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• POD Pods are earbuds with a case specifically designed for podcast listeners - with hardware that includes a dedicated skip button, and a colour e-ink display. Disappointingly - they’re just a concept, from Japanese designer Lee Huang. We’d buy one. Maybe.
• In the UK, Bauer Media sold its stake in digital audio marketplace Octave to its joint venture partner, News UK, last month. This month, the company has announced its digital audio ad platform AudioXi will be rolled out into the market - “our long-term strategic plan”, said ad-boss Simon Kilby.
• Google’s NotebookLM is now being rolled-out in over fifty languages. The tool makes AI-hosted podcasts from whatever information you feed it.

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