yearly

Media & Entertainment

Unveiling Apple Music’s New Monthly Edition of Replay.

Apple Music just debuted a monthly version of its Replay experience, Apple’s yearly recap that shows users their top songs, artists, albums and more. Starting today, users can now see their monthly music habits, giving them additional access to their listening insights. In addition to top tracks, subscribers can see their monthly listening time and Apple Music will even tell them when they reached a certain milestone, like the total minutes played. There’s also an option to share Replay insights with family and friends, as well as revisit monthly and yearly stats in Apple Music’s archive. Additionally, Apple’s Replay Mix playlist for 2024 is available today in the Apple Music app.

Zara Khan
February 20, 2024

Gadgets, Venture

Decline in Investment for Black Entrepreneurs for Three Consecutive Years (2023 Update)

Funding to Black founders was down in 2023 for the third year in a rowBlack founders in the U.S. raised 0.48% of all venture dollars allocated last year. The past two years saw Black founders raising at least 1%. Last year, though, suspicions were confirmed as the market cooling really did appear to have an extreme impact on the Black community. In Q1’23 and Q2’23, Black founders raised 0.74%. There’s been a consistent yearly decline in funding since the murder of George Floyd in 2020, which saw a record-breaking amount of capital flow to Black founders as the tech industry promised to better support them.