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A look at countries that moved to ban social media for kids in recent months, including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Spain, Indonesia (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/06/social-media-ban-children-countries-list/

These are the countries moving to ban social media for children | TechCrunch
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Angélique Kidjo:
🎵 Aisha
#AngéliqueKidjo
https://open.spotify.com/track/7ribfTL7pop284OWo6oICl

Beehiiv introduces Podcasts, letting creators host, distribute, and monetize podcasts directly on the platform, and plans to dynamically serve ads in podcasts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/beehiiv-expand…

Exclusive: Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon | TechCrunch
One way Beehiiv is convincing creators to switch from rivals like Substack and Patreon is by not taking a cut of revenue.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #PacificNotions
Aisha Vaughan:
🎵 Journey to the Shore
#AishaVaughan
https://aishavaughan.bandcamp.com/track/journey-to-the-shore
https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZFrnXLd3bNqunad1RnWsp

This is a good listen, investigating what many others have called out as fraudulent dealings by tech companies like #Coreweave, #nscale and #Microsoft and a

UK’s big, risky AI bet – podcast
Reporter Aisha Down explores the UK’s ‘phantom investments’ in AI, and the risk the government has taken in betting so heavily on the technology if it all goes bust

Monzo is shuttering its US operations to focus on scaling in the UK and Europe; source: it will lay off ~50 employees and close clients' accounts in June (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Roku launches a standalone app for Howdy, its $2.99/month ad-free streaming service with ~10K hours of content, in the US; Howdy debuted in August 2025 (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/roku-launches-a-standalone…

Roku launches a standalone app for Howdy, its $2.99 streaming service | TechCrunch
With this new app, Roku says subscribers can access Howdy's library of content on the go.

London-based money transfer company Wise plans to launch UK bank accounts, joining an increasingly crowded market; Monzo reports 15M personal and business users (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Spotify launches Audiobook Charts in the US and the UK, which will be updated weekly and highlight the top audiobooks overall and by genre (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/spotify-is-rolling-out-audiobook-charts/

Spotify is rolling out Audiobook Charts | TechCrunch
Similar to the streaming giant's Music and Podcast Charts, the Audiobook Charts will be updated weekly and highlight the top audiobooks overall and by genre

Snapchat launches AI Sponsored Snaps, a conversational ad format in the Chat tab that lets users talk to brand-specific AI agents for product recommendations (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/28/snapchat-brings-ai-powe…

Snapchat brings AI-powered conversational advertising to its app | TechCrunch
Users will be able to chat with a brand's AI agent to do things like ask questions and get recommendations.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SaturdayMorning
Johann Sebastian Bach, Fred Thomas, Aisha Orazbayeva & Lucy Railton:
🎵 Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721 (Arr. Thomas for Piano Trio)
#JohannSebastianBach
https://open.spotify.com/track/6o2YRTpjeT1Nhmbd4nxGNB

Revolut says 58% of reported job scams globally came from Telegram in 2025, dwarfing other platforms for these cases, based on an analysis of 10B transactions (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Snap launches AI Sponsored Snaps, a conversational ad format in Snapchat's Chat tab that lets users talk to brand-specific AI agents for product recommendations (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/28/snapchat-brings-…

Snapchat brings AI-powered conversational advertising to its app | TechCrunch
Users will be able to chat with a brand's AI agent to do things like ask questions and get recommendations.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Death in Vegas:
🎵 Aisha
#DeathinVegas
https://open.spotify.com/track/6987QQm1UGiJjFrpXmFPBq

WhatsApp rolls out features and updates: an AI tool to suggest replies based on a user's conversations, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/whatsapp-c…

WhatsApp can now draft AI-generated responses based on your conversations | TechCrunch
The Meta-owned messaging platform is also launching a way to free up space, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more.

Spotify is beta testing Artist Profile Protection, which allows artists to review releases before they go live to prevent AI tracks being attributed to them (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/spotify-test…

Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slop from being attributed to real artists | TechCrunch
The idea behind the new tool is to give artists more control over which tracks are associated with their name on Spotify.

Google expands Search Live, its AI conversational search feature previously limited to the US and India, to all languages and regions where AI Mode is available (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/google-is-launching-search-live-globally/

Google is launching Search Live globally | TechCrunch
Search Live allows users to point their phone camera at objects to get real-time assistance, enabling back-and-forth conversations that draw on the visual context from the camera feed.

Spotify is beta testing Artist Profile Protection, allowing artists to review releases before they go live to prevent AI tracks from being attributed to them (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/spotify-tes…

Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slop from being attributed to real artists | TechCrunch
The idea behind the new tool is to give artists more control over which tracks are associated with their name on Spotify.

Reddit is testing an AI search feature that takes community recommendations and shows matching products from its advertisers in the results (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/reddit-is-testing-a-new-ai-search-feature-for-shopp…

Reddit is testing a new AI search feature for shopping | TechCrunch
A small group of users in the U.S. will start to see search results that include interactive product carousels with pricing, images, and direct where-to-buy links.

Meta unveils Live Chats on Threads for real-time conversations during cultural events, launching first within the NBA Threads community during the playoffs (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/threads-is-adding-live-chats-to…

Threads is adding Live Chats to boost real-time engagement | TechCrunch
Users can send messages, photos, videos, links, and emoji reactions in Live Chats.

Snap says its direct revenue business has reached a $1B ARR, driven primarily by Snapchat surpassing 25M subscribers since its 2022 launch (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/snapchat-tops-25m-subscribers-driv…

Snapchat+ tops 25M subscribers, driving company's direct revenue ARR to $1B | TechCrunch
The revenue milestone comes as Snap has added additional paid offerings outside of its core Snapchat+ subscription over the past year to diversify its revenue streams.

Reddit is testing an AI search feature that takes community recommendations and shows matching products from its advertisers in the results (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/reddit-is-testing-a-new-ai-search-feature-for-shopp…

Reddit is testing a new AI search feature for shopping | TechCrunch
A small group of users in the U.S. will start to see search results that include interactive product carousels with pricing, images, and direct where-to-buy links.

Deezer says AI-generated tracks now account for 44% of daily uploads, totaling ~75K tracks per day and 2M per month, but account for just 1-3% of consumption (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/deezer-says-44-…

Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated | TechCrunch
Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1-3% of the total streams, and that 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and are demonetized.

Sources and docs: the US "effectively gutted" the Internet Freedom program that dispensed $500M since 2016 to help build tech to evade state internet controls (Aisha Down/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb

Deezer says AI-generated tracks now account for 44% of daily uploads, totaling ~75K tracks per day and 2M per month, but account for just 1-3% of consumption (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/deezer-says-44-…

Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated | TechCrunch
Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1-3% of the total streams, and that 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and are demonetized.

Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new experimental product that lets users create visuals like prototypes, slides, one-pagers, and more using Claude (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/anthropic-launches-cl…

Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals | TechCrunch
The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily. 

Roblox revamps Roblox Assistant, its plain-language AI tool for game development, with agentic tools to let developers plan, build, and test games (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/robloxs-ai-assistant-gets-…

Roblox’s AI assistant gets new agentic tools to plan, build, and test games | TechCrunch
The new new tools are designed to help creators throughout the entire development process.

Google updates AI Mode in Chrome, letting users open links side by side with AI Mode on desktop; users can search across multiple tabs on desktop and mobile (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/google-now-lets-you-explore…

Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode | TechCrunch
Now, when you're using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link will open the webpage side-by-side with AI Mode.

Google expands Personal Intelligence, which lets Gemini tailor its responses by connecting to Gmail and other Google services, from paid users to all US users (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/googles-personal-int…

Google's Personal Intelligence feature is expanding to all US users | TechCrunch
Personal Intelligence allows Google's AI assistant to tap into your Google ecosystem, such as Gmail and Google Photos, to provide more tailored responses.

Amazon Pharmacy plans to bring same-day prescription delivery to ~4,500 cities by end of 2026, adding ~2,000 new communities to its network (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/amazon-pharmacy-to-expand-same-day-de…

Amazon Pharmacy to expand same-day delivery to nearly 4,500 US cities | TechCrunch
The expansion will cover customers in newly served states such as Idaho and Massachusetts.

Roblox says developers will need Roblox Plus, a new $4.99-per-month subscription offering benefits like discounts, to publish games for Kids and Select accounts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/robl

Roblox introduces 'Kids' and 'Select' accounts for age-appropriate access to games and chat | TechCrunch
Users aged five to nine will be assigned to a "Roblox Kids" account, and users aged nine to 15 to will be put in a "Roblox Select" account.

KPMG citing PitchBook data: UK fintech investment totaled almost $11B in 2025 across 418 deals, down from ~$13.4B in 2024 across 527 deals; Revolut raised $4B (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Ralph Towner & Aisha Duo:
🎵 Beneath an Evening Sky
#RalphTowner #AishaDuo
https://open.spotify.com/track/7JbSwSLyYzu3mqdeSMVRs5

Disney is rolling out Verts, its new short-form video feed, to US users on its mobile app, featuring clips from movies and TV shows on Disney (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/disney-is-rolling-out-its-tiktok-lik…

Disney+ is rolling out its TikTok-like 'Verts' short-form video feed | TechCrunch
Following the success of TikTok and Instagram Reels, Verts is designed to boost daily engagement and reach mobile-first viewers, all while increasing discovery across Disney+'s catalog.

Amazon expands its healthcare AI assistant Health AI to its website and app; it was previously only available on the app for One Medical (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/amazon-launches-its-healthcare-ai-assistan…

Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app | TechCrunch
Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more.

Google rolls out Gemini-powered AI capabilities across Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, including a "Help me create" tool in Docs to generate first drafts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/google-r…

Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive | TechCrunch
The idea behind the new features is to make the apps more personal and capable to help users get things done faster, right within the platforms themselves.

UK's AI drive, touted since 2024 and featuring splashy NScale and CoreWeave deals, to build datacenters is riddled with phantom investments and shaky accounting (Aisha Down/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202