Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India

Perplexity’s India revenue rose about 60% after the Airtel offer ended for new users, even as downloads declined.

Browsing tools and Ad blockers: A guide to cleaner web experiences
Browsing tools and Ad blockers: A guide to cleaner web experiences

Web pages have become increasingly busy. Alongside the content people actually want to read, many sites now include display advertising, video promotions, pop-ups, cookie banners, sponsored elements, and social widgets. Ad blockers offer a way to reduc…

Wispr raised $280mn at $2bn to argue the text box is finished
Wispr raised $280mn at $2bn to argue the text box is finished

Wispr has raised $280mn at a $2bn valuation. Menlo Ventures led the round, having led the last one too. Total funding now stands at $361mn. The company makes Wispr Flow, a dictation app that turns speech into cleaned-up text in whatever application you…

Spotify’s new Playlist Notes let users and editors explain their song picks

Spotify launches a new feature that gives users a chance to explain the stories and reasoning behind their favorite music. Editors will be using the feature, too, on top playlists like RapCaviar and others.

Reddit begins testing a new audio and video experience, similar to popular TikTok videos

Reddit is beginning to test video and audio versions of popular posts, allowing users to watch or listen to Reddit stories instead of just reading them.

YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing

The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos.

Feedly attributes weeklong slowdown to bug, not its AI pivot

Feedly says a bug is behind the performance issues that have made its web app nearly “unusable” for some users, while complaints about its mobile apps and customer support are adding to frustrations.

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Sonos finally added Live Activities controls for your iPhone lockscreen
Sonos finally added Live Activities controls for your iPhone lockscreen

Sonos released an update to its mobile app that finally introduces support for iOS’ Live Activities, giving iPhone users quick access to playback controls on their lockscreen. The added functionality is a “much requested, anticipated, and needed feature,” according to a post Sonos shared to Reddit today that was spotted by 9to5Mac. While some features […]

WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan

WordPress.com Education lets teachers offer their students free domains, plugin support and professional website-building tools.

Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network

Uber is also making investing in Zipline as part of the tie-up.