses AI as a lens to diagnose older problems: concentrated power, eroding democracy, and a tech elite that shapes the world to its own advantage.
The pitch trick that helped an eSports startup raise $20M when VCs only wanted AI
Earlier this year, Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something that no one else has ever done. And he shared several secrets on how he did it.