Daniel Ek stepping down changes nothing for Spotify
Spotify has found itself the target of artists’ ire for many reasons over the years: poor audio quality, terrible payouts, giving Joe Rogan millions of dollars… the list goes on.…
Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop
Last week at the Zurich Film Festival, Eline Van der Velden – founder and CEO of AI production house Particle6 and its subsidiary talent studio Xicoia – said that a…
Instagram wants me to make content — I just want to post a photo
Why just post a photo when you can encourage all your friends and followers to engage with it? Have you tried simply uploading a photo to Instagram lately? It’s a…
I’ve fallen into Sora’s slippery slop
I’m not running. I’m frolicking. An anime version of Jesus Christ flipping tables. OpenAI employees performing in Hamilton costumes. News anchors discussing a story on television. A man doing a…
OpenAI made a TikTok for deepfakes, and it’s getting hard to tell what’s real
On Monday, I watched OpenAI CEO Sam Altman drink from a gigantic mango-flavored juice box and remark aloud about how the box was half his size. The catch: It wasn’t…
Peloton ushers in a new era with revamped hardware and AI
The new Bike Plus will cost $2,695. Peloton has been angling for a redemption arc ever since its status as a pandemic darling started faltering when the world reopened for…
Microsoft is bringing its Windows engineering teams back together again
Windows is coming back together. Microsoft is bringing its key Windows engineering teams under a single organization again, as part of a reorg being announced today. Windows chief Pavan Davuluri,…
What EA’s buyout might mean for its future
Electronic Arts just announced that it is going to be acquired and taken private in a massive $55 billion deal led by an investor group composed of Saudi Arabia’s Public…
Larry Ellison’s quest to run the world
For most of his career Larry Ellison has been content to quietly let Oracle be the company, behind the company, behind the technology that makes headlines. Its biggest products being…
Good news: TechWoven is fine
Less elegant but much more scratch resistant. As the nation’s foremost FineWoven hater, I have some great news about Apple’s follow-up: it doesn’t suck. I’ve been using a TechWoven case…