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Signal details costs of keeping its private messaging service alive 20.11.2023 5:54

What price privacy? End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app Signal has put out an interesting overview of the costs required to develop and maintain its pro-privacy systems which shield user data from tracking by default. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wattpad Premium subscribers now have access to 5 free monthly Wattpad Originals 17.11.2023 3:33

Wattpad announced today “Premium Picks,” a new offering that gives Premium and Premium+ subscribers monthly access to five free Wattpad Originals—the recently launched freemium model where select authors can choose to monetize chapters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DeepMind and YouTube release Lyria, a gen-AI model for music, and Dream Track to build AI tunes 17.11.2023 5:06

Back in January, Google made some waves — soundwaves, that is — when it quietly released some research on AI-based music creation software that built tunes based on word prompts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Toyota is turning to startup Redwood Materials for critical battery materials 16.11.2023 3:53

Battery cells produced at Toyota’s future North American EV factory will someday contain a little Redwood Materials DNA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GM inserts exec at Cruise as safety review expands, manual self driving paused 16.11.2023 3:55

General Motors is taking a more active role in shaping the safety culture at Cruise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tesla hits reverse on threat to sue Cybertruck resellers 15.11.2023 2:09

Tesla seems to be walking back the punitive limits it placed on buyers of its yet-to-be-released Cybertrucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Venmo gets a new way to split expenses among groups 15.11.2023 3:26

PayPal-owned Venmo is rolling out a new feature starting today that will allow its users to track and manage multiple expenses among groups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok’s newest feature lets you save favorite songs directly to Spotify or Amazon Music 14.11.2023 5:44

TikTok is teaming up with streaming music services, including Spotify and Amazon Music, on a new feature that will allow users to save the songs they hear in TikTok videos directly to their preferred streaming music app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shekel Mobility, a B2B marketplace for auto dealers in Africa, raises $7M led by Ventures Platform and MaC VC 14.11.2023 6:42

The World Economic Forum states that Africa has an average annual demand for 2.4 million cars and 300,000 commercial vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bose QuietComfort Ultra earn their name and maybe even their $429 price tag 13.11.2023 4:15

For years, any time someone asked what brand of headphones they should buy for a flight, the answer was a simple one syllable: Bose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ghost, now OpenAI-backed, claims LLMs will overcome self-driving setbacks — but experts are skeptical 13.11.2023 6:53

It’s not hyperbolic to say that the self-driving car industry is facing a reckoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tumblr to run on skeleton crew as parent company Automattic absorbs staff 10.11.2023 2:59

According to a leaked memo, Tumblr’s longterm financial woes have reached a breaking point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lyft picks comfort over sharing in bid to compete with Uber 10.11.2023 3:16

Lyft is introducing a “more affordable sort of higher-end ride” in an attempt to offer ride-hail products that customers actually want. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OpenAI blames DDoS attack for ongoing ChatGPT outage 09.11.2023 2:40

OpenAI has confirmed that a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack is behind “periodic outages” affecting ChatGPT and its developer tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instagram is finally testing a feature to let you turn off read receipts for DMs 09.11.2023 2:00

By Ivan Mehta - Instagram is finally testing a feature that will let users turn off read receipts for Instagram DMs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Samsung unveils ChatGPT alternative Samsung Gauss that can generate text, code and images 08.11.2023 3:17

Written by Kate Park - Just a few days after OpenAI’s developer event, Samsung unveiled its own generative AI model, Samsung Gauss, at the Samsung AI Forum 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GM halts production of Cruise Origin robotaxi amid suspended operations 08.11.2023 3:54

Cruise is pausing production of its purpose-built robotaxi, the Origin — the autonomous vehicle company’s latest setback amid suspended operations and increased scrutiny from regulators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WeWork, once worth $47 billion, files for bankruptcy 07.11.2023 4:48

Flexible-office-space firm WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a stunning change in fortune for the once high-flying startup co-founded by Adam Neumann and bankrolled by SoftBank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People are turning to Snap Map for firsthand perspectives from Gaza 07.11.2023 7:44

The world is watching the humanitarian crisis in Gaza unfold in real time through firsthand accounts documented on, of all places, Snapchat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Android’s new real-time app scanning aims to fight malicious sideloaded apps 06.11.2023 6:23

Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered potentially harmful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DoorDash adds new safety tools for its delivery people, including ‘driving insights’ 06.11.2023 2:56

DoorDash is launching three new in-app safety tools for its delivery people, the company announced on Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film 03.11.2023 6:42

Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dashtoon uses AI to turn storytellers into comics artists 03.11.2023 7:49

Dashtoon wants to make anyone with a story to tell into a comics artist, even if they can’t draw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple Music shuts down its Siri-only Voice Plan nearly two years later 02.11.2023 2:48

Apple Music just shut down its cheapest option—the Voice Plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Politicians commit to collaborate to tackle AI safety, US launches safety institute 02.11.2023 4:16

By Ingrid Lunden. The world is locked in a race, and competition, over dominance in AI, but today, a few of them appeared to come together to say that they would prefer to collaborate when it comes to mitigating risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices