Unveiling the Future: Meta’s Controversies and Disney’s Living Cartoons

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In this episode: 

• Yahoo is buying Artifact, the AI news app from the Instagram co-founders

• Amazon Ditches ‘Just Walk Out’ Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

• Apple’s new AI: 3 ways Siri could beat ChatGPT

• Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators

• Exclusive: Google parent Alphabet weighs offer for HubSpot

• EXCLUSIVE: Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility

• Spotify’s latest AI feature builds playlists based on text descriptions

• ‘We have reached the limit.’ Clash with Elon Musk prompts calls for social media controls in Brazil

• Elon Musk announces Tesla will unveil a ‘robotaxi’ on August 8

• Meta is accused of censoring a non-profit newspaper and an independent journalist who criticized the company

• New Disney animatronics breathe convincing life into its 2D characters

• ISPs roll out mandatory broadband ‘nutrition’ labels that show speeds, fees and data allowances

Weird and Wacky: 

• Terraform Industries converts electricity and air into synthetic natural gas for the first time

• NYC Chicken Shop Replaces Cashier With Woman in Philippines On Zoom

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay – BLINGSTING Glammer Safety Hammer 

• Adam – Gottman Cards

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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