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Sony Ventures earmarks 10M to invest in African entertainment startups

As banks totter crypto is busy racking up gains

Stability AI optimized its audio generation model to run on Arm chips

Social music streaming startup Stationhead launches new live commerce tool

TechCrunch Minute: Spotifys move to paywall lyrics is putting pressure on free users

Ready Player Me a platform to build dynamic crossgame avatars for virtual worlds raises 56M led by a16z

As possible EC fine nears Apple claims Spotify is trying to get limitless access to its tools without paying

SoCreate wants to transform screenwriting software with AI imagery and community sharing tools

As generative AI gets better what will happen to artists

iOS gains new emoji Showtime joins a pricier Paramount and Instagram launches Channels

The New York Times and Amazon ink AI licensing deal

Autodesk acquires AIpowered VFX startup Wonder Dynamics

Elon Musks AI company xAI acquires a generative AI video startup

Streamer Plex launches its longpromised movie rentals store

As tech companies seek to limit losses a reminder of how far some have to go

Spotifys new Showcase tool lets artists pay to promote their music in the Home feed

Following UK antitrust order Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock for 53M after buying it for 400M

Media talent app HUSSLUP shuts down as workers in Hollywood continue to face job slowdown

Fuzzy Doors Viewscreen onset AR puts CG characters and locations in the viewfinder

Netflix debuts its generative AIpowered search tool

Meghan Markle is expanding her consumer portfolio

Mahbod Moghadam who rose to fame as the cofounder of Genius has died

Streamer Plex rolls out movie and TV show reviews

These are the first Denonbranded Nura headphones

Yahoo will lay off 20 of staff or 1600 people

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Early Bird savings end on May 25

Clarity raises 16M to fight deepfakes through detection

Astronomer winks at viral notoriety with temporary spokesperson Gwyneth Paltrow

Blade writer David S Goyer debuts his latest scifi franchise on Incention a new platform built on Story blockchain

Perplexity details plan to share ad revenue with outlets cited by its AI chatbot

Spotify introduces new tech for turning radio broadcasts into podcasts

Only 5 days left: Exhibit tables are disappearing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

ExGoogler joins filmmaker to launch DreamFlare a studio for AIgenerated video

The impact of hype with Clubhouses Paul Davison

Adobes working on generative video too

YouTube is developing AI detection tools for music and faces plus creator controls for AI training

Techs growth story shifted this year How has that impacted transparency

Amazon buys Indian video streaming service MX Player

Netflixs AIassisted green screen bathes actors in eyesearing magenta

One Future Footballs virtual worldwide soccer league launches with backing from Blackbird

Regie secures 10M to generate marketing copy using AI

Spotify experiments with an AI DJ that speaks Spanish

Google releases GenAI tools for music creation

Storyblok raises 80M to add more AI to its headless CMS aimed at nontechnical people

BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes creating personalized stories powered by OpenAI

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Deal Dive: Groover bridges the promotion gap for independent artists

Led by a founder who sold a video startup to Apple Panjaya uses deepfake techniques to bite into video dubbing

Daily Crunch: PSG Battery Ventures invest 100M in open source password manager Bitwarden

Beehiiv attracts 32M to make its newsletter publishing platform more sticky