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YouTube’s updated eraser tool removes copyrighted music without impacting other audio
On July 4, YouTube released an updated eraser tool for creators so they can easily remove any copyrighted music from their videos without affecting any other audio such as dialog…
Threads, Meta’s alternative to Twitter, just celebrated its first birthday. After launching on July 5 last year, the social network has reached 175 million monthly active users — that’s a…
A guide to turn off reactions on your iPhone and Mac so you don’t get surprised by effects during work video calls.
Telegram launched a digital currency called Stars for in-app use last month. Now, the company is expanding its use cases to paid content. The chat app is also allowing channels…
Apple adds support for new languages across lock screen, keyboard and search on iOS 18
Apple unveiled iOS 18 last month at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Since then, the company has released two developer betas in the last few weeks with extended support for…
Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photos
After Meta started tagging photos with a “Made with AI” label in May, photographers complained that the social networking company had been applying labels to real photos where they had…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that the company will begin to surface AI characters made by creators through Meta AI studio on Instagram. The tests will begin in…
YouTube Premium upgrade adds smart downloads and picture-in-picture mode for Shorts
YouTube is adding several new features for Premium users, including smart downloads and support for picture-in-picture mode for Shorts, as well as a wider rollout of its “Jump Ahead” feature…
a16z-backed Character.AI said today that it is now allowing users to talk to AI characters over calls. The feature currently supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese…
Bluesky lets you curate accounts and feeds to follow with its Starter Pack feature
Social network Bluesky has added a new feature for users to create a curated list of people and custom feeds to follow. This feature, called “Starter Pack,” is intended to…
Google Translate adds support for 110 languages, representing 614M speakers
Google said today that it is adding support for 110 languages to its translation service. The company has used its PaLM 2 AI model to power translations.
Video editing app Captions releases AI edit feature that automatically adds effects to your video
Video editing app Captions, which is backed by a16z, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital, has launched a new feature that takes an existing unedited video and adds custom graphics, zooms,…
Opera’s browser adds AI-powered image generation and better multimedia controls
Opera said today it is releasing Opera One’s second version in developer beta with features such as new multimedia controls, split tabs, and new AI capabilities. The company is introducing…
Apple has finally added support for Rich Communication Services (RCS) to its Messages app.
Yelp updates app with AI-powered alt text for images and new accessibility identifiers for businesses
Yelp is rolling out an app update to include more accessibility identifiers for businesses, improved screen-reader experiences, and AI-powered alt text for images. The company said that from 2020 to…
Amazon said today that its annual Prime Day sales event will take place on July 16 and 17.
Apple shelved the idea of integrating Meta’s AI models over privacy concerns, report says
Days after The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple and Meta were in talks to integrate the latter’s AI models, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that the iPhone maker was not…
After a few months of testing during the general elections, Meta is making its Llama 3-powered AI chatbot available to all users in India. However, Meta AI currently only supports…
Photographers say the social media giant is applying a ‘Made with AI’ label to photos they took, causing confusion for users.
Google pauses its experiment to expand real-money games on the Play Store
Google said today that it globally paused its experiment that aimed to allow new kinds of real-money games on the Play Store, citing the challenges that come with the lack…
Google is making your movie and TV reviews visible under a new profile page
Google is making reviews of all your movies, TV shows, books, albums and games visible under one profile page starting June 24, according to an email sent to users last…
Pocket FM partners with ElevenLabs to convert scripts into audio content quickly
Lightspeed Ventures-backed audio platform Pocket FM announced it has partnered with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs to quickly convert text content, such as script, into audio series using AI. Pocket FM, which…
Daydream rakes in $50M seed funding to build an AI-powered search engine suited for e-commerce
Online shopping trends are expected to stay strong this year, but e-commerce is more fragmented than ever. With brands selling on so many platforms — from TikTok Shop, to established…
Meta AI removes block on election-related queries in India while Google still applies limits
Meta AI removes restrictions around answering election-related queries in India while Google is still restricting them.
Meta said today that it finally launched its much-awaited API for Threads so developers can build experiences around it.
Perplexity now displays results for temperature, currency conversion and simple math, so you don’t have to use Google
Perplexity could already fetch this data from the web and display results in a descriptive way, but the company is adding some visual flair to these results to make them…
Privacy-focused search engine and web browser company Brave Software is integrating search results into its Leo chatbot. Search results are based on the Brave Search API and Leo is integrated…
Apple announced a number of new features and updates onstage during its keynote address at WWDC 2024, including updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, VisionOS and the introduction of Apple Intelligence.…
Android is losing one of its long-time engineering leads. Dave Burke, VP of engineering at Android, said on Thursday that he is stepping down from the role after 14 years.…
Here’s a list of third-party apps that were Sherlocked by Apple at this year’s WWDC.