TMtechmemeDisney raises Disney+ and Hulu prices, the fourth price hike in as many years; the ad-free tiers will each cost $21.49/month, an increase of $2.50 (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)industry4 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeGoogle releases Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, its "most expressive audio generation models yet", with support for more than 100 languages (Google)industry4 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeQ&A with Jensen Huang on AI creating more jobs than it destroys, pushing back against AI doomerism, Chinese open models, the Hugging Face acquisition, and more (Ezra Klein/New York Times)industry4 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAt its Accelerate conference, Amazon says it is opening its seller tools to third-party AI agents, starting with Claude, in beta for US merchants (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)industry4 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeCoachella promoter Goldenvoice renews its livestreaming partnership with YouTube through 2030, choosing it over competing bids from Netflix and Amazon (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)industry4 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAt its Made on YouTube event, YouTube unveils Custom Feeds, an LLM-powered feature that lets users generate and save tailored homepage video feeds, for US users (Reece Rogers/Wired)industry4 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeYouTube rolls out tools for microdramas, an AI storytelling assistant for script analysis, video A/B-testing, and more, as it battles Netflix over top creators (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)industry4 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSeattle-based satellite startup Hubble, which is working to enable global Bluetooth connectivity, raised $200M at a $1.6B valuation, for $300M in total funding (Sana Pashankar/Bloomberg)industry4 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSony Music becomes the first music company to join ARIAM, which advocates for responsible AI adoption in the creative industry and includes the NYT and Disney (Corbin Bolies/Variety)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeLondon-based AI life sciences startup Basecamp Research raised a $140M Series C led by S32, with participation from Anthropic, taking its total funding to $225M (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeBessemer raised $5.75B, allocating $4B to growth-stage funding, including young companies raising large rounds at high valuations, and $1.75B for early-stage (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeHypeAuditor: OpenAI doubled its sponsored Instagram posts promoting ChatGPT from 61 in June to 122 in July, rising again to 141 in August, as it seeks new users (Business Insider)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeEma, which uses AI agents to automate corporate processes across HR, IT, and finance, raised a $77M Series B led by Creaegis, taking its total funding to $140M (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeOpenAI says it will give its AI cyber defense system Daybreak and GPT-5.6 Sol to the Ukrainian government for free to help it protect civilian infrastructure (Zoe Kleinman/BBC)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeCarnegie China: China passed the US as the top destination for elite AI talent in 2025, rising from 2022's 27.1% share to 40.6%; the US fell from 46.4% to 34.2% (Claudia Chong/The Information)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeThe UK CMA proposes rules requiring Google and Android OEMs to offer search choice screens on first use and via yearly prompts, new AI assistant rules, and more (Steve Dent/Engadget)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA Facebook co-founder proposes creating an "Office of AI Supervision" to embed teams inside frontier AI labs, with a three-year term to avoid regulatory capture (Chris Hughes/Financial Times)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeGallup survey of 37 countries: in 34, positive AI sentiment outweighed the negative; 90%+ of people in China and 66%+ in Nigeria say AI will improve daily life (Damien Cave/New York Times)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemePortuguese surveillance drone maker Tekever raised $580M ed by UC Investments at a $6.4B valuation, after securing a UK MOD contract worth £400M over 10 years (Henrique Almeida/Bloomberg)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAnthropic reported disrupting a Beijing-aligned operation to monitor religious leaders and diaspora communities, including a DC-based advocacy group for Tibet (Richard Gere/Wall Street Journal)industry5 days ago▲ 24Read story→