Happy Monday! Amazon has officially joined the Indian government's interoperable digital marketplace initiative that seeks to challenge Amazon. If you can't beat them, join them...

Highlight of the day

Spotify is testing playlists that can only be unlocked by NFT holders. The Android-only test lets users connect their wallets to Spotify - if they hold a KINGSHIP Key Card NFT, an exclusive playlist is then unlocked. Gated content as a mechanism to increase artist and Spotify revenue will be an interesting strategic direction to see unfold.

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

• Meta launches its LLaMA language model

• Meta rolls out Verified in Australia and New Zealand 

• Meta internally tests a BeReal like "Roll Call" feature

• Snapchat ships audio recommendations and song syncing 

• Google TV adds four new dedicated content destinations

• Google shuts down its Everyday Robots product 

General and early-stage

• Alchemy launches a tool for devs to rapidly launch dApps 

• Midjourney blocks words about the human reproductive system 

• Xiaomi shuts down Zili, it's short-form video app 

• Storj adds new incentives to its decentralized storage product

• Visily ships smart tables for its wireframing tool

Other good finds

• Calendar moon. Behind the scenes of Calendly's rapid growth 

• Productivity. Twitter shut down its Slack and people stopped working

• Black mirror. Human creators on TikTok are being accused of being AI

Twitter nugget

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-  Amol