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♾️Connected models: Anthropic announced that it open sourced a new technology today, Model Context Protocol, that helps AI models better connect with the data they access to answer queries. The tech can be used by any AI model, not just Anthropic's. Read more

🏆And the winner is: Apple released its finalists for its "iPhone App of the Year" competition, and noticeably absent were any AI apps. This could be viewed as a snub, or it might just be a reflection of where consumer AI adoption is today. Read more

⚔️Slaying giants: Appcharge is looking to build the "Shopify" for gaming through its platform, which lets publishers build their own online shops for gaming currencies and virtual goods. Read more

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Afternoon must-reads

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⛈️Bluesky blunder: Decentralized social network Bluesky is in breach of European Union regulations that require online platforms to regularly share regional user data. Bluesky needs to break out how many users it has in the EU twice a year to comply. Read more

🔎Tumultuous terms: When ServiceTitan filed its S-1 with the SEC last week, it revealed that the company agreed to deal terms back in 2022 that would require it to go public by May 2024 or risk having to give certain investors more shares at the IPO. We've got the details on what that all means. Read more

🚗California commits to EVs: The Trump administration might cut the $7,500 EV tax credit that was introduced as part of the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act. If it does get cut, California governor Gavin Newsom will offer rebates for EVs in California. Read more

📍Location, location: Instagram will soon let users share their locations with other users for up to an hour via DM. The platform said this will help people find friends at concerts and other events, but people should continue to be very careful when it comes to location sharing. Read more

⏲️AI we can all get behind: Recipe app Pestle is rolling out a new feature that uses AI to turn TikTok cooking videos into step-by-step recipes. The app launched a similar feature to pull recipes from Instagram Reels earlier this year. Read more

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Around the web

👀 Where Google goes from here: Google has had a turbulent year. The U.S. alleges that the tech company is a monopoly, and the EU is launching probes into the company. The Verge argues that even if Google isn't legally forced to change anything, the events of this year will change the company. Read more

😬 Gruesome grift: Pump.fun, a website founded earlier this year, allows users to create Solana-based memecoins and livestream whatever they want to get people to "pump" the coin. No, it's not as bad as you are imagining; I promise it's worse. Read more