Good morning! Proceeds from GMs first new Hummer EV, which has a battery that weighs as much as a Honda civic, is being sent to a charity called "Tread Lightly". Guess GM missed the message on that one...

Highlight of the day

Paramount merges Showtime with its Paramount+ subscription service, creating a new combined subscription tier. The move aims to compete with the likes of HBO Max by offering both streaming and linear channels.

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

• Instagram expands its Notes feature to Japan and Europe 

• Meta tests members-only worlds for its social VR platform

• Google services to offer more accurate consumer information 

• Twitter updates the font used in handles

• Netflix ships its kids mystery box feature on Android 

General and early-stage

• 1Password ships a raft of new core and onboarding features

• Rewind lets users time travel through music from past decades 

• Stashpad launches a note-taking app for engineers  

• Nothing unveils the Phone 2, its newest smartphone

• Humans Anonymous launches mental health audio spaces

Other good finds

• Eyeballs. Lessons from Airtable's unconventional growth strategy

• Haaland3. Sorare partners with the Premier League on NFT fantasy

• Pilot free. Mercedes gets Level 3 automated driving approved in US

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- Amol