ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music generation app

ElevenMusic lets users create and remix songs using text prompts

Flipboard just launched Surf, its new social app and feed reader
Flipboard just launched Surf, its new social app and feed reader

Surf is a slightly hard app to explain. It’s sort of three things: a client for fediverse apps like Bluesky and Mastodon; a feed reader that lets you subscribe to almost any website, podcast, or YouTube channel; and a tool for creating and following feeds of interesting content, a la Flipboard magazines. It’s a browser […]

Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app

Google is adding a way to customize and instruct avatars for video creation in the Vids app.

United’s mobile app now shows TSA wait times at select airports

The TSA wait times feature is one of many new additions to the United app, including automatic rebooking assistance and real-time time weather radar maps.

United adds TSA wait times to its mobile app
United adds TSA wait times to its mobile app

If you’re flying United Airlines, you’ll now have a better idea of when you need to get to the airport to make your flight. Yesterday the airline announced several updates to its iOS and Android mobile apps including estimated security wait times at all of United’s US hub airports as a result of the ongoing […]

Exclusive: Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon

One way Beehiiv is convincing creators to switch from rivals like Substack and Patreon is by not taking a cut of revenue.

WhatsApp just caught an Italian spyware firm building a fake version of its app for iPhones
WhatsApp just caught an Italian spyware firm building a fake version of its app for iPhones

WhatsApp has notified approximately 200 users, primarily in Italy, that they were tricked into installing a counterfeit version of the messaging app that was actually government spyware. The fake application was built by SIO, an Italian surveillance te…

A new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying sign-up process (and it’s working)

Sonder profiles are completely unstructured, encouraging users to build something that looks like a mood board or a digital collage. Think MySpace rather than LinkedIn.

Cameo partners with TikTok to boost popularity

Cameo launched a new TikTok integration that allows U.S. creators to offer personalized videos through the app.

Snapchat’s ‘Reals’ joke mocks Instagram’s many ripoffs
Snapchat’s ‘Reals’ joke mocks Instagram’s many ripoffs

It’s April Fools’ Day, and Snap is using the occasion to “announce” that it’s switching the name of Snapchat’s Spotlight feed, the app’s Instagram Reels-like feed of shortform vertical videos, to “Reals.” In a video featuring co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel, Snap also includes a description of “Reals” as a place where “real people share […]