Engadget : Technology

Google just introduced Lyria 3 Pro, an updated version of its AI model that generates songs based on prompts. The biggest improvement here is the ability to make full three-minute songs, up from 30 seconds when the product launched last month.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A WISP system manufactured by Anduril is pictured.
Anduril wants to dominate defense tech. Matthew Steckman, its president and chief business officer, said it needs to "create a monopoly."
TNW News : Technology

Pepper, a New York-based technology platform for independent food distributors, has acquired Alima, a Y Combinator-backed startup that built ordering and procurement software for small food distributors in Latin America. The deal, announced on Tuesday with no disclosed financial terms, brings Alima’s two cofounders into Pepper’s leadership team and extends the company’s push into AI-driven […]

TNW News : Business, Technology

The average small business processes around 500 invoices per month. When that workflow runs on email threads, spreadsheets, and manual check runs, each invoice costs somewhere between $15 and $40 to handle. That is not a technology problem. It is an operational tax on growth, and most finance teams have been paying it for years […]

Engadget : Technology

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has detailed the company's latest plan to fight bots and it means that some accounts will need to "verify humanness," though the company is stopping short of widespread identity verification. In an update, Huffman said that in "rare" cases accounts that seem "fishy" will be prompted for additional verification.

Mashable : Style, Technology
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The best Big Spring Sale Amazon device deals at a glance:

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Microsoft Chief People Officer Amy Coleman
Microsoft Chief People Officer Amy Coleman
Engadget : Business, Politics, Technology

The leaders of several major tech companies will offer the White House their opinions on tech and science policy as part of an advisory council. Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Michael Dell and Larry Ellison — the CEOs of Meta, NVIDIA, Dell and Oracle, respectively — are joining the panel alongside Google co-founder Sergey Brin and AMD CEO Lisa Su.

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
Katherine Pomerantz and Danielle Nazinitsk
Katerine Pomerantz, the founder of Money Storyteller (L), and Danielle Nazinitsky, the founder of Decode Real Estate.