Spotify Reaches 300 Million Paying Subscribers

A Wired investigation found hundreds of seemingly mundane AI apps hiding features for creating sexually abusive deepfakes, including nonconsensual intimate imagery. The finding matters because these tools can enable abuse and harassment while evading app-store and platform moderation.

China’s Ministry of Commerce issued Announcement No. 48, described as the country’s first frontier AI export controls. The move could affect global AI technology supply chains and trade, marking a significant shift in China’s export-control policy.

Spain’s independent film distribution sector is expanding, but significant structural challenges remain, as highlighted at Valladolid’s Merci Market. The event spotlighted the difficulties facing indie distributors even as demand and activity increase. The issue matters because distribution determines whether independent Spanish films reach audiences at home and abroad.

In closing arguments in Russell Brand’s sexual assault trial, his defense lawyer rejected the portrayal of him as a psychopath who rapes people and believes it is normal. The case is now before the jury, whose verdict will be closely watched given Brand’s high public profile.

MIT Technology Review reports that the agentic web—where AI agents act on users' behalf across websites and services—is becoming a reality. The shift could change how people search, shop, and interact online, while raising questions about trust, control, and security.