The Trump administration moved Thursday to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III drug, a major federal shift recognizing its medicinal use. The change eases restrictions from the U.S. Drug Enforcement ...

Independent music publisher Kobalt has agreed a strategic partnership with AI-powered music creation platform Udio. It follows a series of AI music licensing deals for Udio with music companies ...

This marks Udio's fourth deal with a music company since October 2025. By Kristin Robinson Senior Writer Udio and Kobalt have formed a strategic partnership, the companies announced on Thursday (April ...

Add another downside of lighting up to the list. The risks of smoking are well documented, from the fact that a single cigarette shortens your life to weed not actually helping anxiety or depression.

Add another downside of lighting up to the list. And while the substances each have different neurological effects, new research has found that both marijuana and tobacco physically affect the brain, ...

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Primary Wave Music has announced a “definitive” agreement to acquire Kobalt, one of the world’s largest independent music publishing and technology platforms, from Francisco Partners, creating a ...

The deal turns Primary Wave into one of the biggest music companies in the business. By Ethan Millman Music Editor Primary Wave has acquired Kobalt, the companies announced Monday, a major deal in the ...

Kobalt Labs has raised a total funding of $12.7 million to automate one of the fintech sector’s most stubborn bottlenecks: compliance work that still runs on spreadsheets, screenshots, and humans ...

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New York’s restaurant scene keeps charging ahead, promising another strong year of debuts. There’s a Brooklyn reopening that moves to a more residential spot; a Netflix cooking star opening his first ...

Dianne de Guzman is the regional editor for Eater’s Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites, writing about restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups for the San Francisco Bay Area, ...