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Threads is rolling out an edit button, and it’s not locked behind a paywall; Google’s AI-powered search experience can now generate images, write drafts; Twitch adds anti-harassment features to stop banned users from watching streams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instagram head says Threads is “not going to amplify news on the platform”; Uber Eats now lets you order from two nearby stores at the same time; TikTok’s Effect Creator Rewards fund now has lower eligibility requirements, an updated payout model and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adobe Firefly can now generate more realistic images; TikTok now supports direct posting from AI-powered Adobe apps, CapCut, Twitch and more; Google introduces new sustainability features, including a tool for people looking to buy an EV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ChatGPT’s mobile app hits record $4.58M in revenue last month, but growth is slowing; Instagram Threads preps a Trending Topics feature in battle with X; A former TikTok employee is building a social app for content creators to network and ‘spill the tea’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Only some vendors have pledged to defend customers using their generative AI tools who end up on the wrong side of copyright litigation; Google, Apple face fines in South Korea for breaching in-app billing rules; AI app EPIK hits No. 1 on the App Store for its viral yearbook photo feature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spotify’s new artist profiles highlight music, Stories, merch and events; Google agrees to reform its data terms; Amazon turns off the volume on Amp, its live radio app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What went down at Google Pixel 2023; Walmart experiments with generative AI tools; The latest in startup business news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spotify to include a selection of 150K audiobooks with its Premium subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Visa earmarks $100M to invest in generative AI companies; TikTok confirms small test of an ad-free subscription tier outside the US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On TikTok, videos promoting steroids are exploding — and targeting teens; Apple revamps iCloud.com with more features for drive, mail and notes; X (Twitter) has paid almost $20M to creators, CEO says | TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform; ChromeOS 117 update brings Material You design and a new window organizer; Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What went down at Meta Connect 2023; The latest in startup business news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube relaxes advertiser-friendly guidelines around controversial topics; Uber is getting tighter with taxi companies; Apple Podcasts adds original programming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Snap partners with Microsoft; OpenAI gives ChatGPT a voice; Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft’s mobile keyboard app SwiftKey gains new AI-powered features, and Google’s Parisa Tabriz on how the company stays ahead of hackers, and yes, you have to update your Apple devices again because spyware is bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon brings generative AI to Alexa, Up next PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin is now available on Venmo, OpenAI unveils DALL-E 3, allows artists to opt out of training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fitbit overhauls its app with visual refresh and simplified user experience; OpenAI launches a red teaming network to make its models more robust; Amazon brings e-commerce to Prime Video Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple’s long-awaited iOS 17 update for iPhones lands today with a number of new and improved security features Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok fined $379M in EU for failing to keep kids’ data safe; Former WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar joins Roblox’s board; If you’d bought Apple shares instead of iPhones, you’d now have $147,000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok and Billboard team up to launch a top 50 song chart; Meta’s Horizon Worlds is rolling out on web and mobile; Pinterest’s Gen Z-focused Shuffles app has now inspired a new Pinterest feature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WhatsApp is launching its Channels feature globally; Ring’s new Pet Tag accessory helps reunite lost pets with their owners; Spotify’s new Showcase tool lets artists pay to promote their music in the Home feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everything you need to know about Apple Event 2023; The latest in startup business news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple is revealing the iPhone 15 at a special event; MGM Resorts blames ‘cybersecurity issue’ for ongoing outage; Instacart’s IPO price range puts it close to decacorn status Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Musk says he limited Ukraine's Starlink to prevent attack on Russia; X, formerly Twitter, caught running unlabeled ads in users' Following feeds; Market intelligence firm Sensor Tower conducts layoffs, several execs out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google Chrome gets a visual makeover; SoundCloud’s TikTok-styled discovery feed is rolling out to everyone; eBay is rolling out a new AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing from a single photo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube confirms it’s testing a games offering called ‘Playables’; Tubi sees impressive growth; OpenAI will host its first developer conference Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zoom rebrands its generative AI features; Google’s quarterly Android updates; The latest in startup business news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

X plans to collect users' biometric data, along with education and job history, also confirms it will use public data to train AI models; Google pulls popular but controversial live video chat app Chamet from the Play Store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube Music adds comments to the ‘Now Playing’ screen; Bumble changes its policy to crack down on bots, ghosting, and doxing; Google Play Points to gain rewards for Walmart+ and Discord Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instagram is internally testing the ability to create Reels up to 10 minutes long; Venmo partners with Hallmark; Google’s Duet AI can now write your emails for you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta avatars are finally getting legs (in beta); Snapchat launches a new AI selfie feature; Apple will announce the iPhone 15 on September 12th Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DoorDash launches AI-powered voice ordering technology for restaurants; OpenAI launches a ChatGPT plan for enterprise customers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tesla investors might get payout from SEC settlement; YouTube demystifies the Shorts algorithm, views and answers other creator questions; Uber, squeezed by insurance, increases minimum age for new drivers in California Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Starbucks is experimenting with ‘scanless checkout’ for drive-through users; Walmart is adding Wing drone deliveries to limited Superstores this year; Amazon brings new AI-driven features to Thursday Night Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google TV adds 25 more free channels; YouTube tests a search feature where users hum to identify songs; Spotify introduces new podcaster tools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Netflix says its DVD-by-mail customers get to keep their final shipment of discs; Meta releases an AI model that can transcribe and translate close to 100 languages; TikTok now lets brands buy ads that appear in the app’s search results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon launches a Fire TV Channels app with 400+ free ad-supported TV channels; Apple Podcasts gain new creator tools, including Subscription Analytics and Linkfire integration; YouTube is working on a plan to compensate artists and rightsholders for AI music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitch is about to hand streamers a way to control who can watch; Elon Musk says X’s ‘block’ feature is going away; Match Group’s background check provider Garbo ends its partnership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cruise and Waymo see a surge in robotaxi app downloads; Tumblr rolls out a new web interface; Google’s new Transparency Center outlines its product policies, reporting tools and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon Music Unlimited is raising prices for Prime members, family plan users; Snapchat’s My AI goes rogue, posts to Stories; The latest in startup business news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment cuts costs a year after buying Redbox; YouTube Music is adding a TikTok-style ‘Samples’ short-form video feed; Google Photos adds a scrapbook-like Memories view feature aided by AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Telegram rolls out its Stories feature to all users; Netflix begins testing its games on TVs and computers in Canada and U.K.; Amazon taps generative AI to enhance product reviews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's bail revoked ahead of October trial; US cyber board to investigate Microsoft hack of government emails; Elon Musk says he is actually going to fight Mark Zuckerberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disney is cracking down on password sharing; Lyft takes a page from Uber’s playbook: Ads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Threads now hooks into Instagram DMs; Gmail app gets highly requested native translation feature; Free ad-supported TV streaming services are booming, 1 in 3 U.S. viewers tune in Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lyft looks to kill surge pricing; Apple Music adds a new algorithmic station to let users discover new music; Netflix launches a game controller app for playing games on your TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zoom's new asynchronous video tool; DoorDash expands retail delivery offerings; TikTok is hosting a talent show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nikola CEO steps down, replaced by chairman; Fisker reveals all-electric Alaska pickup, 3 other EV prototypes; Amazon Music teams up with Bandsintown to let fans shop merch from popular artists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok competitor Triller files to go public; Pinterest touts Amazon partnership progress; Google is introducing a few new Search updates that are designed to help users stay in control of their personal information, privacy and online safety Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon now offers Fresh grocery delivery to non-Prime members in select US cities; X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their checkmarks; Tinder tests AI photo selection feature to help users build profiles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices