Universal Music Group reaches agreement with Meta to license Taylor Swift, more artists on WhatsApp

Universal Music Group reaches agreement with Meta to license Taylor Swift, more artists on WhatsApp

Pop stars including Taylor Swift, Adele, Billie Eilish and Elton John will soon have their music played and shared on WhatsApp. Universal Music Group, the world’s largest multinational music group representing the globe’s top recording artists, on Monday reached a multi-year licensing agreement with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms. The deal is an expansion of a … Read more

Giving your child a pill at this age is linked to serious behavioral problems: study

Giving your child a pill at this age is linked to serious behavioral problems: study

They have become iPad professionals. Preschoolers who use a tablet for fun may not learn to manage their emotions, leading to tantrums that prompt parents to give them a tablet to calm them down. Researchers from the University of Sherbrooke in Canada detailed this “harmful” cycle Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. The study authors note that … Read more

Waymo robotaxis wakes up sleepy San Fran residents with honking as it parks at 4am

Waymo robotaxis wakes up sleepy San Fran residents with honking as it parks at 4am

Waymo’s autonomous robotaxis has turned into a nightmare for San Francisco residents — with their sleep interrupted by the sound of vehicle horns for an hour before dawn. Sophia Tung, a software engineer who lives above a parking lot for driverless taxis, hit out at the Alphabet-owned subsidiary for the unwanted wake-up calls. “All night … Read more

News Corp CEO Robert Thomson demands ‘consequences’ for shadowy advertising cartel that orchestrated media boycott

News Corp CEO Robert Thomson demands 'consequences' for shadowy advertising cartel that orchestrated media boycott

News Corp CEO Robert Thomson called for “commercial consequences” for the now-defunct left-wing advertising cartel accused of orchestrating an advertising boycott against a range of media outlets and news platforms – including The Post. The Global Alliance for Responsible Media, or GARM, was abruptly shut down Thursday after a damning report from the House Judiciary … Read more

I asked AI to help with dinner and it took so much of my mental load off

I asked AI to help with dinner and it took so much of my mental load off

Before becoming a father three years ago, Jonathan had honed his meal planning skills when it came to cooking for himself and his wife, Farrah. “I was actually quite meticulous about it and had a lot of time to do it effectively, but once we had kids we became time-poor and it became chaotic,” says … Read more

Exclusive | Wedding giant The Knot Worldwide cuts 4% of workforce in restructuring

Exclusive | Wedding giant The Knot Worldwide cuts 4% of workforce in restructuring

Knot Worldwide cut about 4% of its global workforce this week as part of an internal restructuring at the wedding planning giant, The Post has learned. Approximately 100 employees were laid off in The Knot’s sales and marketing teams, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company began notifying affected workers on Tuesday. A … Read more