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The first open-source equivalent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has arrived, but good luck running it on your laptop — or at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fidelity, which was among the group of outside investors that helped Elon Musk finance his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, has slashed the value of its stake in Twitter by 56%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India said on Thursday that under its G20 presidency, it will prioritize the development of a framework for global regulation of unbacked crypto assets, stablecoins and decentralized finance and will possibly explore their “prohibition” in a potentially large setback for the nascent industry. The Reserve Bank of India, the Indian central bank, said that crypto […]India to explore prohibition of un...

Spotify has launched a New Year’s Hub to help its users ring in 2023, the streaming service announced on Thursday. The company says the one-stop destination gives users access to classic party playlists and special takeovers from artists like Charli XCX, Rita Ora, N-Dubz and Céline Dion. “We’ve got plenty of music to kickstart your celebration, and it’s […]Spotify wants to help you ring in 2023...

When Alibaba’s former CEO Jack Ma passed the torch to Daniel Zhang, he established a system that regularly rotates executives to ensure the company always stays agile in the fast-changing internet space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If Twitter isn’t loading fine for you, you’re not alone. Tens of thousands of users are complaining that they are unable to access the Elon Musk-owned social network, seeing scores of strange error-messages instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Movano’s getting a week’s jump on what might well prove a banner CES for the smart ring. Today the Bay Area-based firm debuted Evie, a smart ring focused on women’s health set to hit the market later next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter is a mess, but it’s still addictive. While some folks might have headed to Mastadon, those who stick around might still want to get the best out of the bird site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Baidu, the Chinese internet giant that became known for its search engines, is making some big strides in autonomous driving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are plenty of time-tracking apps for Mac that automatically log the hours you’ve spent signed-in. Some even offer granular data, telling you how much time you spent on a particular app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This year in tech, too much happened and very little of it made sense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed a $725 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit related to the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than a week after being banned from Twitter, Jack Sweeney, the University of Central Florida sophomore who has been a pain in the side of Elon Musk for at least the past year, has a new account on the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amid all the chaos, Twitter rolled out a useful feature that lets you search for listed company stocks and cryptocurrency prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The FTX/Alameda saga continues, with news late Wednesday that two key Sam Bankman-Fried associates were charged and have been charged with federal criminal offences in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Isn’t it wonderful that there are researchers out there whose job is quite simply to make a robotic bird? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google already offers parents and guardians tools to restrict purchases their children make on Play Store using the family payment method. The company is now introducing an additional feature that will allow children to send a purchase request for the manager of the family account to approve when there is no present payment method. Children […]Google Play now lets children send purchase requests t...

Kredito created products with few requirements so that customers could more easily access financial products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter launched “Blue for Business” last week alongside relaunching Twitter Blue. At that time, the social network had assigned a gold checkmark to businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google has announced that it is bringing India’s online document storage service DigiLocker to the Files app on Android to let users access verified government-issued documents from the app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For years, teachers have used YouTube to promote their lessons and persuade learners to join their classes off the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are a ton of tools that cater to the needs of having a collaborative whiteboard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after Elon Musk joined a group conversation that included journalists that had been banned from the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lucid Motors, the publicly traded electric carmaker, is poised to enter China as it starts hiring in the world’s largest EV market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Airbnb is rolling out a new toggle to show you the price inclusive of all fees (before taxes) for your stay instead of showing you a per-night price. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices