Wed. 08/02 – Elon’s Gonna Get Me To Pay For Blue

Seems like I’ll have to be paying up for an X Blue subscription any day now. Meta releases a new AI music generator. We might actually be getting a big tech IPO in a matter of weeks. Amazon is readying an aggressive new push into groceries. And what happens when an online creator replaces themselves with an AI bot?

Links:

• X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their checkmarks (TechCrunch)
• TweetDeck is now called ‘XPro’ (9to5Google)
• Meta’s AI music generator could be the new synthesizer — or just muzak (The Verge)
• SoftBank’s Arm Targets $60 Billion Value in September IPO (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft Teams adds spatial audio for more immersive conference calls (The Verge)
• Amazon Unveils Biggest Grocery Overhaul Since Buying Whole Foods (Bloomberg)
• One of Gaming’s Biggest YouTubers Wants to Replace Himself With AI (Wired)

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