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Dominic Preston
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
X released an XChat app for iOS.

The platform claims the app has “no tracking” and is “fully end-to-end encrypted.” Benji Taylor, who leads design at X, says the launch is “just the beginning of what we’re building for messaging.”

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Behind the scenes of Apple’s MacBook Neo introduction video.

Super cool to see how Apple’s videos come together. Here’s the actual introduction video from March, if you want to compare.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Google is investing billions in Anthropic.

Initially, Google will invest $10 billion, but could pour up to $30 billion more into Anthropic if it meets certain performance targets, according to Bloomberg.

Amazon, which had already invested $8 billion in Anthropic before this week, also announced new investments into the company. It invested $5 billion on Monday and could commit “up to an additional $20 billion in the future.”

Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Zoox is doing airport trips.

The Amazon-owned company is testing robotaxi rides with employees as passengers to and from the Las Vegas airport. The plan is to offer the service publicly in the near future. But as many have noted, it may be tough going in a vehicle without any dedicated storage space for luggage.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Spotify is finally bringing playlist folders to its mobile apps.

Organizing playlists into folders was introduced in 2010, but only available on the desktop app. Now it’s reportedly rolling out to mobile users. Tap the + icon in your library, and you should see a new “folder” option. You can even play an entire folder of playlists, or shuffle them.

Screenshots of the Spotify iOS app showing the ability to organize playlists using folders.
Screenshot: FN-1708 via Reddit