YouTube beefs up its $7.99/month Lite subscription with offline downloads and background play
Now the only reason to get the full Premium subscription is ad-free music and music videos.
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Just 4 days left before savings of up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass end on February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register to save at one of the most anticipated tech events of the year.
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Oura launches a proprietary AI model focused on women’s health
The model supports questions spanning the full reproductive health spectrum, from early menstrual cycles through menopause.
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Mogul says it has tracked $1.5B in music royalties, raised $5M in funding
Mogul, which helps artists track royalties and value their catalogs, raised $5 million in a round led by the Yamaha Music Innovations Fund.
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Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing
With the new acquisitions, the company wants to bolster its position as a marketing solution by potentially adding video creation and more granular measurement.
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Ex-Apple team launches Acme Weather, a new take on weather forecasting
The team that sold their last app Dark Sky to Apple are back with Acme Weather, which offers alternative forecasts, rainbow and sunset alerts, and more.
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The creators of Dark Sky have a new weather app that shares multiple predictions
Acme Weather is currently only available for iOS. | Image: Acme Weather Corporation After selling their popular weather app to Apple in March 2020, where some of its core features were incorporated into Apple Weather, the creators of Dark Sky have left Apple to create yet another alternative. Their new app, called Acme Weather, embraces
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Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don’t have to
AI news app Particle can now pull in key moments from podcasts, letting readers instantly play short, relevant clips alongside related stories.
Spotify rolls out AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.K. and other markets
Spotify continues to test its AI-powered “Prompted Playlists” feature, now rolling out the tool to Premium subscribers in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and Sweden.
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Discord distances itself from Persona age verification after user backlash
Discord is attempting to distance itself from the age verification provider Persona following a steady stream of user backlash. In an emailed statement to The Verge, Discord’s head of product policy, Savannah Badalich, confirms the company “ran a limited test of Persona in the UK where age assurance had previously launched and that test has
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