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Spotify will no longer allow developers who build third-party apps using its Web API to access some features within its music streaming platform, such as song and artist recommendations, the company said in a developer statement on Wednesday. Announced in a blog post. The company appears to be restricting third-party developers from using data from Spotify listeners to build AI apps. “We are making changes to our public API as part of our ongoing efforts to address the security challenges that many companies currently face,” a Spotify spokesperson said in an email to TechCrunch. . This change is intended to…
According to the Wall Street Journal, European investigators say the Chinese merchant ship intentionally dragged its anchor around to cut two critical data cables. The Chinese ship had just left Russia carrying Russian fertilizer while passing through the Baltic Sea. Investigators say they believe the attack may have been orchestrated by Russian intelligence and that the Chinese government was not involved. The Kremlin denied these claims. The investigation is in a precarious situation. NATO countries cannot legally request Chinese ships to enter their ports, so Swedish and German officials are negotiating with the shipowners to gain access to the ship…
U.S. mobile giant T-Mobile said Wednesday that hackers were “unable to access” customers' calls, texts and voicemails during an ongoing industry-wide cyberattack targeting internet and phone companies. Jeff Simon, T-Mobile's chief security officer, said in a statement that the company has detected “attempts to infiltrate our systems” in recent weeks, with sources connected to T-Mobile's network. He said it was another telecommunications company. The company's name was not mentioned. “We immediately disconnected the provider's network because we believe that the provider's network has been and may be compromised,” Simon said. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that a Chinese-backed…
Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced Wednesday that Threads is rolling out a redesign to keep feeds on the home screen. The redesign now allows you to quickly swipe between different feeds, just like in X. The change is rolling out on Android on Wednesday and is expected to launch on iOS in the coming days. “You can now swipe to follow and easily swipe between custom feeds,” Mosseri said in the announcement. “This may seem like a small change, but it should make navigating the app much easier.” The latest features build on updates Threads has rolled out over the…
Google Labs, the experimental arm of the tech giant, has introduced a new online project that offers an interesting variation on the game of chess. The web experiment is called GenChess, and as the name suggests, it uses Gemini Imagen 3, Google's image generation model, which allows players to customize their own chess pieces using text prompts. To try the game, users must sign in with their Gmail account. Once logged in, you can select the Generate button and enter the theme you want for your chess set, such as something inspired by sushi or pizza. GenChess offers two styles:…
Hello everyone, welcome to TechCrunch's regular AI newsletter. If you'd like to have this sent to your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Thanksgiving is almost here, and you know what that means. This means stuffing your face until you're in a coma. Well, that and having to entertain all those obnoxious relatives you've managed to keep at bay for the rest of the year. For those of us lucky (unlucky?) who have been given the task of deciding on this year's feast, there isn't much time left to decide on the menu. Deciding what to prepare is always a…
In hopes of slowing down some of the momentum from social network Bluesky, a competitor to X and Meta's Threads, Meta is introducing one of Bluesky's most popular additions to the concept of “starter packs,” or hand-curated, We are developing features inspired by the list concept. Suggest users to help beginners find people to follow. The Meta version of these starter packs will also suggest profiles “hand-picked by the people on the thread,” a feature that's still in development, according to a screenshot of the feature. Unlike Threads, which was built on Instagram's existing social graph, Bluesky needed a quick…
OpenAI has filed a trademark application for o1, its latest AI model, to protect its intellectual property. OpenAI on Tuesday filed documents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to register the trademark “OpenAI o1.” Interestingly, the document reveals that OpenAI had filed a foreign trademark application in Jamaica in May, months before o1 was announced. The USPTO has not yet granted a trademark to OpenAI. According to the agency's online database, the application is currently awaiting assignment to an examiner. OpenAI said it intends to expand o1, its first “inference” model, into a series of models trained…
Elon Musk's high-profile role on Donald Trump's transition team has led to Musk's allies, many of them Silicon Valley venture capitalists, being selected as collaborators. It is reported that. For example, the name of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, especially co-founder Marc Andreessen, is mentioned repeatedly. He will work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Musk's advisory committee, along with Antonio Gracias and Joe Lonsdale, to consider ways to overcome technical challenges in collecting data on federal programs. The Washington Post reported that he was wanted. on sunday. They are among the few other Silicon Valley bigwigs who have been…
Voice AI startup Eleven Labs on Wednesday introduced a feature similar to Google's NotebookLM that lets users upload different types of content to create multi-speaker podcasts. The feature, called GenFM, is in the company's Eleven Lab Leader iOS app. Currently, GenFM supports 32 languages including English, Hindi, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and more. To use GenFM, first upload a YouTube video, text, or document. The app will then automatically select the two audios to create your podcast. According to the company, more than a dozen different voices are available. One of the more interesting screens you might see…