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The DJI/GoPro relationship has been an uneasy one ever since planned drone collaboration fell back down to earth some eight or so years back.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Waymo plans to launch a robotaxi service in Austin  — putting the company once again in direct competition with rival Cruise.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tinder is preparing to launch a new “high-end” membership later this fall as well as a product refresh aimed at better catering to Gen Z users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The troves of data collected by today’s modern connected cars has long been viewed as a cash cow — a yet untapped opportunity that could boost profits for automakers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rapyd, the fintech-as-a-service startup that provides APIs to enable payments, card issuing, digital wallet and other financial services to companies like Uber and Ikea, is taking a significant step forward in its growth with a big acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reddit is rolling out a number of updates to its website for logged-out users, including improved performance, a more helpful search results page and better communities and related post suggestions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The battle between two of China’s largest e-commerce firms is heating up, as they take the cutthroat tactics that have long been around in the country to the international markets they both covet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Walmart paid $1.4 billion to buy out Tiger Global’s remaining holding of Flipkart shares as the retail giant further expands its stake in the Indian e-commerce startup.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New research published Thursday offers an unprecedented dive into political behavior across Facebook and Instagram — two major online hubs where people express and engage with their political beliefs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AMD plans to invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and set up its largest R&D facility in the country’s southern city of Bengaluru. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More tough times for the instant-delivery startups that once flooded the markets of Europe.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hackers are infecting players of an old Call of Duty game with a worm that spreads automatically in online lobbies, according to two analyses of the malware.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a move seeking to settle an open antitrust investigation in the UK, Amazon has offered to limit its use of data on marketplace sellers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shai Gabay and Eli Ben-Nun, two entrepreneurs based in Israel, met in 2018 while working at Cynet, a cybersecurity startup developing extended detection and response tools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

French aerospace and defence group Thales is procuring cybersecurity company Imperva from Thoma Bravo in a deal worth $3.6 billion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spotify just reported its second-quarter earnings and the two most impressive metrics are the number of subscribers and the total number of Spotify users.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spotify has announced that it’s raising its premium plan prices, confirming reports that first started to surface over the weekend.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter has removed the iconic bird logo and adopted ‘X’ as its official logo.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Swarm, the Internet-of-Things connectivity provider that was acquired by SpaceX, will no longer be selling new devices, according to an email sent to customers earlier this month.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aurora Innovation, the self-driving technology company that aims to launch an autonomous trucking business in 2024, has completed a capital raise of $820 million from a public and concurrent private offering of its stock. The company expects the deal to close Friday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Having worked in the food industry for several years, Shirley Chen saw firsthand the challenges of managing staffing and training for restaurant expansion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has responded to a full-page ad taken out in several major newspapers by Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, that calls humans terrible drivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Farizon, a maker of hybrid and electric trucks owned by China’s Geely, has closed a $600 million Series A raise, the company said in a statement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The U.K.’s competition authority has said that it plans to greenlight Broadcom’s $69 billion bid for virtualization software giant VMware.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok is launching a new program that is designed to identify the next wave of rising artists in the music industry, the company announced on Tuesday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices