Amazon shutters its live radio app Amp

AI infrastructure startup LangChain is raising a new round at about $1 billion valuation led by IVP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Slate Auto, which came out of stealth mode earlier this year with a surprising – and surprisingly affordable – customizable electric truck, has raised $700 million to date. But long before the EV startup broke cover, it quietly raised a Series A round of more than $100 million in ... Show More

If you walked into a Dubai bank to apply for a mortgage in 2020, chances are you’d spend months buried in paperwork or face a huge price discrepancy when it came to listings. Such experiences led Jad Antoun to start Huspy, a startup streamlining how people in the UAE buy homes di ... Show More

Trump’s Truth Social plans to launch a live TV streaming platform; WhatsApp is adding filters to easily find messages; Amazon brings its ‘Amazon Live’ shoppable livestreams to Prime Video; Amazon Music follows Spotify with an AI playlist generator of its own, Maestro Learn more a ... Show More

Amazon launched generative AI-powered features last year to help sellers quickly create listings by entering just a few words about the product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

TikTok has already dominated the short-video and social media market, and is now looking to take on Spotify and Apple Music with its latest offering.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Amazon finally releases its own AI-powered image generator; Pinterest begins testing a ‘body type ranges’ tool to make searches more inclusive; Spotify Wrapped 2023 adds an AI DJ and Blend to the annual personalized insights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad ... Show More

Spotify announced a ton of stuff at a live event, Google is back in the political ad game, and we say goodbye to an iconic music duo. Plus more tech news! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

WhatsApp has retreated again from its plan to force users to accept new terms which critics said could expand data collection from its two billion users around the world. In this episode, we discuss why the application will put out persistent reminders for certain users. We also ... Show More

Twitch says the app will be delisted starting November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Nilay, Dieter, and Dan discuss all the important announcements from Amazon's fall hardware event this week, from a security drone for your home to a new cloud gaming service. Stories discussed this week: CDC removes guidance about airborne spread of the coronavirus Averting a COV ... Show More

Amazon teamed up with hearing implant company Cochlear to launch Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) support to compatible Cochlear devices, the company announced today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices