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Highlight of the day

China announced a state-owned ride-hailing app that will compete with Didi. The platform will cover 90% of China's total transport capacity across ride-hailing, cargo trucking, road transport, railway, ferry, and flight services. Other social media apps such as WeChat will be integrated into the platform.

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

• YouTube TV upgrades its live TV guide and library

• TikTok rolls out state-controlled media labels to 40 countries

• Twitter announces an annual Blue subscription plan

• Apple unveils a new HomePod with better sound and intelligence 

• Microsoft updates Xbox consoles to energy saver mode

General and early-stage

• Wikipedia refreshes its UI and improves search on desktop

• Curated Loop launches a high-end fashion marketplace

• Decodable ships automated task-sizing functionality

• Boston Dynamics demos a robot that can run, jump, and throw

• Ziflow launches a rich-media asset sharing feature

• Mozilla ships ad-blocker protections in its Firefox update

Other good finds

• John Cutler - What differentiates the highest performing product teams

• Empty wallets. Analysts cut 2023 consumer spending projections

• Green future. Shell acquires EV-charging network Volta

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- Amol