Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
ElevenLabs previews a music-generating AI model, showing samples of songs with lyrics generated from text prompts — Voice AI startup ElevenLabs is offering an early look at a new model that turns a prompt into song lyrics. To raise awareness, it’s following a similar playbook Sam Altman used …
Apple apologizes for the “Crush” iPad Pro ad and scraps plans to run it on TV; Apple’s VP of marketing communications Tor Myhren says “we missed the mark” (Tim Nudd/Ad Age)
Tim Nudd / Ad Age:
Apple apologizes for the “Crush” iPad Pro ad and scraps plans to run it on TV; Apple’s VP of marketing communications Tor Myhren says “we missed the mark” — The company says its ‘Crush’ spot fell short of its goal of empowering and celebrating creatives
Q&A with Jack Dorsey on his exit from Bluesky to focus on Nostr, Bluesky “repeating all the mistakes we made” at Twitter, Musk’s takeover, censorship, and more (Mike Solana)
Mike Solana:
Q&A with Jack Dorsey on his exit from Bluesky to focus on Nostr, Bluesky “repeating all the mistakes we made” at Twitter, Musk’s takeover, censorship, and more — jack dorsey on his exit from bluesky, how twitter lost its way, jack’s strategy for ending censorship forever …
Baidu’s PR chief Qu Jing reportedly left the company after criticism over her Douyin videos demanding that workers must be available 24 hours a day (Nectar Gan/CNN)
Nectar Gan / CNN:
Baidu’s PR chief Qu Jing reportedly left the company after criticism over her Douyin videos demanding that workers must be available 24 hours a day — Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world.
OpenAI’s pitch deck to news publishers promises priority placement to partners in chat conversations and payment contingent on “display success” (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
OpenAI’s pitch deck to news publishers promises priority placement to partners in chat conversations and payment contingent on “display success” — OpenAI’s Preferred Publisher Program offers media companies licensing deals — The generative artificial intelligence firm OpenAI …
Sources: T-Mobile US is in talks to take over some operations and wireless spectrum licenses of US Cellular for $2B+; Verizon is also in talks with US Cellular (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: T-Mobile US is in talks to take over some operations and wireless spectrum licenses of US Cellular for $2B+; Verizon is also in talks with US Cellular — Regional wireless carrier has been seeking buyers for its operations, spectrum licenses — T-Mobile US and Verizon Communications …
Sources: Gopuff, one of the last fast-delivery startups in the US after Getir’s exit, burned ~$400M in 2023 and wants to start generating cash by early 2025 (The Information)
The Information:
Sources: Gopuff, one of the last fast-delivery startups in the US after Getir’s exit, burned ~$400M in 2023 and wants to start generating cash by early 2025 — Instant-delivery pioneer Gopuff is the last speedy-delivery startup left standing in the U.S. after its best-funded competitor …
Sources: Apple’s first server chips for its upcoming AI features will be the M2 Ultra; simpler AI tasks will be processed directly on iPhones, iPads, and Macs (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple’s first server chips for its upcoming AI features will be the M2 Ultra; simpler AI tasks will be processed directly on iPhones, iPads, and Macs — – Company puts Mac-grade chips in data centers for fall launch — Apple to offer features using on-device and cloud approaches
Indian investment app Groww moves its domicile back to India from the US, as some Indian startups relocate overseas entities to align with India’s new rules (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian investment app Groww moves its domicile back to India from the US, as some Indian startups relocate overseas entities to align with India’s new rules — Groww, an Indian investment app, has become one of the first startups from the country to shift its domicile back to India from the U.S. …
US smartphone shipments fell 8% YoY in Q1 2024, the sixth consecutive quarter of decline; Samsung’s market share grew to 31%; Apple’s share remained flat at 52% (Counterpoint Research)
Counterpoint Research:
US smartphone shipments fell 8% YoY in Q1 2024, the sixth consecutive quarter of decline; Samsung’s market share grew to 31%; Apple’s share remained flat at 52% — – US smartphone shipments declined 8% YoY in Q1 2024, the sixth consecutive quarter showing a YoY decline.
