Amazon Launches AI Powered Alexa+, Free For Prime Members

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Cord Cutters News reports: “At Amazon’s February 2025 Devices & Services live event today, the company has been focused on its history with AI and how it will continue to use AI to find innovative solutions for customer problems. “We have been using AI expansively for over 25 years. And the way we think about AI and technology in general at Amazon is that we don’t use the technology because we think it’s cool or interesting. It is—but we use it to solve real customer problems,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said to kick off the event.”

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Twitch Partners With StreamElements To Bring More Sponsorships To Creators

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GamesBeat reports: “Twitch announced this week that it has partnered with StreamElements to integrate the latter’s sponsorship platform directly into its streaming dashboard. This new move makes sponsorships easier to find and maintain for Twitch’s legion of creators, and those offered via StreamElements offer a guaranteed base pay and performance incentives.”

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ElevenLabs Now Lets Authors Create And Publish Audiobooks On Its Own Platform

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TechCrunch reports: “Voice AI company ElevenLabs is now letting authors publish AI-generated audiobooks on its own Reader app, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. The announcement comes days after the company partnered with Spotify for AI-narrated audiobooks.”

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Max Pulls CNN And Sports From Ad Tier In Streaming Pivot

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The Hollywood Reporter reports: “Recognizing live sports is key to future streaming bundling strategies, Warner Bros. Discovery has pulled plans to charge Max ad-free subscribers extra for sports and news content. On Wednesday, the studio announced Max, at least for now, will offer sports and new content at no additional cost to standard and premium tier subscribers in the U.S. market.”

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YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers Of Podcast Content

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Variety reports: “Podcasts started as an audio-only phenomenon. But now YouTube — the world’s biggest video platform — might be the biggest platform for podcasts. According to the Google-owned video giant, YouTube now has more than 1 billion monthly viewers for podcast content worldwide. In 2024, users watched more than 400 million hours of podcasts monthly on living-room devices, the company said.”

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Warner Bros. Closes Monolith Productions And MultiVersus Studio, Cancels Wonder Woman Game

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Polygon reports: “Warner Bros. Games is making big cuts, closing three studios — Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB Games San Diego — and canceling its long-in-development Wonder Woman game, the publisher told employees on Tuesday. All projects from those studios have been canceled.”

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Livewire Launches Gamer.ID Identity Solution For Brands And Agencies To Reach Gamers

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GamesBeat reports: “Livewire, a game marketing startup, has launched Gamer.ID, a next-generation identity framework within its Gameview technology stack. Powered by Optable’s identity management and data collaboration infrastructure, Gamer.ID is a gaming-native identity solution enabling brands and agencies to reach gaming audiences with precision, scale, and compliance.”

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TikTok (With Douyin) Becomes First App To Reach $6B In Annual Consumer Spending

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TechCrunch reports: “TikTok, including its Chinese counterpart Douyin, in 2024 became the first non-game app to reach $6 billion in in-app purchase revenue in a year. According to a new report from app intelligence provider Sensor Tower, TikTok also generated a record high of $1.9 billion in gross in-app purchase (IAP) revenue in the fourth quarter of last year.”

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SoundCloud Partners With Ticketmaster To Let Artists Easily Share Their Live Shows

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RouteNote reports: “SoundCloud has announced its partnership with Ticketmaster and Universe, Ticketmaster’s self-serve ticketing and marketing platform. The partnership allows Artist Pro users to list and promote their live events directly on their SoundCloud profiles. Artist Pro is SoundCloud’s premium subscription plan, offering features like unlimited track upload, monetisation, AI mastering, audience insights, and promotional opportunities.”

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Google Launches Free Version Of AI Coding Assistant

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Breaking the News reports: “Google announced on Tuesday that it is launching a free version of its artificial intelligence coding assistant, Gemini Code Assist. The assistant will be powered by Gemini 2.0, and as of today, the public preview is globally available under the name Gemini Code Assist for individuals.”

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