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Last year, Apple launched a new feature for iPhone users who are worried about getting targeted with sophisticated spyware, such as journalists or human rights defenders.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I can’t get over the huge faux grill. Mercedes today revealed the Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV, an electric SUV built on its excellent EQS SUV.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A month ago, Adobe announced Firefly, its entry into the generative AI game. Initially, Firefly’s focus was on generating commercially safe images, but the company is now pushing its technology beyond still images.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spotify is closing down Heardle, the Wordle-inspired music guessing game it acquired last July for an undisclosed sum.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter has introduced a new feature that will let Blue subscribers post 10,000-character-long posts — as if the social network is trying to compete with a rival newsletter platform.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter has partnered with the investment platform eToro to show real-time information about stocks and crypto prices.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Danish company LMS365, an online learning management system (LMS) built for use inside Microsoft products, has raised $20 million in its first institutional round of funding.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Truecaller has been a known name in the app market globally — thanks to its eponymous caller-identification service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Strava, the activity tracking and social community platform used by more than 100 million people globally, has announced a new in-app integration with Spotify.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disposable plastic and paper cups are an environmental mess. GaeaStar, a startup based in Berlin and San Francisco, thinks it can do better with just clay, water, salt and sand.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Twitter employees, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, ex-legal head Vijaya Gadde, and ex-CFO Ned Segal, have sued the social network over alleged unpaid legal reimbursements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A year after Twitter restricted the Russian government accounts on its platform, the social network appears to have removed those blockings.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GM’s self-driving unit Cruise filed with federal regulators a voluntary recall to update the software in 300 robotaxis after one struck the back of a city bus in San Francisco.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Samsung Electronics plans to cut back memory chip production as its operating profit in the first quarter of 2023 is expected to plummet about 96% from the previous year. This will be the lowest profit posted by the South Korean tech giant since 1Q 2009.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

T-Mobile announced today that it has extended its partnership with Major League Baseball to allow its customers to continue receiving free MLB.TV subscriptions through 2028. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A security lapse saw Proskauer Rose, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, expose sensitive client data for more than six months, TechCrunch has learned.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yfood, one of the direct-to-consumer food tech startups that has emerged over the last decade around the concept of meal replacement drinks, is bulking up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Several years ago, Jonathan Dambrot, a partner at KPMG, was helping customers deploy and develop AI systems when he started to notice certain gaps in compliance and security.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. law enforcement agencies have seized Genesis Market, a notorious hacker marketplace used to acquire compromised credentials and digital browser fingerprints.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Data has emerged as one of the world’s greatest resources, underpinning everything from video-recommendation engines and digital banking, to the burgeoning AI revolution.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meet Zealy, a French startup that you may already know under the name Crew3.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Back in November, Nintendo and app developer DeNA announced its joint venture company called Nintendo Systems, which is meant to help reinforce Nintendo’s business and “create value-added services,” according to Nintendo’s Japanese website.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

EV automaker Rivian said Monday it produced 9,395 vehicles at its factory in Normal, Illinois in the first quarter, lower than the previous period but still on track to hit its 50,000 production goal for the year.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summarization is one of the common use cases of different AI models. Multiple tools have come up with a summarization of articles, PDFs, videos, and transcripts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two days after an open letter called for a moratorium on more powerful generative AI models being developed so regulators can catch up with the likes of ChatGPT, Italy’s data protection authority has just put out a timely reminder that some countries do have laws that already apply to cutting edge AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices