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Spotify launches Save to Spotify, a command-line tool that lets AI agents download generated audio summaries and personal podcasts to a user’s account (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: “AI Coachella” professor wants to take over data centers A show about the inside conversations of the…

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Audio leak: San Francisco and Austin first responders tell NHTSA Waymo robotaxis are "downgrade" and commit more traffic violations than before (Aarian Marshall/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 30, 2026

Aarian Marshall / Wired: Leaked audio: San Francisco and Austin first responders tell NHTSA that Waymo robo-axis are “downshifting” and…

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Tests of more than 12 AI detection tools show that many are capable of detecting basic counterfeits, but struggle with complex images; few analyze the video and most identify fake audio (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, Bloodbath at Block, The Citrini Selloff The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Lyft launches teen accounts in the U.S. more than two years after Uber, with security features like PIN verification, real-time tracking and audio recordings (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 9, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: The Truth Behind Automation Claims in Customer Support | Ping Wu, CEO of Cresta Grit explores what…

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the global music industry reached 5.1T streams, up 9.6% year-on-year and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125 million on-demand audio streams (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Are Google’s Geminis winning?, Drama of thinking machines, The potential of Claude Cowork The Big…

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Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, similar to the $159 NotePin but with a button, plus a new desktop app for recording meeting audio (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 5, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The High Growth Handbook: Molly Graham’s Frameworks for Managing Chaos, Change, and Scale Interviews with world-class…

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OpenAI has stepped up efforts to improve its audio AI models, in preparation for its AI-powered personal device, which is expected to be largely audio-based (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: We replaced our sales team with 20 AI agents: here’s what happened | Jason Lemkin (SaaStr)…

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Runware, which operates a developer tools platform that generates images, video and audio in real time, raised a $50 million Series A, bringing its total funding to $66 million (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 11, 2025

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: So what happens after the AGI? A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du,…

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Sources: OpenAI is developing AI tools to generate music from text and audio prompts, including features like adding guitar accompaniment to vocal tracks (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 25, 2025

The information: Sources: OpenAI develops AI tools to generate music from text and audio prompts, including features such as adding…

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AI AUDIO STARTUP Elevenlabs is launching a tender offer to allow staff to sell up to $ 100 million in shares at an evaluation of $ 6.6 billion, against an assessment of $ 3.3 billion in January 2025 (Rachel Metz / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 8, 2025

Featured podcasts Decoder with Nilay Patel: Sal Khan hopes AI will not destroy education A show by The Verge on…

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Analysis: 10 Trump officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, reported holding stakes in SpaceX or xAI worth more than $9.9 million collectively, before SpaceX’s IPO (Bloomberg)

GitLab lays off 350 employees, or 14% of its workforce, as it evolves into an AI-driven enterprise software development platform and exits 22 countries (Dean Seal/Wall Street Journal)

London-based Gigaton, which develops AI to automate industrial control systems for cement, steel, glass and chemical plants, has raised a $26 million Series A round (Mike Butcher/Pathfounders)

Researchers at the University of Toronto say they have developed an open-source AI-powered ‘worm’ that exploits known vulnerabilities and tailors attacks to each computer (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Bitcoin fell as much as 7% over 24 hours to fall below $67,000 on Tuesday for the first time since April, following Strategy’s first BTC sale since 2022; MSTR fell 9% (Bloomberg)

Browsing: audio

Spotify launches Save to Spotify, a command-line tool that lets AI agents download generated audio summaries and personal podcasts to a user’s account (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

Audio leak: San Francisco and Austin first responders tell NHTSA Waymo robotaxis are "downgrade" and commit more traffic violations than before (Aarian Marshall/Wired)

Tests of more than 12 AI detection tools show that many are capable of detecting basic counterfeits, but struggle with complex images; few analyze the video and most identify fake audio (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)

Lyft launches teen accounts in the U.S. more than two years after Uber, with security features like PIN verification, real-time tracking and audio recordings (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

the global music industry reached 5.1T streams, up 9.6% year-on-year and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125 million on-demand audio streams (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)

Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, similar to the $159 NotePin but with a button, plus a new desktop app for recording meeting audio (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

OpenAI has stepped up efforts to improve its audio AI models, in preparation for its AI-powered personal device, which is expected to be largely audio-based (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)

Runware, which operates a developer tools platform that generates images, video and audio in real time, raised a $50 million Series A, bringing its total funding to $66 million (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Sources: OpenAI is developing AI tools to generate music from text and audio prompts, including features like adding guitar accompaniment to vocal tracks (The Information)

AI AUDIO STARTUP Elevenlabs is launching a tender offer to allow staff to sell up to $ 100 million in shares at an evaluation of $ 6.6 billion, against an assessment of $ 3.3 billion in January 2025 (Rachel Metz / Bloomberg)