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Radar Turns Podcasts Into Searchable Data for AI Agents
The search engine says it covers more than 130,000 podcasts and processes about 20,000 new episodes a day through web, API and MCP access.
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Hollywood’s Microdrama Boom Rewrites Production Economics
Phone-first episodes are drawing established talent, new apps and a dedicated SAG-AFTRA agreement into a fast-growing entertainment format.
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Uber and Pony.ai Plan 2,000 Robotaxis Across Europe
The companies have not named the cities or launch dates, leaving regulation, fleet ownership and customer adoption as the next major tests.
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Becky G Reclaims Her Pop-Rap Roots With ‘Baraja Bendita’
The 17-track release moves between English, Spanish and Spanglish, reconnecting the artist’s early pop-rap identity with her Mexican American perspective.
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Runway Launches AI Router for Video, Image and Audio
Runway’s Media Router chooses among generative video, image and audio models based on cost, speed and quality through one developer endpoint.
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SoundCloud Buys Nina Protocol and Preserves Its Archive
SoundCloud acquired Nina Protocol’s archive and genre map after the independent music platform shut down, while offering artists a migration path.
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A Rival App Store Is Now Available Inside Google Play
Aptoide’s return gives U.S. Android users a new distribution path, though Google still controls important parts of the installation flow.
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YouTube Is Raising the Price of Admission to the Creator Economy
New creators will need twice today’s watch time or Shorts views to qualify for YouTube ad and subscription revenue.
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‘Spider-Man’ Keeps a Record Pace as ‘The Odyssey’ Crosses $1 Billion
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ stayed on a record-setting run in its second weekend while Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ crossed $1 billion worldwide, giving theaters two simultaneous blockbuster anchors.
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Amazon’s Texas AI Campus Could Carry a 33 Million-Ton Carbon Permit
Amazon has confirmed plans for a Pecos County data-center campus tied to GW Ranch, whose state permit allows up to 33.2 million tons of greenhouse-gas emissions a year.