More top reads Cars and quarterly earnings: Tesla is pointing the finger at some factory upgrades that resulted in downtime that caused it to miss on Q3 delivery expectations. Meanwhile, Rivian faced the opposite problem with its third-quarter deliveries beating expectations. It was also a 23% jump from the previous quarter. AI, it's everywhere: Spotify was spotted developing AI-generated playlists created with prompts. Learn more. Obsessing over PDFs: Reading can be such a drag. Fortunately, Humata AI developed a program that summarizes and answers questions about your PDFs. Research is suddenly fun again. New fund alert: Alpaca VC unveils two new investment vehicles, including one that taps into its real estate roots. It doesn't just invest in real estate, though. Robots on the farm: Eyeing vision-based autonomy for farm equipment, Bonsai Robotics raises $10.5 million. Find out what it is doing to help farmers. Testing, testing . . . Is this ad on?: Are ads getting in the way of your daily scroll through TikTok? Is $4.99 burning a hole in your digital wallet each month? Well, TikTok can help you with both. The streaming giant started testing a $4.99, ad-free subscription tier. Learn more. Data spill: India's national logistics portal exposed sensitive personal data and trade records. Find out how. Streaming the day away: X, formerly known as Twitter, is set to test livestream shopping in a partnership with Paris Hilton. Get the scoop. Meanwhile, amid all that Twitter chaos, Mastodon grew donations 488% in 2022 and reached 1.8 million monthly active users. Read on. We don't like to MOVEit, MOVEit: There's more relief from the MOVEit hack in the way of a patch for new actively exploited security flaws. Read more. Brrrr, it's cold in here: There must be more of that crypto winter — web3 funding is down again. (TC+) Weekend warriors you may have missed: A tale of two research institutes How much can artists make from generative AI? Vendors won't say Humane's 'AI Pin' debuts on the Paris runway | 
