Happy Tuesday! Turns out Binance had secret access to a bank account of the "independent" Binance US entity, and transferred $400m to a trading firm managed by Binance's CEO. Seems legit - it's not like there's been any recent issues in crypto with secret transfers to trading firms...

Highlight of the day

Roblox to test generative AI features that create code and high-fidelity 3D materials based on text inputs. Highlighting Roblox's goal of "becoming the infrastructure for the metaverse", these features will be closely watched in terms of any potential impact they have on developer and designer jobs in the space.

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

• Twitter paywalls SMS two-factor auth behind its Blue subscription

• Google to consolidate all tasks and reminders into Google Tasks 

• Fitbit to remove adventures, challenges, and open groups 

• Microsoft limits Bing Chat to five replies at a time

• Amazon's Alexa app gets multiroom audio controls  

General and early-stage

• Liveblocks launches a collaboration tool for developers 

• The Browser Company ships a new tab-less browser display

• Trek launches a new electric cargo bike for families 

• X2Y2 unveils an NFT loan refinance feature

• Plex ships a feature to let users skip TV and movie show credits 

Other good finds

• Green bird growth. How Duolingo developed its growth model 

• Digital Yen. Japan's central bank to pilot digital currency

• So so. A Wharton class required students to use ChatGPT

Twitter nugget

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- Amol