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Rivian has hired Diane Lye as its first chief information officer, a position that the EV maker says is necessary to expand globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon is launching Amazon Access, a new hub for customers to explore the programs, discounts and features that the online retailer offers for affordable shopping, the company announced on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Truepill, a platform that helps other companies offer diagnostics, telehealth services and prescriptions, has conducted its fourth layoff of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube TV launched a new option that allows subscribers to purchase add-ons without subscribing to the full channel offering in the service’s Base plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Away from the premium smartphone feature-utility hyperbole swirling around dynamic islands, mobile devices remain much of a muchness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, now supports Apple’s Tap to Pay for iPhone feature for merchants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. business publication Fast Company has confirmed that a hacker breached its internal systems to send offensive push notifications to Apple News users. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s been plenty of excitement on the robotic exoskeleton front in recent years. For the most part, these devices slot into two categories: 1) workplace assistance and 2) mobility assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Data cleansing — prepping data for applications like predictive analytics — takes time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA has completed a key step of its “Double Asteroid Redirection Test” (DART), smashing a satellite roughly the size of a vending machine into a small moon that’s about half-a-mile in diameter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple has started assembling the iPhone 14 models in India, it said Monday, locally producing the current lineup for the first time in the same calendar year in the world’s second largest smartphone market as analysts predict a greater shift in the American giant’s future manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Samsung has launched two credit cards in India, entering a crowded category that sees over 50 companies fiercely compete for consumers’ attention in the world’s second largest internet market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rad Power Bikes, a popular American e-bike brand that has raised over $300 million in the past two years, will start offering bikes as a subscription service next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple TV+’s original programming has received a major boost with the company landing a deal with “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” creator Vince Gilligan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alibaba is known for its sprawling e-commerce empire, but like Amazon, cloud service has been a big driver of its revenues in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an appeals court struck down key portions of a state law designed to prevent social media companies from freely making content moderation decisions, Florida wants the Supreme Court to weigh in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From healthcare to manufacturing, traditional industries have been getting a digital makeover over the past decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In its latest step of the app cleanup drive, Google is folding in Assistant and Calendar reminders in its Tasks app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is no secret that both viewers and creators are confused by the puzzle that is YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Slack has succeeded in large part in the enterprise by allowing people to communicate in a number of ways while integrating with many common enterprise applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone wants to get in on the AI image generation action, but if you’ve been intimidated by the existing options out there based on Stable Diffusion, including the Midjourney Discord bot, you’re in luck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Swedish last-mile delivery companies Instabox and Budbee have have announced plans to merge in a 18 billion krona ($1.7 billion) deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autonomous and electric truck maker Einride is rolling into Germany, representing its first new market in Europe outside its native Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If one short video app has a feature, everyone else has to have it. That’s the rule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big news in the world of digital creative tech: Adobe today announced that it would acquire Figma for $20 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices