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Snap has expanded its Sounds library, which lets users use song clips in Snaps and Stories, with several music labels. The company listed US-based UnitedMasters, Netherlands-based BUMA/STEMRA, and SUISA Digital Licensing AG as participating labels. SUISA: Switzerland, AKKA/LAA: Latvia, Albautor: Albania, Armauthor: Armenia, Autodia: Greece, COMP: Pakistan, EAÜ: Estonia, GCA: …

Elon Musk gave a rare interview to an actual reporter late on Tuesday, speaking to BBC reporter James Clayton on Twitter Spaces. During the interview, Clayton pressed Musk on whether his purchase of Twitter was, in the end, something he went through with willingly, or whether it was something he …

Image generation moves fast. Though diffusion models used by popular tools like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion may seem like the best we have, the next thing is always coming, and OpenAI may have hit on it with “consistency models,” which can already do simple tasks an order of magnitude faster …

Google’s Android development cycle runs on a rather predictable cadence these days. Today, after two developer previews, the company launched the first of four planned public beta releases of Android 14. As with previous versions, the first beta is also the first release that anyone can install over-the-air, assuming they …

Late Tuesday, BBC reporter James Clayton interviewed Elon Musk on Twitter Spaces. Clayton asked Musk whether he bought Twitter willingly or because the court case forcing him to sell was going poorly. Musk did the deal because he believed he would be forced to do so legally, as we all …

Instagram announced today that it is extending API access to its creator marketplace to make it easier for brands to discover and work with creators on their third-party creator marketing platform. Brand agencies will also have creator marketplace access. Last July, Facebook launched its creator marketplace to help brands find …

Visa is working with several financial service and payment companies to create an interoperable peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service that lets people send money to friends regardless of their payment service. Digital payments have revolutionized commerce, but the sheer number of payment apps has made sending money to others difficult. Both …

The world’s two largest economies have raced to demonstrate their generative AI capabilities in recent months. ChatGPT, Midjourney, the new Bing, and others have tens of millions of users worldwide. Chinese entrepreneurs strive to match American ones. Baidu launched ChatGPT-like software. Alibaba, another Chinese tech giant, unveiled its latest generative …

Today YouTube begins NFL Sunday Ticket presales. The season-long add-on costs $249 for YouTube TV Base subscribers. NFL Sunday Ticket and NFL RedZone bundles are $289 for the season during presales. The streaming company will raise both packages by $100 after the presale period ends on June 6. All local, …

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is reviewing Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot. The CMA is seeking stakeholder input to determine if Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot would cause a “significant decrease of competition” in the U.K. The CMA hasn’t set a timeline for announcing its investigative decision. Smart home …