Spotify’s Prompted Playlists use AI to control your algorithm
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - A new beta feature on Spotify takes the idea behind the Discover Weekly playlist and puts the control in users' hands through AI prompts. Prompted Playlists, which are initially launching in New Zealand on Thursday, let users type out exactly what they wa…
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Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company
Eli Tan / nytimes - An us-versus-them mentality has emerged between Meta’s top artificial intelligence team and longtime lieutenants to Mark Zuckerberg.
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Germany’s Amplifold Secures €5M To Advance Rapid, Affordable DNA-Origami Diagnostics
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Amplifold, a Munich-based biotech startup developing rapid diagnostic tests powered by DNA-origami nanotechnology, has closed an oversubscribed €5 million seed round. The LMU spin-off will use the funding to industrialise its DNA-origami signal amplificat…
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Nu Quantum Raises $60M: Nu Quantum $60M Funding
Clinton / ventureburn - Nu Quantum’s $60M Raise Signals New Momentum in Quantum Networking Nu Quantum has raised $60 million in fresh Series A funding. It is a record-breaking milestone for a pure-play quantumThe post Nu Quantum Raises $60M: Nu Quantum $60M Funding appeared firs…
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Earlybird-X spin-off U2V launches €60 million fund to back DeepTech startups from European tech universities
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - European venture capital firm U2V (University2Ventures) has announced the first closing of its €60 million Fund I. With this fund, the spin-off from Earlybird-X aims to back early-stage DeepTech startups from European tech universities. It will invest in …
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Exclusive: Hinge CEO Justin McLeod steps down
Yasmin Gagne / fastcompany - Justin McLeod, founder and CEO of dating app Hinge, is consciously uncoupling from his app. Hinge’s president and chief marketing officer Jackie Jantos—recently named one of Fast Company’s CMOs of the year—will succeed him in the role of CEO, effective im…
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Pebble Index: Everything You Need to Know About the $75 Smart Ring
Julian Chokkattu / wired - You can speak into the Pebble Index to have it remember things or set reminders, timers, and tasks. No cloud processing, no subscription, and best of all, no charging.
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Watch Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot takes an embarrassing tumble
digitaltrends - Tesla chief Elon Musk claimed in January that he believes its Optimus humanoid robot business will be worth “north of $10 trillion in revenue,” but a recent video suggests there’s still plenty of work to do on the contraption. In an embarrassing turn of e…
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Apple could cherish this five-year-old Android trend with its iPhone 18
digitaltrends - If the under-display solution lives up to expectations, it could reshape how iPhones look and feel, and push the smartphone world further toward full-screen design.The post Apple could cherish this five-year-old Android trend with its iPhone 18 appeared f…
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Helsinki’s Freepress Secures €1 Million To Expand AI-Powered News Platform
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Helsinki-based news service Freepress has raised €1 million in seed funding to advance its AI-powered platform and support upcoming international expansion. As part of its strategy, the company aims to enter global markets through partnerships with local …
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Melt&Marble Raises €7M in Series A Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Melt&Marble, a Gothenburg, Sweden-based company using precision fermentation to produce designer fats, raised €7M in Series A funding. The round was led by Industrifonden, with participation from European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, Beiersdorf, Valio, …
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Dozens of staffers quit Apple, leaving behind only 164,000
appleinsider - Inevitably, reports of key Apple executives leaving have prompted more Apple-is-doomed headlines that even absurdly claim the iPhone is at risk.Apple Park does not have a big "Exit" sign in it.Head of design Alan Dye is leaving Apple, head of environment …
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yuv raises $12M to scale sustainable hair colour tech in the UK and US
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - London-based yuv, a beauty technologycompany developing the world’s first smart hair colour lab system for salonsand freelancers, has closed a $12 million Series A funding round. The round wasled by N...
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Apple Lights Up Battersea Power Station With iPad-Designed Christmas Trees
iclarified - Apple is brightening the London skyline this month with a set of iPad-created Christmas trees now being projected onto the facade of Battersea Power Station. The display marks the reveal of the 24 winners of Your Tree on Battersea, a public creativity com…
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Apple Announces 2025 App Store Award Winners, Including iPhone App of the Year
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple today unveiled the winners of its 2025 App Store Awards, including task planning app Tiimo, which was named iPhone App of the Year.17 winning apps and games were selected by Apple's team of App Store editors, for showing exceptional innovation, user…
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Antigravity launches 8K 360-degree camera drone and its a delight to fly
mashable - Antigravity has launched launched Antigravity A1, saying it's the "world's first" consumer aerial drone with inbuilt 360-degree video capture.
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Sundar Pichai says Google will deploy solar-powered data centers in space by 2027
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BMW iX3 first drive: a ‘New Class’ is in session
Tim Stevens / theverge - BMW has been peppering us with teasers and bits and pieces about its next-gen EV platform, Neue Klasse, for so long - fully two years now - that I confess I've become a bit numb to the hype. I'd seen the dashboard-filling displays, talked to engineers end…
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Meta hires away Apple’s top design exec
Hunter Schwarz / fastcompany - Apple just lost a top design talent.Meta has hired Alan Dye, who was the head of Apple’s human interface design team. The company is filling his position with Stephen Lemay, who CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg “has played a key role in the design of every maj…
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Uber is launching a robotaxi service in Dallas
mashable - Uber is launching an autonomous taxi service in Dallas, though it's not completely autonomous yet.
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