🚀 SpaceX Launches Rideshare, Microsoft's AI Hub Opens in London, Apple's Innovative Leap into Robots and New Products

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SpaceX debuts new Bandwagon rideshare service. On Sunday, April 7 SpaceX will launch the Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC). If needed there is a backup launch opportunity the next day at the same time. This flight carried 11 spacecraft for six customers, including a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite for South Korea. By Danny Lentz via NASASpaceflight.com

𝕏: LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 B1073-14 launches the Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission from 39A. - Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight)

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Microsoft opens an AI hub in London. Weeks after hiring Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, the newly formed Microsoft AI division is opening a hub in London. Suleyman was born and raised in the UK, and he’s now looking for “exceptional individuals” to work on AI projects in London. By Tom Warren via The Verge

𝕏: Microsoft is opening a new AI hub in London. Weeks after hiring Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, the newly formed Microsoft AI division is looking for "exceptional individuals" to work on AI in the UK - Tom Warren (@tomwarren) 

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Apple Is Rebooting Its Search for a New Next Big Thing. Apple's search for a bold new product category is back on, and it includes a foray into robots. Also: The company is preparing new iPads and accompanying accessories for May; the Vision Pro gets another Personas upgrade; and Apple makes an eyebrow-raising management change. By Mark Gurman via Bloomberg

𝕏: The latest news on the iPad: Expect the new iPad Pro and iPad Air around the week of May 6; minor entry level and iPad mini updates as early as end of year; details on work on foldable iPads. - Mark Gurman (@markgurman)

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Spotify launches personalized AI playlists that you can build using prompts. Spotify already found success with its popular AI DJ feature, and now the streaming music service is bringing AI to playlist creation. The company on Monday introduced AI playlists into beta, a new option that allows users to generate a playlist based on written prompts. By Sarah Perez via TechCrunch

𝕏: Spotify brings AI to music. I wish Apple would do the same, because Apple music still sounds way way better than Spotify on my Dolby Atmos system. Which is why I made my own collection of Dolby Atmos music, because Apple's playlists just aren't good enough. - Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer)

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AI is taking over your web browser. This week, I’ve been writing about the end of Google Podcasts and the rise of AI gadgets, watching Girls5eva and rewatching Middleditch and Schwartz, reading about the ubiquity of AllTrails and Danny McBride’s comedy compound, listening to Ezra Klein’s podcasts about AI, seeing if 5K Runner can finally make me like running, and playing altogether too much Retro Goal. By David Pierce via The Verge

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