After Ford, GM adopts Tesla's EV charging system

General Motors has announced that it will adopt Tesla's North American charging plug standard for its electric vehicles (EVs), allowing GM users to utilise Tesla's Supercharger network. The adoption of Tesla's charging plug standard by GM is set to create a standard for charging hardware in the North American market as three of the top EV sellers adopt a singular system. https://ift.tt/S1zfHQU

Spotify is testing a new feature called Your Offline Mix, which will automatically save a mix of users' recently played songs for offline listening (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge:
Spotify is testing a new feature called Your Offline Mix, which will automatically save a mix of users' recently played songs for offline listening  —  / The playlist is described in the app as ‘a mix of recently played songs for when the vibe is high but your connection is low.’

AISATS introduces AeroWash sustainable aircraft dry washing solution

Air India SATS, the airport services management company has introduced India's first Robotic Dry Wash Service for aircraft exterior finish. AISATS has launched 'AeroWash' in collaboration with AeroTech Support Services. https://ift.tt/cZouhyd

After the SEC's recent actions and failures of FTX, Celsius, and Luna, Republican lawmakers proposing a crypto market bill is a jarring gift to the industry (Hilary Allen/Financial Times)

Hilary Allen / Financial Times:
After the SEC's recent actions and failures of FTX, Celsius, and Luna, Republican lawmakers proposing a crypto market bill is a jarring gift to the industry  —  Republican proposal for new legislation would legitimise the digital asset industry and undermine investor protection

Xiaomi Pad 5 gets cheaper: New price and more

Xiaomi is all set to launch its latest Android tablet in India. The company has confirmed that it will launch the Xiaomi Pad 6 in the country next week. Now ahead of the new launch, the Chinese smartphone maker has slashed the price of its last year launched -- Xiaomi Pad 5 Android tablet. The Xiaomi Pad 5 comes in two variants and both the them have received a price cut. https://ift.tt/oEOVwyq

On the 10th anniversary of his revelations, Edward Snowden says he has "no regrets" and "2013 seems like child's play" versus current surveillance capabilities (Ewen MacAskill/The Guardian)

Ewen MacAskill / The Guardian:
On the 10th anniversary of his revelations, Edward Snowden says he has “no regrets” and “2013 seems like child's play” versus current surveillance capabilities  —  But whistleblower says 2013 surveillance 'child's play' compared to technology today

Roelof Botha says splitting Sequoia into three helps prevent the entities rubbing against one another; sources say Neil Shen agitated to separate the China unit (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Roelof Botha says splitting Sequoia into three helps prevent the entities rubbing against one another; sources say Neil Shen agitated to separate the China unit  —  Silicon Valley VC firm's lucrative foray into rival nation ends as geopolitical tensions flare up

Realme 11 Pro+ vs Redmi 12 Pro+: How the two 200MP camera smartphones under Rs 30,000 compare

Realme and Redmi, this year, announced their first 200MP camera smartphone in India -- Realme 11 Pro+ and Redmi Note 12 Pro+. These are two of the only 200MP camera smartphones that start under Rs 30,000. Let us compare the Realme 11 Pro+ and Redmi Note 12 Pro to know which one you should buy. https://ift.tt/V6YPdq7

Apple Vision Pro impressions after 30 minutes of use: extraordinary tech, heavier than expected, visionOS is a breakthrough, incredible for sports, and more (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Apple Vision Pro impressions after 30 minutes of use: extraordinary tech, heavier than expected, visionOS is a breakthrough, incredible for sports, and more  —  I got to spend about 30 minutes Monday afternoon using a Vision Pro and VisionOS at Apple Park, in a temporary “field house” …

GoTo CEO Andre Soelistyo plans to leave, a surprise move just months after detailing a profitability plan, to be replaced by Northstar partner Patrick Walujo (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
GoTo CEO Andre Soelistyo plans to leave, a surprise move just months after detailing a profitability plan, to be replaced by Northstar partner Patrick Walujo  —  Andre Soelistyo will step down as chief executive officer of GoTo Group, a surprise move that comes just months after he outlined …

Apple releases a Game Porting Tool, based on open-source platform Wine, which can translate DirectX 12 into Metal 3, a potentially massive step for Mac gaming (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases a Game Porting Tool, based on open-source platform Wine, which can translate DirectX 12 into Metal 3, a potentially massive step for Mac gaming  —  One of the new features in macOS Sonoma is Game Mode, which Apple claims improves gaming performance on Apple Silicon Macs.

Investigations: Instagram helps connect and promote a vast network of accounts openly devoted to underage sex content; Meta plans to increase its controls (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Investigations: Instagram helps connect and promote a vast network of accounts openly devoted to underage sex content; Meta plans to increase its controls  —  The Meta unit's systems for fostering communities have guided users to child-sex content; company says it is improving internal controls

Filings: the SEC started its Binance.US investigation in August 2020; BAM Trading, which runs Binance.US, generated $411M revenue and $225M profit in that time (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Jack Schickler / CoinDesk:
Filings: the SEC started its Binance.US investigation in August 2020; BAM Trading, which runs Binance.US, generated $411M revenue and $225M profit in that time  —  The securities regulator detailed evidence of hundreds of millions of dollars in profiteering by the crypto exchange as it seeks to freeze company assets.

iOS 17 brings this ‘Apple Music on Android’ feature to iPhones

While Apple iOS 17 does not bring a significant revamp to Apple Music as rumoured, it does add a few nifty features, including crossfade, collaborative playlists, and some tweaks to the user interface, among other small changes. https://ift.tt/74gIxda

Intel adds Arc Pro A60, Pro A60M GPUs to its lineup: All details

The chipmaker claims that the new products "are a significant step up in performance in the Intel Arc Pro family" and are designed for professional workstation users with up to 12GB of video memory (VRAM). They also offer support for four displays with high dynamic range (HDR) and Dolby Vision. https://ift.tt/ESyRgtG