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

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🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.2	Today seems like I'll have to be paying up for an X blues subscription any day now.
0:13.4	Meta releases a new AI music generator.
0:16.2	We might actually be getting a big tech IPO in a matter of weeks.
0:19.7	Amazon is readying an aggressive new push into groceries and what happens when an online creator
0:24.7	replaces themselves with an AI bot.
0:26.9	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. Twitter check-in, or you know X Checkin.
0:35.0	X now lets X Blue subscribers hide their verified checkmarks,
0:41.0	although the checkmark might still appear in some places and some features
0:44.6	might not be available because, you know, it's cool when the paid product is so controversial
0:49.5	people actually want to hide it. Quoting Tech Crunch.
0:54.0	The company has updated the Help Page for Paid Subscriptions, which is titled
0:57.4	About Twitter Blue, saying that even if you hide the checkmark,
1:01.2	it might be visible in some places.
1:03.1	The company didn't give any further details about those placeholders.
1:06.7	As a subscriber, you can choose to hide your checkmark on your account.
1:09.7	The checkmark will be hidden on your profile and post.
1:12.3	The checkmark may still appear in some
1:13.9	places and some features could still reveal you have an active subscription.
1:17.3	Some features may not be available while your checkmark is hidden. We will continue
1:21.7	to evolve this feature to make it better for you, the page reads.
1:25.2	This will supposedly help users benefit from subscription features without showing that they are
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