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Kindle Unlimited is now Kindle+ and adds AI-narrated audiobooks
Unlimited, it turns out, meant 20 books at a time.
243M Southeast Asians use Gen AI, mostly for work and study: report
It took the internet itself more than a decade to get this far
Spotify Memberships let podcasters sell perks to fans and keep 90%
The tip jar now lives next to the play button
GCash goes public as GCASH on PSE after an IPO you could buy through its own mobile app
An app that sold a slice of itself to its own users
WhatsApp now lets people without an account join calls, but not start them
Finally, a way to call the one friend who won't install WhatsApp.
Netflix lays off about 1,000 employees, mostly in product and tech teams
The cuts land hardest on the people who build the app.
The Pod Network drops Machong Chismisan podcast after host mocks Kris Aquino’s son
Carrying the show means answering for it, too. Now the proverbial ball is in Kris Aquino's court.
YouTube is working on audiobooks, possibly bundled with Premium: WSJ
YouTube already has the listeners. Now it wants the books.
YouTube Music now flags songs made mostly with AI, right on the player
False positives aside, this would mean fewer viral hits like "Hawak Mo Ang Beat."
President Marcos names SSS chief Robert Joseph de Claro as DICT secretary and head of CICC
From bank boards to a department under an Ombudsman probe, DICT Sec. de Claro has his work cut out for him.
Facebook’s “Your algorithm” lets you manage your feed with AI
Your algorithm sits in each post's three-dot menu, and large language models turn what you type into new Feed and Reels picks within the same session.