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    Yes, the WordPress battle with WP Engine is still going on.

    And it seems like WordPress.org co-founder Matt Mullenweg is growing frustrated with the legal battle, which has dragged on for nearly two years:

    Screenshot: WordPress.org
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    Amazon Prime Video is adding animated series made with AI.

    Amazon MGM Studios greenlit three shows as part of its GenAI Creators’ Fund, which gives producers access to the company’s AI filmmaking platform. The projects include Cupcake & Friends from BuzzFeed Studios; Love, Diana Music Hunters from former Nickelodeon exec Albie Hecht; and Punky Duck from animator Jorge R. Gutierrez.

    All three shows will debut on Prime Video “at a future date.”

    <em>Love, Diana Music Hunters.</em>
    <em>Cupcake & Friends</em>.
    <em>Punky Duck.</em>
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    Love, Diana Music Hunters.
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    ElevenLabs says its updated AI music generator can create genre-switching songs.

    Its new Music v2 model can generate songs that can switch from opera to heavy metal mid-track, while handling faster rap delivery and non-musical sound effects, according to ElevenLabs. The new model is available today and is trained “only on licensed data and cleared for commercial use.”

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    Amazon wants to power AI shopping assistants at other online stores.

    The ecommerce giant is now selling access to the tech behind its Alexa for Shopping assistant, giving other retailers — like Kate Spade — abilty to build their own AI shopping chatbot. Amazon says its AI shopping interface can offer personalized recommendations with images and pricing, as well as answer store policy questions.

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    Emma Roth
    Roku’s new homepage is rolling out to everyone.

    The redesign, which Roku first started testing last year, puts a new Quick Access section at the top of the page with shortcuts to your most-used apps, followed by a personalized Top Picks row with show and movie recommendations.

    The update is rolling out to “all Roku devices in the US,” and once it hits, you’ll also find a new Destinations section, where you can browse titles by category.

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    Book publishers win $19.5 million default judgement against Anna’s Archive.

    A judge awarded Penguin Random House, Macmillan, HarperCollins, and other major publishers with the judgment after Anna’s Archive — an open-source library and pirate activist group — didn’t respond to their copyright lawsuit.

    Just like with the $322 million judgment awarded to Spotify and major music labels, collecting damages from anonymous online operators isn’t easy.

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    GitHub says a data breach impacted 3,800 internal repositories.

    The company traced the incident to a “poisoned” VS Code extension on an employee’s device. While the hacking group TeamPCP has claimed responsibility for the breach, GitHub says it has since removed the malicious extension and that the exfiltration was limited to internal data, as reported by Bleeping Computer.