Suno, the service that allows users to create AI-generated songs, today announced new tools to mark tracks made on its platform, limit downloads, and update community guidelines to prevent copycat songs. The changes come as Suno faces numerous lawsuits from labels and artist bodies. In a blog post, co-founder and…
Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings
Google announced on Thursday that Google Maps’ “Ask Maps” feature is gaining a slew of new agentic capabilities, including the ability to order food, book hotels, and find event tickets. The tech giant is also bringing Personal Intelligence to Ask Maps, allowing the AI tool to personalize its responses by…
2026’s TV jargon war is a mess, but I’m here to explain what these technical terms really mean
Walk into a showroom this year, and the placards will ask you to choose between backlight architectures that nobody outside a display lab could explain unprompted. Samsung is selling Micro RGB, LG has Micro RGB evo, Hisense calls its version RGB Mini-LED, TCL sells both RGB Mini-LED and SQD Mini-LED,…
PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address
Apple’s Private Relay, an opt-in feature designed to hide a user’s IP address when they browse the internet with Safari, can be circumvented to reveal the supposedly hidden IP address due to a series of flaws. Researchers revealed the issues in a blog post on Tuesday. The researchers also set…
I gave my Google TV a free upgrade with these simple tricks
Honestly, I think Google TV is rapidly becoming my preferred TV platform, at least when I can’t hook up an Apple TV 4K. Sure, you do have to put up with banner ads and disable ACR, but those ads are relatively easy to ignore, and most of the platform’s competition…
Lucid Motors just delayed its affordable EV. Now what?
Lucid Motors was just months away from releasing its most affordable electric vehicle yet, a crossover SUV called the Cosmos that was supposed to start under $50,000. But this week, the company pushed the release of the Cosmos back by almost a full year to the second half of 2027,…
Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders
Publicly traded e-commerce marketing automation platform Klaviyo has agreed to acquire Agency, a three-year-old AI-powered customer success startup founded by serial entrepreneur Elias Torres. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2023, Agency had raised $32 million from investors, including Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, and Felicis prior to…
Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital
Venture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It’s a trend that’s been building with a16z’s acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI’s acquisition of TBPN. Lightspeed Venture Partners just made its own notable hire in that vein, bringing on Claire Zau, a seed investor with a…
How Lightspeed found its newest hire … via Instagram DM
Earlier this year, Lightspeed made headlines when it announced that Claire Zau, an investor and popular tech content creator, would join the venture firm. She has more than 100,000 followers on TikTok and over 250,000 followers on Instagram, where she breaks down the day’s biggest tech trends. Lightspeed partners Josh…
Moove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industry
Moove’s evolution from a vehicle financing startup to ride-hailing and deliveries in Africa to one that also owns autonomous vehicles may seem like a leap. But co-founder and co-CEO Ladi Delano said the experience in financing and human-driven ride-hailing fleets was the ideal training ground for its latest pursuit. And…