🎙️ A little AI here, a little AI there: Today's episode of Equity dives into OpenAI's decision to buy device startup, io. The hosts also unpack the announcements from Google I/O — including the return of Google Glass — and drama at Luminar.
🚙 Not going down without a fight: The Senate voted yesterday to overturn a waiver that allowed California to set stricter air pollution standards for vehicles. Now California is preparing to sue the federal government to get that right back.
👖 Digg digs it: Digg, the link aggregator that was recently revived, is interested in potentially buying Pocket, the read-it-later mobile app that Mozilla is shutting down later this year. By "interested," we mean Digg chairman Kevin Rose tweeted his company would be "happy to take it over."
🙃 CEOs against safety: Apple CEO Tim Cook allegedly called Texas governor Greg Abbott to change or veto a potential bill in Texas meant to keep children and minors safe. This bill would require minors' App Store accounts to be linked to their parents'. Apple is calling it a privacy risk.
🤩 Kesha is a founder now: Pop singer Kesha is launching an app called Smash, which is meant to connect and protect music creators. This seems like a natural next step for Kesha, who announced last year she was building an eponymous record label.
