Spotify is adding music video support in 85 additional markets

Music streaming company Spotify said today that it is testing music videos for premium users in 85 additional markets. The company first ran a video experiment in limited markets in March. Spotify originally rolled out music videos in beta in 11 countries, including the U.K., Germany, Italy, the N

Concourse is building AI to automate financial tasks

In a typical organization, finance is one of the most important functions. Yet teams are often bogged down by manual workflows. According to a survey by Paylocity, an HR software provider, 38% of finance teams spend more than a fourth of their time on manual jobs, like reviewing invoices. Matthieu

Oura Ring 4 isn't an Apple Watch replacement, but that’s not the point

Oura didn't invent the smart ring category. It did, however, make all that came before it effectively obsolete. The category dates back more than a decade; technewss wrote about an NFC ring in 2013. The Motiv Ring is of far more recent vintage, but it ultimately struggled to find the right us

India’s Reliance targets 2G users with $13 4G phones offering streaming, payments

Reliance’s digital arm, Jio Platforms, has launched two new 4G-enabled handsets that offer access to live TV, music, and video streaming, as well as host the ability to make digital payments, all for a price tag of 1099 rupees ($13), as India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani pushes to woo th

European cyber insurance startup Stoïk secures $27M

Cyber risk has become an increasingly important issue for small companies around the world. While many companies try to avoid and mitigate cyber risks, they rarely discuss transferring those risks to a third party. That's why Stoïk is stepping in with a cybersecurity insurance product specifi

In memory of Steve O’Hear

technewss has lost one of its beloved former colleagues. Steve O'Hear, who wrote for technewss for more than a decade out of his hometown of London, has passed away after a short illness. He was 49. It's hard to put into words the remarkable talent that Steve was. Born with muscular dyst

Tesla Optimus bots were controlled by humans during the ‘We, Robot’ event

During Tesla's “We, Robot” event last week, which technewss covered late into the night, sources on the ground sent me a handful of videos of the automaker's Optimus humanoid robots walking around the party, dancing, mixing drinks, and talking to guests. Most, if not all, of those who

The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising

We’re almost at the end of 2024, a year that will go down as having seen some of the biggest, most damaging data breaches in recent history. And just when you think that some of these hacks can’t get any worse, they do. From huge stores of customers’ personal information getting

Omnea raises $25M to tackle the painfully annoying procurement market

Procurement — the process of requesting, vetting, and eventually buying IT and other supplies in an organization — is typically one of the more frustrating, dry, yet inevitable aspects of a workplace.  When you are in need of a new app or device, or when you need to renew an existing contract

National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy

A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information in a data breach earlier this year has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company faces a wave of litigation. Jerico Pictures, the parent company of the hack

Casio confirms customer data compromised in ransomware attack

Japanese electronics giant Casio has confirmed that a ransomware attack earlier this month resulted in the theft of customer data. Casio first confirmed on October 7 it had been hit by a cyberattack, but at the time did not reveal the nature of the incident that caused unspecified “system disrup

Aerleum plans to turn CO2 directly into fuel for cargo ships and, eventually, airplanes

It only took four phone calls for Sébastien Fiedorow to quit his job as a venture capitalist. The first one came from Marble, a startup studio based in Paris. They had a scientist looking for help founding a company that would remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere — what exper

Adobe invites you to ’embrace the tech’ with Firefly’s new video generator

Adobe launched video generation capabilities for its Firefly AI platform ahead of its Adobe MAX event on Monday. Starting today, users in a limited beta can sign up to test out Firefly’s video generator on Adobe’s website, or try out its new AI-powered video feature, Generative Extend,

Peanut, a social network for women, adds a pregnancy tracking tool

Peanut, a social networking app for women, is launching a new feature to help users track their pregnancies. The new Peanut Track tool leverages seven years of data from questions asked on the social network and uses AI to anticipate questions that women have during different stages of their pregna