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Bifrost goes after front-end engineers, YouTube launches a music licensing center, Zoox rolls out robotaxis

Happy Tuesday! Elon complained that his tweets weren't getting enough views, and got so mad he publicly fired an engineer over it. Twitter's response? Turn the entire "For You" feed into Elon's replies and comments 🚀

Highlight of the day

Bifrost unveiled a tool that uses AI to automatically turn anything from Figma into React code. The tool generates usable code from Figma designs and structures the code similar to an engineers specific style. Bifrost adds logic, states, and click handlers in addition to code for visuals. If the product delivers on its promise, it's a game changer...

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

  • YouTube launches a new commercial music licensing resource

  • Samsung adds temperature-based period tracking to Galaxy Watch5

  • Shopify ships AI-generated product description functionality 

  • TikTok is working on paywalled creator videos

  • Alibaba tests a ChatGPT style AI-tool

General and early-stage

  • Zoox starts rolling out robotaxis on public California roads 

  • Magic Eden announces crypto credit card functionality 

  • Neeva launches its generative AI search-engine internationally 

  • Nomad introduces an Apple Watch band preview feature

  • Hightouch ships an API for personalizing customer experiences  

Other good finds

  • Ali Abouelatta. Duolingo's four big experiment winners for retention in 2022 

  • Fun's over. Walmart to force tech staff to return to offices or lose their jobs

  • NFL for all. NFL explores a cheaper Sunday ticket offering on YouTube

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- Amol