Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio For the last few years, apps like Google’s NotebookLM, Hero, and lately Adobe Acrobat have given users the ability to create podcasts based on existing material like documents, daily schedules, and articles. Now, Spotify is letting you access these podcasts within its app, but you’ll need some programming tools to do so. The...

Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up It’s no secret that AI data centers have been straining the grid. But Silicon Valley has been relatively insulated from it all, thanks to high land and power prices that have pushed hyperscaler projects elsewhere.  The tech elite might soon get a taste of the power crunch, though. The Bay Area’s...

Despite growing financial pressures, Canadians are still reliably paying their mortgagesAbout 83 per cent of Canadian homeowners say they have never missed a mortgage payment, according to a recent survey. Photo by Laura Proctor/Bloomberg filesArticle contentDespite a trade war and other geopolitical tensions, as well as the ongoing mortgage renewal wave, the majority of Canadian homeowners are...

Israel's government is expected to collapse over ultra-Orthodox military draft Police use water cannon to disperse ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking a street during a protest against the country's military draft in Jerusalem, April 29....

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 8 #796Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is pretty ho-hum. (That's a hint, not an insult.) Some of the answers are...