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Captivate, a leading podcast hosting and analytics platform owned by Global, the Media & Entertainment Group, proudly announces the launch of two industry-leading monetisation features designed to empower podcast creators: a subscription-based model and a tipping function.These powerful features will allow podcasters to better engage with audiences and foster a supportive, profitable community.

Today Apple is launching its latest financial service.This one is called Apple Pay Later and it very much does what it says on the tin.If you are in the US, and if you're lucky, you can use it to split stuff you buy into four payments with no interest and no fees.So like Klarna, or any other "pay later" service, but this one is from Apple, and it lives inside Apple Wallet.

Google has finally started beta testing its AI chatbot Google Bard.Google announced that it starting Tuesday, it will be starting the testing phase of its chatbot Bard.It will be available for consumers across the US and UK; consumers can join a waitlist for Google Bard.OpenAI announced GPT-4 last week, and Microsoft announced its AI copilot feature for its Office apps last week.

Get a head start on SXSW 2024!SXSW 2023 has officially kicked off, and we're so excited to welcome you to Austin!This year marks another epic convergence of the tech, film, and music industries and offers attendees a schedule jam-packed with unparalleled discovery.In keeping with the theme of looking to the future, we're offering a special limited presale for SXSW 2024!

Black Podcast Listening The Black Podcast Listener Report from Edison Research (previous RAIN coverage HERE) will be presented on February 21 at 2pm ET in a free webinar sponsored by SXM Media and Mindshare.Forty-three percent of Black American adults are monthly podcast listeners.The show will be hosted by Gabriel Soto, Senior Director of Research at Edison Research, Nidia Serrano, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at SXM Media,and Alexis Reza, Associate Director of Comms Planning at Mindshare.

Following this morning's announcement of his upcoming new album '-' (Subtract), Ed Sheeran has announced a select run of UK and European arena shows for March and April 2023 including two gigs in London.Fans of the singer behind number one singles 'Bad Habits' and 'Shivers' can pre-order the long-awaited final Mathematics album before 9am on March 7 via Ed Sheeran's official website in order to gain early access to the ticket pre-sale.

Dedicated to spotlighting the most vibrant, awe-inspiring aquatic organisms, this year's Underwater Photographer of the Year competition centers on the mammals, fish, and plants occupying the world's oceans and seas.The 2023 contest garnered more than 6,000 submissions from photographers in 72 countries, many of which document the striking scenes of life below the surface: stingrays glide along the rippled sands in the Cayman Islands, an elephant plunges its trunk into the waters off the coast of Thailand, and an orca gracefully dives into a school of fish near Norway.

This is Hot Pod, The Verge's newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry.Sign up here for more.Announcing Hot Pod Summit Brooklyn 🎤 Hope you all had a great weekend.I don't have any podcast thoughts today, but I did see the Roundabout Theater's gender-reversed 1776, and it absolutely slapped.

Generative AI is absolutely everywhere right now, so it's no surprise to see Spotify putting it to use in its latest feature, simply called "DJ."It's a new way to immediately start a personalized selection of music playing that combines Spotify's well-known personalization tools that you can find in playlists like Discover Weekly as well as the content that populates your home screen with some AI tricks.

It's always fun when your team clinches without doing anything.The Maple Leafs were at home last night when the news broke that because some other team won or lost, they were officially in the playoffs.So now that's out of the way, the Leafs play the waiting game, oh and also eight more regular season games, one of which is against the Lightning, which will be the most interesting to watch, while for the others we simply hope no one is injured.

Opening day in Chicago is almost here.The Chicago White Sox will take the field for their first series of 2023 against the defending World Series champion Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.But after four games in Space City, the White Sox will quickly return home for their opener at Guaranteed Rate Field against the San Francisco Giants on April 3.
Here's a look at everything to know -- arrival, parking, bag policy, etc. -- if you plan on attending opening day or any game throughout the 2023 season:
Arriving at the stadium for opening day

Opening day at Guaranteed Rate Field is set for Monday, April 3, against the Giants at 3:10 p.m. CT


On the day of the home opener only, parking lots open three hours before first pitch and gates open two hours before first pitch.

Another testing week for TikTok began with the UK becoming the latest government to ban the platform from work devices ( sorry, Nadine).Undeterred, the platform pled its case yesterday, promising new data security measures before appearing before congress.Social media behemoth Meta also faced a challenging week, having been hit with an unlawful termination suit in Kenya.

It's time for the 2023 REI Member Moment sale, where REI Co-op members can save 20% on one full-price item plus an extra 20% on one REI Outlet item.The deal runs from March 17 through March 27.Use the coupon code "MEMBER23" at checkout.There are some exclusions, and only certain colors are on sale.

Sean Paul, Craig David, Chase & Status, Patrick Topping and more headline



The North East's largest and most ambitious music festival is back again on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th August at Newcastle's unique and expansive inner-city green space, the Town Moor.Once again, 30,000 people are expected to attend each day of the already legendary LooseFest weekender who have put together their biggest line-up to date, with headline artists including Sean Paul, Chase & Status, Craig David, Patrick Topping, Ben Hemsley, Joel Corry, Andy C, Sub Focus, Dimension, Example, Sigala and Tinie Tempah as well as some of the biggest DJs around including Franky Wah, Alan Fitzpatrick, Hot Since 82, Kettama, Jax Jones, Sigala and many more, all lined up across five spectacular arenas.

The Python programming language allows you to catch exceptions using the try / except construct.But what happens if you nest exception handlers and throw in a break statement too?Your mission in this quiz is to find the answer to that question!The Quiz
Are you ready to start solving quizzes?Of course, you are!
Here's your first one:
What will be output if you run this code?

Realme has released the Android 13-based Realme UI 4.0 stable update for the GT Neo 3T and Narzo 50 Pro 5G in India.The update for the GT Neo 3T comes with firmware version RMX3371_11.C.04, while the update for Narzo 50 Pro 5G has firmware version RMX3395_11.C.04.But note that your GT Neo 3T should be running software with version RMX3371_11.A.09 to receive Realme UI 4.0, whereas the Narzo 50 Pro 5G should be running RMX3395_11.A.05, RMX3395_11.A.06, or RMX3395_11.A.07.