What is AI good for? Automating repetitive tasks for the very busy people running small businesses, reckons Berlin-based startup Synthflow, which is announcing a $7.4 million seed round for its SME-focused no code platform for AI voice assistance. Since being founded around spring last year, […]
Month: June 2024
YouTube reportedly wants to pay record labels to use their songs for AI training
Much of the conversation about AI has revolved around the use of copyrighted materials to train models. YouTube is allegedly taking steps to avoid this issue, offering major musical labels payment to license their songs for AI training, the Financial Times reports. Sony Music Entertainment, […]
YouTube is trying to make AI music deals with major record labels
YouTube is expecting to launch new AI tools later this year that are trained off the back of these deals. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After debuting a generative AI feature last year that produces music in the style of famous artists […]
Unwrapping ‘Red One’: A Holiday Adventure with Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans
Unwrapping ‘Red One’: A Holiday Adventure with Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans #RedOneMovie, #DwayneJohnson, #ChrisEvans, #HolidayAdventure, #Christmas2024, #AmazonStudios, #MoviePreview, #Hollywood, #ActionComedy, #GreenGroundMedia Join Alvin from GreenGround as he dives into the upcoming holiday blockbuster “Red One,” starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. Set for release […]
Reliance Jio kicks off Indian telecom price hike
Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecoms operator, has initiated what analysts expect to be an industry-wide increase in tariffs in the world’s second largest wireless market, raising some of its plans by more than 20%. Jio’s revised pricing structure, effective July 3, sees its entry-level Rs […]
YouTube is trying to make AI music deals with major record labels
YouTube is expecting to launch new AI tools later this year that are trained off the back of these deals. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After debuting a generative AI feature last year that produces music in the style of famous artists […]
Arkansas AG lawsuit claims the number one mobile shopping app is ‘dangerous malware’
Image: The Verge Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin made sweeping claims against e-commerce app Temu in a lawsuit on Tuesday, accusing the company of violating state law against deceptive trade practices. “Temu purports to be an online shopping platform, but it is dangerous malware, surreptitiously […]
SpaceX scores $843M NASA contract to deorbit ISS in 2030
NASA has selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will deorbit the International Space Station in 2030 — a contract valued at as much as $843 million, the agency announced Wednesday. The ISS is nearing the end of its operational life, and as plans for […]
Check out what Microsoft’s Keystone streaming device might have been
Microsoft leadership has been putting a lot of weight on Game Pass, and several of its business decisions of late appear to center on getting more people into that subscription service. One of those projects was called Keystone, a dedicated streaming device that would let […]
One of our favorite cordless vacuums is $175 off at Amazon
No, vacuums aren’t the most exciting thing to buy, but they do make life a lot better — especially if you have a pet. A clean house can be a bit cheaper right now thanks to a 30 percent discount on Tineco’s Pure ONE S15 […]