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In its ongoing efforts to get its 600 million+ users to spend more time and money on its platform, Spotify is spinning up a new line of content: e-learning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Telegram has introduced a controversial new feature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Burns, the ousted founder, chairman and CEO of bankrupt EV startup Lordstown Motors, has settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over misleading investors about demand for the company’s flagship all-electric Endurance pickup truck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boeing’s chief executive Dave Calhoun will leave the plane-maker by the end of 2024, according to the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Customers say leaked AT&T customer data — names, addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers — is accurate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AIs are easily acing the SAT, defeating chess grandmasters and debugging code like it’s nothing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chances are you may have noticed that many commercial vehicles are now electric vehicles; Electric boat maker Candela is approaching cruising speed with $25 million in new funding and the first commercial deployment of its new P-12 ferry, in New Zealand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Well before President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law back in August 2022, Intel has been a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to increase domestic chip manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) this week announced the launch of the similarly named Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The job of so-called “solutions professionals” — people like sales engineers, solutions architects and consultants — revolves around pitching complex enterprise tech to potential customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta has proposed to drop the price of an ad-free subscription in the European Union Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Multinational technology giant Fujitsu confirmed a cyberattack in a statement Friday, and warned that hackers may have stolen personal data and customer information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta is facing a call from lawmakers in the European Union to scrap its controversial “consent or pay” tactic on Facebook and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pilot season has officially begun for the world of humanoid robotics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple has added another AI startup to its acquisition list with Canada-based DarwinAI, which specializes in vision-based tech to observe components during manufacturing to improve efficiency, Bloomberg reported. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Irish government fixed a vulnerability two years ago in its national COVID-19 vaccination portal that exposed the vaccination records of around a million residents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon launched generative AI-powered features last year to help sellers quickly create listings by entering just a few words about the product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cement startup promises to slash carbon emissions in the process, helping the company raise a $6.5 million seed round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investors bet the startup’s algorithms, which feed on satellite data, will fill a significant gap in the methane market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By using cell-free technology, Tierra is able to cut down protein manufacturing from months to weeks and enable customers to order proteins online.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you want to ask Google’s AI chatbot a question about an upcoming election, you will have to do it from a country where there are no elections taking place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Founded by former Silicon Valley engineers, UK-based Griffin Bank bills itself as an API-driven ‘Banking as a Service’ platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk said Monday he will open-source Grok, X’s AI chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had deviated from its open roots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For Fund II, Artemis intends to continue leading and co-leading investments and will target around 20 new companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Troubled EV startup Faraday Future has issued its first recall, covering all 11 vehicles it built last year, as it fights to hold onto its Los Angeles headquarters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices