Spotify expands its partner program for podcasts to 35 new countries

Spotify said since changing its video podcasts creator terms in January, its payouts have increased by more than a third.

The Apple Watch Series 12 is the start of a new wearable era
The Apple Watch Series 12 is the start of a new wearable era

You wouldn’t know that the Apple Watch Series 12 is a big deal just by looking at it. It has the same design, buttons, sizes, and sensor types as generations of Apple Watches before it. But under the hood, the Series 12 builds in major changes that lay the groundwork for big ideas about the […]

Finally, Readiness score comes to Apple Watch — Apple explains how it works and why now was the ‘right time’ to launch it
Finally, Readiness score comes to Apple Watch — Apple explains how it works and why now was the ‘right time’ to launch it

Apple’s Director of Fitness Tech tells us everything about the Apple Watch’s new Readiness score

Investigative report details how export-restricted Nvidia AI chips reach China — public records reveal how Chinese entities skirt US sanctions

American nonprofit C4ADS, a monitoring organization funded mostly by the U.S. government, produced a report shedding light on the many ways that American AI accelerators reach China.

Mozilla adds Mistral Small 4 to Firefox Smart Window as it launches in France
Mozilla adds Mistral Small 4 to Firefox Smart Window as it launches in France

Mozilla has partnered with Mistral AI to bring the French company’s models to Smart Window, the AI browsing assistant in beta in Firefox. The two companies announced the deal on Wednesday in a joint post, alongside the feature’s launch in France. Smart…

OpenAI discloses six cases of its models hiding mistakes and making up data
OpenAI discloses six cases of its models hiding mistakes and making up data

“We do not believe that the AI industry has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer,” OpenAI wrote on Wednesday. The line appears in a new OpenAI post. It sets out how the …

Core Banking Migrations: Why Preparation Matters More Than Execution

The technical migration is just the finish line. Whether you cross it successfully or stumble at the last step is decided long before you get there.​

New York State recommends demanding AI data centers pay $1 million in community investment per megawatt — framework advises towns to plan for maintenance costs, site abandonment, and other contingencies
New York State recommends demanding AI data centers pay $1 million in community investment per megawatt — framework advises towns to plan for maintenance costs, site abandonment, and other contingencies

The Community Investment Framework puts forward recommendations that towns and municipalities could follow when negotiating with data center developers. This includes charging $1 million per megawatt of demand, among other suggestions.

MobLand season 2 cast is ‘desensitised’ to Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren’s constant swearing — but tease that it’s the start of ‘even weirder’ things to come

MobLand returns to Paramount+ on September 18 — and, according to its cast, all that swearing is leading to something “even weirder”.