There’s something a little eerie about the way the band Witch Post came together. A few years back, Scottish singer-songwriter Dylan Fraser found himself traveling regularly from Edinburgh to London, and would use the five-hour train journey to listen to new music; after stumbling upon Alaska Reid’s 2020 EP Big Bunny, and then covering one … Read more
Amazon has announced that its generative AI-powered digital assistant Alexa Plus is now available to all Prime members in the US via any Alexa-enabled device, Alexa.com, and the Alexa mobile app. If you don’t have Prime, you can access the assistant on a new free tier on the web and app, or pay $20 a … Read more
HBO You probably know Milana Vayntrub as the sweet and wholesome face of AT&T, Lily Adams, but some of her other TV roles have been much more evil. In fact, she played a Satanist on an HBO sitcom co-created by Mike Judge — “Silicon Valley.” Vayntrub showed … Read more
Uber is promoting Balaji Krishnamurthy, its VP of strategic finance and investor relations, to be its CFO, replacing its current finance chief Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah. Krishnamurthy has been at Uber for over six years, spending most of his tenure in the company in its investor relations division. He often posts about the company’s autonomous ride-hailing efforts, … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) traders see its ultimate support trendline coming into play as part of a new macro BTC price bottom. Key points: Bitcoin is nearing a long-term trendline retest for the first time since late 2023. Weekly moving averages are on the radar as a BTC price safety net should the market fall again. Market … Read more
SNAK Venture Partners announced Wednesday the close of its oversubsubscribed $50 million debut fund, anchored by the investment firm Pritzker Group (founded by Illinois governor JB Pritzker and his brother, Tony). SNAK founders Sonia Nagar and Adam Koopersmith worked at the firm and helped lead investments in companies like the auto marketplace Backlot Cars and … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chinese trading firm Zhongcai Futures has emerged as a big winner from the recent rout in silver, netting more than half a billion dollars from aggressive bets that the metal’s price would fall. Zhongcai has … Read more
Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, generative AI-powered version of its Alexa assistant, is available to all U.S. customers as of Wednesday. The company said that the AI feature will be free to Prime members across devices. Meanwhile, anyone can use Alexa+ for free via the Alexa website or mobile app, with some limitations. “We have tens of … Read more
The term “uniform dressing” has become trite at this point, but a quick scroll of the feed (and a glance at Hailey Bieber’s street stylings) confirms there’s still comfort to be found in numbers when it comes to copy-and-paste wardrobes. One of the most dominant factions that refuses to die? The Clean Girls, with their … Read more
Most of what we know about the ocean just skims the surface, literally. We’ve gathered a large quantity of data on the oceans from satellites, but most of that is based on the top layer of water. Below that, the picture gets murkier. Buoys, ships, and some autonomous rovers have recently added some detail, but … Read more