Anthropic settles AI book-training lawsuit with authors

Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit with a group of fiction and nonfiction authors. The settlement was announced in a filing on Tuesday with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This development comes after Anthropic had won a partial…

A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok

Thanks to an unexpected surge in popularity on TikTok, Radiohead now has its fourth-ever song on the Billboard Hot 100: the morosely gorgeous track “Let Down” from the 1997 album “OK Computer.” “Let Down” never broke through to mainstream attention…

Eyebot gets $20M Series A to expand eye care access

Eyebot, a startup offering a 90-second vision test kiosk that delivers doctor-verified glasses prescriptions, has secured $20 million in Series A funding. The Boston-based startup, founded in 2021, streamlines how people access vision care by eliminating traditional obstacles such as…

Apple is holding its iPhone 17 event on September 9

Apple has announced it will hold its iPhone 17 event on Tuesday, September 9, mirroring the timing of last year’s event. The company has begun sending out invitations for the gathering, which will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater…

Skylight’s TikTok alternative adds community curators to the mix

A startup called Skylight is taking a different approach to short-form video. Instead of restricting users to an algorithmic main feed, as is common on social apps, Skylight is building a community around human curators. These curators post and repost…