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Bluesky says 1 million people signed up for the platform in last 24 hours
Plus, Microsoft bets a carbon removal bake-off will help offset its skyrocketing AI emissions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
YouTube chases TikTok with new gifting feature
Plus: ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl launches an AI-powered dating advice app; ChatGPT can now read some of your Mac’s desktop apps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
YouTube gets a new AI song remix feature
Plus - Amazon takes on Temu and Shein with discount ‘Amazon Haul’ store; Spotify will start paying video podcast hosts based on how well their videos perform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TikTok launches integration with Lemon8
Plus: Sam Bankman-Fried is coming back...to the big screen; Apple reportedly shipping a security camera in 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The top apps Gen Z young adults downloaded this year
Plus: X is testing a free version of AI chatbot Grok; Amazon confirms employee data stolen after hacker claims MOVEit breach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump included Elon Musk on call with Zelenskyy
"Plus, the FBI says hackers are sending fraudulent police data requests to tech giants to steal people’s private information." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TikTok’s latest music feature
Plus: Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS; Yelp just spent $80M on a site for car repair estimates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI acquires Chat.com
Plus: Apple iOS 18.2 public beta arrives with new AI features; Lyft partners with May Mobility, Mobileye to bring autonomous vehicles to the app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Meta extends political ad ban past Election Day
Plus: Amazon begins delivering select products via drone in Phoenix; Google Cloud to make multi-factor authentication mandatory in 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Threads now has 275M monthly active users
Plus: Amazon brings generative AI-powered recaps to Prime Video; Bluesky gears up for Election Day as X goes pro-Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Indonesia blocks Google Pixel sales
Plus, Instagram upgrades DMs with focus on creators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI launches its Google challenger, ChatGPT Search
Plus: Meta is making a robot hand that can ‘feel’ touch; Google Maps is getting new AI features powered by Gemini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
X makes its basic API tier more costly
Plus: Apple upgrades MacBook Pro with M4 chips; Dropbox is laying off 20% of its staff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LinkedIn launches its first AI agent
Plus: Threads is testing the ‘trending now’ view in Japan; Amazon brings its Rufus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Instagram is lowering video quality for unpopular videos
Apple Intelligence goes live with iOS 18.1 update; Google expands AI Overviews in Search to more than 100 countries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI says it won’t release a model called Orion this year
Plus, Apple upgrades TestFlight with redesigned invites, testing criteria, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google adds new disclosures for AI photos
Plus: Apple Vision Pro production reportedly scaled back due to disappointing demand; Anthropic’s AI can now run and write code Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TikTok will now show its STEM feed to adults
Plus: Amazon adds gasoline discounts for Prime members; How ChatGPT integration works for Apple Intelligence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI hires its first chief economist
LinkedIn confirms the ‘follower purge’ was just a bug that’s now resolved; Spotify now lets you create custom cover art for your playlists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
X rolls out its real-time search tool
Plus: A creative, AI-powered messaging app for Gen Z, is blowing up prelaunch; xAI launches an API Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bluesky surges into the top 5
Plus, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is under investigation by a federal safety regulator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Meta lays off employees across multiple teams
Plus: Apple Music’s latest feature lets artists create dedicated playlists for concerts and tours; Apple says support for redeeming rewards with more partners is coming to Apple Pay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Airbnb's new Co-Host feature
Plus: Amazon Kindle finally gets color; Google will now help you find the cheapest flights available for your trip Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
X still struggles to grow subscription revenue
Plus: Threads will start showing others when you’re online by default; X rival Mastodon has started selling toys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Billionaire Robinhood co-founder launches a space-based solar power startup
It’s been the stuff of science fiction for decades: to provide gigawatts of cheap, clean power anywhere on Earth, day or night, using satellites that collect and transmit solar energy directly on orbit. Aetherflux, a new startup emerging from stealth Wednesday, says it is developing a novel design for space-based solar to unlock this energy source for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Instagram blames some moderation issues on human reviewers
"Plus, Anthony Levandowski buys Elon Musk’s vision for the future" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tesla reveals 20 Cybercabs at We, Robot event
Plus: LinkedIn says 10M people have signed up as freelancers on its Services Marketplace; Someone claims to have used AI to apply to 2,843 jobs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
X changes creator payouts
Plus: Amazon makes shopping for groceries online less confusing; Zoom’s custom AI avatar tool may come with risks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pop culture prevails over news and politics on TikTok
Fourteen AGs sue TikTok, claiming that it harms children’s mental health; Code in Meta’s Threads app references a communities feature, similar to Elon Musk’s X; On TikTok, pop culture prevails over news and politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Emma Watson invests in a reproductive health company
Emma Watson invests in a reproductive health company; Tesla’s head of vehicle programs jumps to Waymo ahead of robotaxi reveal; US judge orders Google to open up Google Play to rivals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Even the 'godmother of AI' has no idea what AGI is
Plus, Facebook launches a Gen Z-focused redesign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI launches new ‘Canvas’ ChatGPT interface
Plus: YouTube takes on TikTok with longer Shorts, templates, trends, and more; Tesla’s Cybertruck racks up fifth recall in under a year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI valued at $157B
Plus: Facebook says it paid content creators $2B this year; Toyota pours another $500M into electric air taxi startup Joby Aviation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI’s DevDay brings Realtime API to app developers
Plus: Threads users can now see who follows them from other fediverse servers; Pinterest rolls out genAI tools for product imagery to advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded after third anomaly in three months
Plus: Snapchat’s new Footsteps feature tracks your location history; Cruise gets $1.5 million penalty for keeping pedestrian crash details from safety regulator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon dodges antitrust scrutiny in UK over Anthropic investment
Plus, the US government charges three Iranian hackers with Trump campaign hack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How Google’s NotebookLM enhances AI note-taking
Plus - Starlink hits 4 million subscribers; BMW says we need both battery and hydrogen EVs for a zero-emissions future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has nearly 500 million users
Amazon employees beg management to reverse 5-day RTO mandate; Audible experiments with new AI features for tailored audiobook recommendations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode
Plus - Spotify’s AI playlist feature rolls out to the US and more markets; ByteDance is shutting down TikTok Music globally Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What’s illegal under California’s 9 (and counting) new AI laws
California Governor Gavin Newsom is currently considering 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legislature sent to his desk for final approval. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Microsoft taps Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI
Plus, Tumblr reports ~350% user growth following X’s ban in Brazil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apple Intelligence is now live in public beta
Plus: Apple, Google wallets now support California driver’s licenses; Amazon releases a video generator, but only for ads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
YouTube launches Communities
Plus: Amazon adds PayPal as a payment option to Buy with Prime; How Apple is making iPhone 16 more repairable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Snap’s new AI feature
Plus: Instagram tightens restrictions on teen use, putting parents in control; Patreon launches features to automate away creators’ administrative workload and help them make more money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ByteDance’s Lemon8 surges
Amazon mandates full 5-day return to office; iOS 18 is out: Here’s what’s new Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Meta reignites plans to train AI using UK users’ public Facebook and Instagram posts
Plus, Waymo robotaxis to become available on Uber in Austin, Atlanta in early 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI unveils o1
Plus - X is working on a new way for people to block DMs; Apple AirPods Pro granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise at $150B valuation
YouTube Shorts’ collaborative Add Yours sticker is now available to all users; Google’s AI note-taking app NotebookLM can now explain complex topics to you out loud Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The real power of Apple Intelligence will show up in third-party apps
Plus - Bumble to leverage AI to help users with profile creation and conversations; Threads is not working on its own DM system yet, but it might make it easier to send Instagram messages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What is Apple Intelligence?
Audible recruits voice actors to train audiobook-generating AI; AI-powered visual search comes to the iPhone; What is Apple Intelligence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices