Spotify and Peloton announce a partnership to bring fitness classes to Premium subscribers, Chinese regulators block Meta’s acquisition of AI company Manus, and OpenAI and Microsoft further amend the partnership agreement.
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On Monday, Spotify and Peloton announced a partnership bringing Peleton workout classes to Spotify Premium subscribers. A curated selection of over 1,400 on-demand options will be available, ad-free. Peloton operates in six countries and the deal with Spotify will make classes available in over 180 markets. The classes are available within a new Fitness hub and will not require any specialized equipment. In a statement Spotify’s vice president and global head of podcasts Roman Wasenmüller said, “Today, we are expanding Spotify to become a true daily wellness companion.”
Source: Bloomberg and The Verge
Amazon announced a multi-year licensing deal with Oprah Winfrey to produce a video podcast, airing twice a week, beginning this summer. There will also be specials using Oprah’s Favorite Things and Book Club segments and repurposed content from The Oprah Winfrey Show’s past 25 seasons. Oprah’s existing podcast channel has over 900,000 subscribers and content will continue to be available there as well as on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, Fire TV channels, and Audible.
Source: The New York Times and Variety
Chinese regulators are blocking Meta’s acquisition of AI start-up Manus, which is based in Singapore. Previously, in March, it was reported the Manus co-founders were prevented from leaving China during the acquisition review. The Manus “general purpose” AI agent can work autonomously to complete multistep instructions and was expected to work across Meta platforms, like Facebook and Instagram. China’s National Development and Reform Commission issued a statement prohibiting foreign acquisition of Manus and requires all parties to withdraw from the deal. The deal was announced in December 2025, valued around $2 billion USD.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted on X that OpenAI is working with Qualcomm and MediaTek to produce smartphone processors, with Luxshare as the manufacturing partner. Kuo claims mass production is expected in 2028 and that AI agents will make the OpenAI smartphone feel different from an iPhone.
Source: 9to5Mac
OpenAI announced an amended agreement with Microsoft, adding more changes to the partnership, which was previously amended in October 2025. The new agreement makes revenue share payments “subject to a total cap” and continue through 2030. A source told CNBC OpenAI will pay Microsoft the same 20%, as previously negotiated, and Microsoft will no longer pay revenue share to OpenAI. Microsoft continues to have a license to OpenAI IP models and products through 2032 but the license is now non-exclusive.
Source: CNBC
On Saturday, Manitoba announced a proposed law to ban youth from accessing social media and AI chatbots, a first for a Canadian province. Earlier in April, the Canadian Heritage Minister said the federal government is “very seriously” considering age restrictions for social media and AI chatbots. Manitoba’s premier has not revealed any details regarding the specific age cutoff, any enforcement tools, or a timeline, and did not take questions after the speech.
Source: CBC
Data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned notes extortion group ShinyHunters stole personally identifiable information of 5.5 million individuals through a breach of security company ADT. In a comment to BleepingComputer, ADT stated the breach was detected on April 20th, was limited in scope, but did allow attacks to access some PII. The company states no payment information, like credit cards or bank accounts, were in the stolen data, and “customer security systems were not affected or compromised in any way”.
Source: Bleeping Computer
Sony is raising the price for the PlayStation 5 in more regions, hitting Southeast Asia beginning Friday, May 1st, 2026. Counties now included in the new price increase are South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Sony raised prices in the United States in April by at least $100 USD across all models, only eight months after a previous price hike. Sony continues to cite “continued pressures in the global economic landscape” for making the price increases “a necessary step”.
Source: Kotaku
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