/ Advertisers report that costs per impressions on the automated ad platform Advantage Plus have skyrocketed and performance has dropped. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod. Khalid has covered tech, surveillance policy, consumer
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Spotify bought Parcast — now its founder is launching a new entertainment studio
/ Former Spotify VP Max Cutler’s new company is looking to build ‘diverse businesses’ that go beyond audio podcasts. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod. Khalid has covered tech, surveillance policy, consumer gadgets,
Galaxy AI is coming to some older Samsung phones
/ Instant Slow-Mo will remain unique to the S23 and S4, however. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod. Khalid has covered tech, surveillance policy, consumer gadgets, and online communities for more than a
Elon Musk says his posts did more to ‘financially impair’ X than help it
/ Musk was deposed as part of a recent defamation lawsuit after he falsely linked a man to a video of a fight between two far-right groups. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod.
Fake crypto bot scammer allegedly told investors, ‘Poof, you’re a millionaire’
/ The FBI says Robert Robb pulled in $1.5 million to build a crypto trading bot that never materialized. Now, he’s been arrested. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod. Khalid has covered tech,
Apple sues former iOS engineer for allegedly leaking Vision Pro, Journal app details
/ Apple’s lawsuit claims Andrew Aude had access to confidential information due to his work on optimizing battery performance. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod. Khalid has covered tech, surveillance policy, consumer gadgets,
A quarter of YouTube’s paid creators are earning money with Shorts
/ A year after turning on monetization, YouTube Shorts isn’t quite a TikTok killer, but it’s given creators a new revenue stream. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod. Khalid has covered tech, surveillance
Florida teens arrested for creating ‘deepfake’ AI nude images of classmates
/ The arrests and felony charges may be the first related to the sharing of AI-generated explicit images. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod. Khalid has covered tech, surveillance policy, consumer gadgets, and
UnitedHealth says Blackcat is the reason healthcare providers are going unpaid
/ The health insurance company says that the hacker group caused the outage that has derailed hospitals and pharmacies across the country. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod. Khalid has covered tech, surveillance
Amazon’s Road House reboot is accused of copyright infringement — and AI voice cloning
/ The lawsuit also accuses Amazon Studios of using generative AI to replicate actor’s voices during last year’s Hollywood strikes. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod. Khalid has covered tech, surveillance policy, consumer