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SpaceX and T-Mobile to test sat-to-cell, Linkedin launches new ad-targeting, TuneIn rolls out an immersive mobile experience

Good morning! Samsung has long claimed that it's "Space Zoom" feature on phones takes some pretty dope photos of space objects such as the moon. Only problem? Looks like those images are so software-generated that they're basically fake...

Highlight of the day

SpaceX and T-Mobile to start testing a satellite-to-cell service. The new network will leverage both Starlink satellites and T-Mobile's 5G spectrum to create "near complete coverage in most places in the U.S.". Here comes the next frontier of space-based connectivity products.

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

  • Instagram makes it more accessible to reshare Reels 

  • Meta kills support for NFTs on IG and Facebook 

  • Amazon ships its interactive NCAA bracket feature on Fire TV 

  • Microsoft tests file recommendations in Explorer

  • Linkedin launches interest-based ad-targeting 

General and early-stage

  • Mercury ships a vault product with $3m of FDIC insurnace

  • TuneIn rolls out immersive map experience for mobile listeners 

  • Babel launches a new decentralized finance product 

  • Medigo ships 24/7 prescription deliveries in Vietnam 

  • Broom launches automated asset-backed lending for car dealers 

Other good finds

  • It's happening. How to use Bing AI for product work

  • Detroit AI. General Motors explores ChatGPT voice assistants

  • Gig lyf. California's gig worker-focused Prop 22 is overturned

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- Amol