Spotify will start paying video podcast hosts based on how well their videos perform

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Techme101

Spotify announced on Wednesday that it will start paying podcast hosts who make popular videos on its streaming platform, as the company looks to take on YouTube’s dominance in the video podcast space. Although creators can already monetize their podcasts on the platform, they are now being incentivized to publish a video component alongside their […]
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Trump victory may provide TikTok a lifeline to remain in the U.S.

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Techme101

Donald Trump’s election victory may provide a lifeline for TikTok, which faces a potential U.S. ban in January if not divested from parent company ByteDance.

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Georgia Tech Chip Design Program Empowers the Apple Workforce of Tomorrow

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Techme101

Apple welcomed Georgia Tech into the New Silicon Initiative program, which pairs universities with Apple mentors to promote semiconductor engineering.

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Amazon scraps secret fertility-tracking project

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Techme101

Amazon has shut down a four-year-old secret program working on a fertility monitoring device and accompanying smartphone app, CNBC reported. The project, which was known by the codename “Encore,” evolved out of Amazon’s 2020 purchase of a startup called bluDiagnostics, which was developing a device that measured the levels of estradiol and progesterone — two […]
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Mark Zuckerberg sings with T-Pain on ‘Get Low’ remix

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Techme101

There now exists an .mp3 file in this world of Mark Zuckerberg earnestly singing the lyric “to the window, to the wall, ’til the sweat drop down my balls.” The Meta founder met his wife, Priscilla Chan, at a college party where the song “Get Low” by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz ft. […]
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The Chinese Queen of Cottagecore Has Suddenly Reappeared After Three Years

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Techme101

After quietly settling a dispute with her management agency, the massively popular Chinese influencer Li Ziqi has started posting again, gaining her millions of new followers overnight.

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Patch Tuesday: Four Critical Vulnerabilities Paved Over

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Techme101

The November 2024 Microsoft updates let Windows 11 users remap the Copilot button.

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Meta Offers Less Personalised Ads for EU Users to Appease Regulators

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Techme101

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is also reducing the price of its no-ads subscription tier by 40%.

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Wing begins delivering blood samples via drone in London

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Techme101

Alphabet X spinoff Wing on Wednesday confirmed that it has started delivering blood samples via drone. The program, announced in September, is shuttling samples between London’s Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals. Wing is running up to 10 deliveries a day, Monday through Friday. Each run can contain several different samples and takes around three minutes. […]
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Tesla initiates sixth Cybertruck recall in a year

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Techme101

Tesla is voluntarily recalling 2,431 Cybertrucks to replace defective drive inverters, according to a filing with the National Highway Traffic Administration.

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