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• Klarna used an AI avatar of its CEO to deliver earnings, it said [15d]
• Spotify says support for external payments on iOS has already boosted subscriptions [15d]
• LM Arena, the organization behind popular AI leaderboards, lands $100M [15d]
• Wyden: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon weren’t notifying senators of surveillance requests [15d]
• Spotify’s new ‘Upcoming Releases’ hub highlights future albums you may like [15d]
• Jony Ive to lead OpenAI’s design work following $6.5B acquisition of his company [15d]
• Filed raises $17M to automate the drudgery of tax prep [15d]
• Meta launches program to encourage startups to use its Llama AI models [15d]
• Trump administration may sell deep-sea mining leases at startup’s urging [15d]
• Tensions flare between the US and China over Huawei’s AI chips [15d]
• Amazon rolls out short-form AI-powered audio product summaries for select items [15d]
• TED’s app launches a short-form video feature ahead of potential TikTok ban [15d]
• Google is bringing ads to AI Mode [15d]
• Siro lands $50M to expand its AI-powered coaching for sales reps [15d]
• In a crowded VC landscape, Elizabeth Weil’s Scribble Ventures shows that networks still matter [15d]
• US student agrees to plead guilty to hack affecting tens of millions of students [15d]
• A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs [15d]
• Einride founder steps down as CEO amid push to scale electric, autonomous trucks [15d]
• Mistral’s new Devstral AI model was designed for coding [15d]