As Apple looks to increase its production of iPhones for the global market in India, China is finding ways to slow that process. Fiverr unveiled new initiatives to attract gig workers to its platform and provide them with generative AI tools. Spotify will launch a “Music Pro” tier later this year that will offer “Hi-Fi” audio, “remixing tools,” and access to concert tickets. And Waymo is rumored to be developing a subscriber program.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Quick Hits:

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI releases its latest flagship AI, Grok-3
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/elon-musks-ai-company-xai-releases-its-latest-flagship-ai-grok-3/

X doubles its Premium plan prices after xAI releases Grok-3
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/x-doubles-its-premium-plan-prices-after-xai-releases-grok-3/

Acer CEO: 10% price rise expected due to tariffs
https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/acer-ceo-10pc-price-rise-tariffs

Bluesky adds a followers-only reply option
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/bluesky-adds-a-followers-only-reply-option/

TikTok Shop surpasses Shein, Temu in US sales growth
https://www.techinasia.com/news/tiktok-shop-surpasses-shein-temu-in-us-sales-growth

Huawei Mate X Trifold launches outside of China: Price & Specs
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/18/huawei-mate-xt-trifold-launches-outside-of-china-price-specs-.html

Meta announces LlamaCon, its first generative AI dev conference
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/meta-announces-llamacon-its-first-generative-ai-dev-conference/

Discussions:

A Waymo loyalty program could be in the works
https://www.theverge.com/google-waymo/614721/a-waymo-loyalty-program-could-be-in-the-works

Waymo is considering adding a membership
https://www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/waymo-is-considering-adding-a-membership

Fiverr wants gig workers to offload some of their work to AI
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/fiverr-wants-gig-workers-to-offload-some-of-their-work-to-ai/

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Spotify Music Pro tier report
https://9to5google.com/2025/02/17/spotify-music-pro-tier-report/

Spotify weighs $6 premium for added features, access to tickets
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-15/spotify-weighs-6-premium-for-added-features-access-to-tickets

China deliberately hampering iPhone production in India in three ways, say reports
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/18/china-deliberately-hampering-iphone-production-in-india-in-three-ways-say-reports/

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