Happy Friday! Automakers are now one-upping each other by adding as much visual madness as possible to a vehicle's exterior. Not to be outdone by BMWs color changing car, Volkswagen decided to showcase its EV in a camo QR code light show... Welcome to the future, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Highlight of the day

WhatsApp launches proxy support to help users circumvent internet blocks. The new feature allows users to continue to access WhatsApp even if the service is blocked by governments.

Features & products hot off the press

Big tech

• TikTok ships in-app movie and TV pages powered by IMDb

• TikTok launches video-scrubbing thumbnails

• Google ships HD maps for vehicles 

• Google announces cross-device notifications

• Apple Fitness+ unveils kickboxing workouts and sleep meditations

• Amazon Sidewalk announces a developer product

• Amazon's Ring brings back it's peephole cam

• Snap kills it's camera app for Mac and PCs

General and early-stage

• Delta launches free Wi-Fi for all frequent flier members

• Plex announces a TV and movie rentals marketplace 

• Picsart ships SketchAI, a generative-AI digital art app

• MeetKai launches a room-scanning tech and metaverse builder 

• Stellantis launches a vehicle data-as-a-service product

• Appsmith ships a context retention app-building feature

Other good finds

• Jules Water - Leveraging mentors to uplevel your product career

• Murky waters. Satya Nadella reckons tech downturn will continue to 2025

• Good luck with that. NYC public schools restrict student access to ChatGPT

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- Amol