Spotify now the No. 2 audiobook provider, behind Audible, hints at Daylist inspired-suggestions to come
Late last year, Spotify began offering 15 hours of monthly audiobook listening to its Premium subscribers in select markets, including the U.S. Now the company says the new service is the second-largest audiobook provider behind Amazon-owned Audible — something Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said was notable “given how entrenched the
Read moreCritical infrastructure cyber law needed ‘more than ever,’ Parliament told
The Canadian government’s proposed law forcing critical infrastructure providers to toughen their cybersecurity is “needed now more than ever,” an expert told a parliamentary committee on Monday. “We are far behind our allies” in protecting critical infrastructure firms, David Shipley, CEO of New Brunswick’s Beauceron Security and co-chair of the
Read moreLinkedIn’s new feature nudges users to reach out to people in their network
LinkedIn users have a ton of connections in their network, but they don’t reach out to a lot of them regularly. The professional social network is trying to make that happen through a new tab called “Catch Up” in the redesigned My Network section. The new “Catch Up” tab will
Read moreSUMA Wealth grabs $2.2M as its financial platforms reach 1M users
SUMA Wealth’s platforms have seen 62% annual user growth, while revenue increased nearly five times in the past year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read more5 steps board members and startup leaders can take to prepare for a future shaped by GenAI
With greater literacy, focus, professional experience and a vision for the future, boards can position their businesses to thrive in this new era of AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreIs Low Precision Arithmetic Safe?
The popularity of low precision arithmetic for computing has exploded since the 2017 release of the Nvidia Volta GPU. The half precision tensor cores of Volta offered a massive 16X performance gain over double precision for key operations. The “race to the bottom” for lower precision computations continues: some have
Read moreHow likely is a random variable to be far from its center?
There are many answers to the question in the title: How likely is a random variable to be far from its center? The answers depend on how much you’re willing to assume about your random variable. The more you can assume, the stronger your conclusion. The answers also depend on
Read moreMogul wants to help musicians track unclaimed royalties
The complex world of royalties and rights management is a huge pain point for artists. With the rise in the number of record labels and streaming platforms around, it could be tricky for artists to track where their work is being used and how they are earning from different platforms.
Read moreFirefox maker Mozilla has a new subscription to keep your info out of data brokers’ clutches
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Mozilla is introducing a new paid subscription privacy monitoring service called Mozilla Monitor Plus. For $8.99 a month under its annual subscription, Mozilla says it will automatically keep a lookout for your information at over 190 sites where brokers sell information they’ve gathered
Read moreFinally, now with $10M, adds AI for better insight into small business accounting
In the last year, the company introduced an artificial intelligence-powered ledger, offered business banking functions and built a new version of its bookkeeping app. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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