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Spotify subscribers rise to 236 million after record year Spotify now boasts 236 million Premium subscribers, a 4 percent increase over last quarter, while its total number of monthly active users rose 5 percent to 602 million. The announcement came as part of its fourth quarter earnings release, which covers the three months ending on December 31st. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/6/24061976/spotify-earnings-q4-2023

Here are the most useful Apple Vision Pro apps at launch Apple’s Vision Pro is here — along with a solid collection of third-party launch apps. Although there are some big-name omissions, the headset already supports over a million compatible App Store apps and over 600 apps developed specifically for the “spatial computing” device. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/here-are-the-most-useful-apple-vision-pro-apps-at-launch-222817206.html

Christian Selig makes the YouTube Vision Pro app that Google wouldn’t Google said it isn’t putting out a YouTube app for Apple’s new Vision Pro headset, so a third-party developer has stepped in to make one instead. Juno is the work of Christian Selig, the developer behind the now defunct Reddit app Apollo. It costs $4. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/2/24059005/juno-youtube-vision-pro-app-christian-selig

Adobe brings Lightroom and Firefly AI to the Apple Vision Pro Adobe’s Firefly AI, the text-to-image tool behind features like Photoshop’s generative fill, will be available on the Apple Vision Pro as a native app, alongside the company’s popular Lightroom photo editing software already demonstrated during the headset’s announcement. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/2/24059011/adobe-firefly-ai-image-generator-lightroom-apps-apple-vision-pro

Google Maps is getting ‘supercharged’ with generative AI Google is bringing generative AI to — where else? — Google Maps, promising to help users find cool places through the use of large language models (LLM). Google says the feature will first become available in the US, but there’s no word yet on when other countries will also get it. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24057994/google-maps-generative-ai-llm-local-guide-search

Apple’s sci-fi thriller Constellation gets haunting first trailer Apple is kicking off the week with the first trailer for its sci-fi series Constellation. The show stars Noomi Rapace as an astronaut who “returns to Earth after a disaster in space — only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/24044578/constellation-trailer-apple-tv-plus

Netflix won't launch an app for the Apple Vision Pro, at least right now Bloomberg is reporting that Netflix has no plans to release a special application for the Vision Pro, at least for now. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/netflix-wont-launch-an-app-for-the-apple-vision-pro-at-least-right-now-120520406.html