YouTube Music has introduced the 'Hum to Search' feature; know what it can do

YouTube's 'Hum to Search' feature allows users to find songs by humming melodies for 3 seconds on Android. Simply tap the microphone icon, listen to the results, and hum again if needed. https://ift.tt/WdZMOFE

Big AI deal to be signed between Apple and Google; Gemini could soon power iPhone AI features

Apple plans iOS 18 with Google, Samsung, OpenAI collaboration for new features like Gemini-powered images and AI, aiming to address tech challenges and boost Google, building on past Apple-Google partnership. https://ift.tt/octljUe

A US judge rules Apple must face a class-action suit over AirTag stalking, as three plaintiffs made sufficient negligence and liability claims under CA law (Rachel Graf/Bloomberg)

Rachel Graf / Bloomberg:
A US judge rules Apple must face a class-action suit over AirTag stalking, as three plaintiffs made sufficient negligence and liability claims under CA law  —  - Judge says three plaintiffs made sufficient negligence claims  — Apple had argued it couldn't be held responsible for misuse

An interview with Aaron Levie about Box's acquisition of Crooze, as Box embraces the content management industry's shift toward AI and workflow automation (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
An interview with Aaron Levie about Box's acquisition of Crooze, as Box embraces the content management industry's shift toward AI and workflow automation  —  It's part of a shift across the content management industry  —  Box began life almost 20 years ago in a dorm room at USC …

A look at issues and monetization options for Apple CarPlay; sources: Apple plans to produce 20M-25M units of the entry and mid-tier AirPods launching this fall (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at issues and monetization options for Apple CarPlay; sources: Apple plans to produce 20M-25M units of the entry and mid-tier AirPods launching this fall  —  Apple's new CarPlay interface was originally designed to fend off Android, but now it's Apple's last hope to conquer the automotive industry.

How China's spending may swamp India's chip ambitions; TrendForce: China's share of global mature-node production will grow from 31% in 2023 to 39% in 2027 (Megha Mandavia/Wall Street Journal)

Megha Mandavia / Wall Street Journal:
How China's spending may swamp India's chip ambitions; TrendForce: China's share of global mature-node production will grow from 31% in 2023 to 39% in 2027  —  India is making a play for the semiconductor space—but fallout from U.S.-China tensions and China's deep pockets could get in the way

Two of the UK's biggest supermarket chains, Tesco and Sainsbury's, were hit with technical issues on Saturday; Sainsbury's blames a software update (Bloomberg.com)

Bloomberg.com:
Two of the UK's biggest supermarket chains, Tesco and Sainsbury's, were hit with technical issues on Saturday; Sainsbury's blames a software update  —  Two of the UK's biggest supermarket chains - Tesco and Sainsbury's - were hit with technical issues on Saturday.

Review of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16: sets the bar for foldables with a large 4:3 display and seamless centerfold, but the trackpad is prone to missed inputs (Joanna Nelius/The Verge)

Joanna Nelius / The Verge:
Review of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16: sets the bar for foldables with a large 4:3 display and seamless centerfold, but the trackpad is prone to missed inputs  —  Its beautiful 16-inch OLED display morphs into a 12-inch laptop, but do splurge for the ‘optional’ keyboard and folio.

Bain: Indian startups raised $9.6B in 2023, down from $25.7B in 2022; over 35K Indian startups shut down in 2023 and leading startups laid off 20,000+ employees (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times:
Bain: Indian startups raised $9.6B in 2023, down from $25.7B in 2022; over 35K Indian startups shut down in 2023 and leading startups laid off 20,000+ employees  —  During 2023, growth and late-stage startups chose to defer fundraising, and investors took their foot off the gas pedal owing …

How evangelicals proselytize using Bless Every Home, an app that lets users create neighborhood maps and data tables based on people's religion and ethnicity (Elle Hardy/New Republic)

Elle Hardy / New Republic:
How evangelicals proselytize using Bless Every Home, an app that lets users create neighborhood maps and data tables based on people's religion and ethnicity  —  The future of proselytizing—and surveillance—has arrived.  An app called Bless Every Home, which has been backed …

Vivo T3 5G smartphone to launch on March 21: Check expected features and prices

Vivo T3 is launching on March 21 with impressive specs like 120Hz FHD+ AMOLED, Dimensity 7200, 8GB RAM, 128GB/256GB storage, and 50MP main camera. It will be exclusively available on Flipkart at a starting price of Rs 18,999. https://ift.tt/ITUtvnk

In one of the most notable developments under its new CEO Richard Teng, Binance spun out Binance Labs, its $10B venture capital arm, earlier this year (Ryan Weeks/Bloomberg)

Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg:
In one of the most notable developments under its new CEO Richard Teng, Binance spun out Binance Labs, its $10B venture capital arm, earlier this year  —  - Investment arm is now independent from the trading platform  — Industry is monitoring for changes at Binance under CEO Teng

Sources: China quietly asks EV makers like BYD and Geely to sharply increase their purchases from local chipmakers, to reduce reliance on Western imports (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: China quietly asks EV makers like BYD and Geely to sharply increase their purchases from local chipmakers, to reduce reliance on Western imports  —  - Directive could hurt Nvidia, NXP and other EV chip suppliers  — Order is a response to US efforts to curb Chinese chip tech

Amazon says "a tiny fraction" of sellers paid for ads for products users couldn't buy and pledges a fix; Amazon offered a $15K refund to a seller seeking $300K (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Amazon says “a tiny fraction” of sellers paid for ads for products users couldn't buy and pledges a fix; Amazon offered a $15K refund to a seller seeking $300K  —  The company has pledged to reimburse sellers for the mistake and make fixes to its lucrative advertising operation.

Foxconn reports Q4 revenue down 5.7% YoY to ~$59B, as cloud and networking demand falls, net profit up 33% YoY to $1.69B, and expects flat 2024 consumer demand (Kosaku Narioka/Wall Street Journal)

Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal:
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue down 5.7% YoY to ~$59B, as cloud and networking demand falls, net profit up 33% YoY to $1.69B, and expects flat 2024 consumer demand  —  Revenue fell on lackluster demand for cloud and networking products and a slowing personal-computer market