Spotify’s new Page Match feature can now sync your audiobooks with physical books

With Page Match, Spotify is tackling a common reader problem, letting you scan a page and instantly jump to the same moment in the audiobook, making it easier to blend reading and listening throughout the day.
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Anthropic is betting on ad-free Claude to win you over from ChatGPT

Anthropic has promised Claude will remain ad-free, just weeks after OpenAI announced plans to bring ads to ChatGPT.
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Solid-state EV batteries hit a milestone in the US
Solid-state EV batteries hit a milestone in the US

Solid-state EV batteries, deemed the “holy grail” of battery tech, are moving from the lab to reality, even in the US.

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OpenAI Frontier is a single platform to control your AI agents
OpenAI Frontier is a single platform to control your AI agents

Managing humans is hard. Managing AI agents is… also hard. That’s why OpenAI is launching a new platform called OpenAI Frontier, which it says will help businesses “build, deploy, and manage” AI agents, even those not made by OpenAI itself. OpenAI’s description of Frontier sounds something like HR for AI. “Frontier gives agents the same […]

Senators ask Meta why it waited so long to make teen accounts private by default
Senators ask Meta why it waited so long to make teen accounts private by default

A group of senators has written a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking why his company delayed launching key protections for users under 18. The letter, signed by Brian Schatz (D-HI), Katie Britt (R-AL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), James Lankford (R-OK), and Christopher Coons (D-DE), cites court documents unsealed late last year that revealed claims […]

Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit over its electronic door handles
Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit over its electronic door handles

The mother of 20-year-old man who died after becoming trapped in his burning Tesla Model Y is suing the company over its electronic door handles. It’s the latest wrongful death case centering on Tesla’s door handles, which have triggered numerous customer complaints over the years and is now under investigation by the federal safety regulators. […]

Tesla drops plans for robo-charging site for the SF robotaxis it doesn’t have
Tesla drops plans for robo-charging site for the SF robotaxis it doesn’t have

Tesla has abruptly decided to give up plans to build an autonomous charging station for future driverless taxis in downtown San Francisco, ahead of a public hearing on the matter. The plan had received pushback from the Teamsters union, though whether …

Spotify is partnering with Bookshop.org to sell physical books
Spotify is partnering with Bookshop.org to sell physical books

Spotify is going all in on books in 2026 and partnering with Bookshop.org to let you buy physical copies of audiobooks and support local retailers starting in the Spring. The announcement dovetails with the launch of Page Match, a new feature that lets you sync physical books and ebooks with audiobooks in the Spotify app […]

Spotify’s Page Match syncs your audiobooks and your physical ones
Spotify’s Page Match syncs your audiobooks and your physical ones

Spotify has launched a new feature called Page Match that lets you quickly sync your spot in a physical or ebook with an audiobook. Point your camera at a page, and the Spotify app uses computer vision to match text with audio. If you have to jump behind the wheel for a long drive, but […]

The Steam Machine may cost you more as Valve rethinks pricing amid the memory shortage

Valve says the ongoing memory shortage has forced it to “revisit” pricing and availability for the Steam Machine.
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