Meta's Marketing Shift and Spotify's Podcast Evolution

Hey everybody, back from Ireland, and man, the universe dumped all the news on me this morning. Google is rushing to add AI to search because they’re afraid Samsung is about to jump ship to Bing. More chaos at Twitter. Meta has to make nice with advertisers. Spotify seems to be abandoning it’s paywall podcast strategy. And is Apple’s Watch OS about to get its biggest overhaul ever?

Sponsors:

• Grammarly.com/techmeme
• GetSunday.com/ride

Links:

• Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals (NYTimes)
• Sega to acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio for $776 million (CNBC)
• U.S. House Committee Publishes Draft Stablecoin Bill (CoinDesk)
• Elon Musk just shut down automation for important public safety accounts (Mashable)
• Is Twitter finally dying? (Vox)
• Meta Tries to Lure Advertisers With Reels Discounts, AI Tools (The Information)
• Spotify will drop paywall for Gimlet podcasts (Semafor)
• Apple Plans to Launch More Than Just Its New Headset at WWDC (Bloomberg)

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