Spotify says it has paid $100M+ to podcast publishers and creators since January 2025 via a new creator program based on Premium subscribers' video engagement (Jessica Testa/New York Times)

Temu adds "import charges" of between 130% and 150% "due to recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs"; Shein also hikes prices but without explicit fees (CNBC)

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Researchers say bots on Reddit posing as rape victims and more were effective at changing minds in 1K+ posts, in an unauthorized AI persuasion experiment (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

2025-04-28 · 1 hits

Palo Alto Networks says it aims to acquire Seattle-based Protect AI, sources say for $500M; Protect AI's $60M Series B in 2024 was at a reported $400M valuation (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

2025-04-28 · 1 hits

Music creation startup Splice buys London-based orchestral sound studio Spitfire Audio, a source says for ~$50M; sources say Splice has $100M+ in annual revenue (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times)

2025-04-28 · 8 hits

Google Chrome won the browser wars fair and square, and the web will be worse off if Google is forced to sell it, even to atone for ad market monopoly abuses (David Heinemeier Hansson/HEY)

2025-04-28 · 9 hits