Starting today, Spotify is paying creators in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada based on how much engagement their videos receive from paid subscribers, similar to platforms like YouTube.
We don’t know how much video creators will earn, but there’s plenty of interest in the program — according to Spotify, almost 60 percent of eligible shows and networks have enrolled since it was announced last month.
This interesting overview by The New York Times explains how incorrect or misleading results from AI models are helping scientists to track cancer, design drugs, invent medical devices, and uncover weather phenomena by “dreaming” up new concepts to test.
Amy McGovern, a federal AI institute computer scientist says:
“The public thinks it’s all bad.But it’s actually giving scientists new ideas. It’s giving them the chance to explore ideas they might not have thought about otherwise.”
[The New York Times]
That’s according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who doubled down on previous claims that the wide rear camera will be upgraded for the iPhone 18 in 2026 in his latest blog post.
Kuo says Dutch manufacturer BE Semiconductor will supply the aperture blade assembly equipment, allowing iPhone users to manually control how much light passes through the camera’s lens for the first time.
The iOS app is now listed on Apple’s App Store, and is currently available in beta in “Australia and a few countries” according to TechCrunch.
This confirms rumors that started circulating in November regarding X developing a standalone app for its Grok chatbot. There’s no word yet on when a version will be made available to Android users.
[App Store]
Classified documents about the Eurofighter Typhoon’s radar systems have appeared on the War Thunder military hardware simulator’s gaming forum — mirroring a similar leak last December related to the M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
The materials have since been removed, with a forum community manager posting the following warning:
“I will take this opportunity to again remind everyone here, please do not, under any circumstances try to post, use or share any sources unless you are 100% certain they are legally declassified and publicly safe for use.”
[UK Defence Journal]
