From The Verge: Spotify has acquired Podz, a startup whose technology generates preview clips of podcasts, the streaming service has announced. Unlike other services podcasters can use to manually create clips, TechCrunch says Podz automates the process of finding key moments from episodes using...

From PC Mag: Children of the '90s, rejoice! Your favorite digital companions are set to return later this year. To celebrate Tamagotchi's 25th anniversary this winter, Japanese toy maker Bandai is resurrecting the digital pets as a wearable for your wrist.

Rounder than the original egg-shaped...

From CNET: Snap said it's removing the controversial" speed filter" from its popular social media app Snapchat, according to a report on Thursday from NPR. The in-app effect lets users capture how fast they are moving, and it shares that speed with friends through the app.

The app was first...

From Turtle Beach Press Release: Neat Microphones today unveiled the King Bee II analog XLR microphone. The King Bee II is the long-awaited successor to Neat Microphones’ original award-winning King Bee. Turtle Beach acquired Neat Microphones in January 2021, and the team – the former founders of...

From The Verge: The PS5 has received a few feature updates since it launched in late 2020, but Sony shared today that it’s prepping to roll out a major system update later this year — and it wants you to test it first. You can register for it’s “first-ever” beta to try the new console software if...

From PC Mag: Facebook is rolling out new tools to "empower" the more than 70 million active admins and moderators running online Groups around the world.

"What they do every day is at the heart of Facebook's mission of building community and bringing the world closer together," Maria Smith, vice...

From CNET: As many companies begin reopening offices and moving to hybrid workforces, Microsoft is adding a slew of new features to Teams and Teams Rooms that're designed to make it easier for co-workers to connect, no matter if they're working from the office or from home.

In the coming months, a...

From The Verge: After years of pop-up experiments, Google is finally dipping its toes in the physical retail waters with its first store, located underneath its offices in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City. It will primarily feature Google’s own hardware products, including Pixel phones...

From PC Mag: Kindle e-readers may make 1,000-page novels much easier to read, but Amazon has another idea on how to offer long-form content to its customers. It's called Kindle Vella, and it launches next month, but not on Kindle e-readers.

Kindle Vella is a serialized story platform, offering...

From CNET: Starting July 1, Apple will reduce the length of its Apple TV Plus free trial period from a year to just three months for those customers who buy an iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod Touch or Mac. Although the change to the promotion length was previously known, the change appeared on the...