Daily Tech Headlines

Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles are up over 30% year-over-year, Spotify announced today that it is testing music videos for premium users in 85 additional markets, and Google is partnering with Kairos Power to build seven small nuclear power plants in the U.S.Link to Show Notes

Adobe kicks off the Adobe Max creativity conference in Orlando, The Honor Magic 7 smartphone launches October 30th in China, and the Internet Archive is back online.Link to Show Notes

Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s Cybercab at the company’s We Robot Event in Las Angeles, AMD Launched a new AI chip to compete with Nvidia, and TikTok laid off 700 employees in Malaysia.Link to Show Notes

Fidelity Investments confirmed a breach affecting over 77,000 customers, the Internet Archive was hit with a DDoS attack, and Meta is testing out allowing users to post IG Reels directly to Threads.Link to Show Notes

The US Department of Justice begins the long conversation about what to do about Google's searh monoply, The Nobel prize for chemistry goes to three AI professionals, and Turkey and Russia block Discord.

Google must give third-party app stores access to Google Play’s catalog, The EU has formed Appeals Centre Europe to handle disputes between social media platforms, and the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded jointly to neural network researchers Geoff Hinton and John Hofield.Link to Show Notes

Apple rumored to announced M4 Mac and iPad mini 7 by the end of the month, Amazon partners with streaming platform Freely, questions arise over Full Self Driving Teslas as taxis. Show Notes

Google is rolling out support for its Gmail Q&A features to iOS users, the EU’s top court rules that social networks cannot use people’s information for ad targeting indefinitely, and Google may stop linking to news articles in New Zealand.Link to Show Notes

Accenture will train 30,000 employees on Nvidia’s full stack of AI technologies, Spectrum TV Select customers will get Peacock streaming service for free, and PayPal completed its first transaction using its own stablecoin.Link to Show Notes