TECHNOLOGYOpenAI's Sora app may be going away, but its legacy will be the spread of AI video slopBarely six months after its launch, OpenAI is ending an app that could generate AI video at the click of a button.NPR·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYSpotify is letting artists manually approve releases to combat AI fakesSpotify is beta-testing a new feature called Artist Profile Protection that lets artists review releases before they go live. Sometimes songs end up on the wrong artist pages because of metadata mixups or shared names. But increasingly, artists have been targeted by impostors and AI-generated fakes.The Verge·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYGoogle unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO's "Silicon Valley." The compression algorithm promises to shrink AI’s “working memory” by up to 6x, but it’s still just a lab experiment for now.TechCrunch·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYDisney’s big bets on the metaverse and AI slop aren’t going so wellLess than a week into his tenure as Disney's newly-appointed CEO, Josh D'Amaro is already dealing with two separate crises that have cast a shadow over the company's future plans. OpenAI is shutting down its Sora image-generation program just months after Disney announced a $1 billion dollar collaboThe Verge·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYMeta Lays Off 700 Employees, While Rewarding Top ExecutivesThe jobs cuts and a new stock program for executives come as Meta continues to shift its focus to artificial intelligence.NY Times·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYWoot is offering over 20 percent off Switch 2 controllers and games todayWoot is running a day-long sale coinciding with the start of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. Many products across multiple tech categories are discounted, including dozens of video games and accessories. What’s more, you can get an extra 20 percent off through 12:59AM ET on March 26th when you use code SAThe Verge·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYMelania Trump wants a robot to homeschool your childThe first lady sees AI and robotics playing a prominent role in the future of American education.TechCrunch·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYThere’s Something Very Dark About a Lot of Those Viral AI Fruit VideosWith female AI fruit being fart-shamed and even sexually assaulted, there’s a misogynistic undercurrent to the fruit slop microdramas, even as they appear to be cultivating genuine fans.Wired·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYRiding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribingThe startup provides an e-prescribing marketplace for the booming cash-pay clinic market.TechCrunch·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYApple overhauls its app developer platform with 100 new metrics, more toolsApple is adding 100+ new App Store Connect metrics, giving developers deeper, first-party insights into monetization, subscriptions, and user behavior as it doubles down on its app ecosystem in the AI era.TechCrunch·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYMeta cutting several hundred jobs across Reality Labs, Facebook and other departmentsThe layoffs come as Meta has been refocusing its efforts and pouring billions of dollars into AI.CNBC·March 25, 2026
TECHNOLOGYGoogle launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation modelGoogle is launching Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded music model that generates longer, more customizable tracks, as it expands AI music tools across Gemini, enterprise products, and other services.TechCrunch·March 25, 2026
