| Spotify hits play on a new revenue stream: By paywalling lyrics, Spotify may be forcing many free subscribers into a paid plan. Spotify is rather mum about what’s happening, so maybe it's just a test. Read More Illinois bets on Rivian: The state is supporting the electric vehicle maker with $827 million in incentives so that Rivian can expand its factory in Normal, Illinois, to build the R2.Read More AI is not SaaS: Ron Miller wants us to know this right upfront. This is the message passed on by Rudina Seseri, founder and managing partner at Glasswing Ventures, speaking last week at the TechCrunch Early Stage event in Boston. What Seseri had to say might surprise some companies that are developing an AI startup. Read More Apple tweaks some fees: Apple is still working on how it applies new fees that can affect iOS developers in the European Union. Developers of free apps will be able to avoid the fee entirely, while other developers earning under a certain revenue threshold will get more time before they have to pay Apple the fee. Read More Speaking of the EU: Lawmakers there are pushing to legally require messaging platforms to scan citizens’ private communications for child sexual abuse material, which could lead to millions of false positives per day, hundreds of security and privacy experts warned in an open letter. Critics argue the proposal asks the technologically impossible — and won’t protect children from abuse. Read More Check out Acura’s new all-electric SUV: It’s sleek, it has pockets, you can twirl in it. Just kidding. Emme Hall goes through the nuts and bolts of this new vehicle. And not everything is a win. Read More Meet Lamini: The Palo Alto-based startup is building a platform to help enterprises deploy generative AI tech. Its sales pitch was so enticing that investors gave the company $25 million. Read More Google expands its passkey support: Google is bringing passkey support to its Advanced Protection Program, which is used by people who are at high risk of targeted attacks, such as campaign workers, candidates, journalists, human rights workers, and more. It used to be that the APP required hardware security keys, but that will soon change to a choice of passkeys only or alongside a password or hardware security key. Read More S2G Ventures gets room to run: Walmart heir Lukas Walton’s Builders Vision was S2G’s sole limited partner. Now the organization is bringing others on board. Read More | 