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Cellebrite suspends Serbia as customer after claims police used firm’s tech to plant spyware
Security researchers found evidence that Cellebrite was used by Serbian police to hack into the cellphones of a local journalist and an activist. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Amazon unveils a new and improved Alexa, Alexa+
At an event in NYC on Wednesday, Amazon announced an upgraded Alexa experience — Alexa+ — powered by generative AI technologies. Onstage, Amazon’s devices and services chief Panos Panay called it a “complete re-architecture” of the AI assistant. “[W]hile the vision of Alexa has been ambitious and remains incredibly compelling, until right this moment —…
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YouTube surpasses 1B monthly podcast viewers
YouTube continues to assert its dominance in the podcasting space, presenting significant competition to both Spotify and Apple Podcasts. In an announcement on Wednesday, the company revealed YouTube has surpassed 1 billion monthly active podcast viewers. This milestone highlights YouTube’s popularity in the podcast industry and emphasizes consumer preference for video-first formats. Last year, YouTube…