In today’s top story, Rebecca writes about how the U.S. government no longer thinks just having intelligent speed-assist technology in cars is going to cut it. They feel that speed “reduction” tech needs to be put in every new car. Find out what accelerated this idea.

Meanwhile, Carly has the scoop on Samsung admitting that hackers accessed customer data during a yearlong breach. Here’s what happened.

And Ingrid brings music to our ears with a story on a collaboration by DeepMind and YouTube for two products, Lyria (a music generation model) and Dream Track (which creates music), both for YouTube videos. Learn more.

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It’s here: The all-electric Lucid Gravity SUV finally makes its debut with 440 miles of range. Open the door and peek inside.

Not child-friendly: Researchers say this brand of children’s tablet has malware and exposes kid’s data. Learn about Dragon Touch.

Focus on cloud spend: Some Big Tech companies, including AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle, are collaborating on a way to make cloud spend more transparent. Read more.

Wands at the ready: Taproot Wizards raises $7.5 million to accelerate its Ordinals project aimed at bringing the “magic” back to Bitcoin. Get your wizard. (TC+)

Amazon wants to sell your car: That next call inquiring if you want to sell your car might not be from the dealership. Amazon will start selling vehicles on its website next year, starting with Hyundai. Get the scoop.

For outdoorsy people in your life: Here are six outdoor gear gift ideas for the adventurer in your life.

The human behind the AI: Young startup Siena AI raises $4.7 million to develop an empathic AI customer service agent. It can even emulate your brand’s voice.

Developer’s delight: Codegen raises new cash to automate software engineering tasks. Read more.

Giving food a good home: Ida, a French startup, uses AI to apply real-life scenarios to the sale of food items to avoid grocery food waste. It even counts cucumbers.

AI inspiration: With Muse, Unity aims to give developers generative AI that’s useful and ethical. See how it works.

M&A: Customer data-syncing and analysis startup Hightouch acquires HeadsUp. Go inside the deal.

Everything’s bigger in Texas: While California is debating the future of robotaxis, Texas is quietly becoming a hotbed for autonomous vehicle testing activity. Will Texas be a regulatory haven or chaos unleashed?

More for your Thursday:

Apple to finally bring RCS to iPhones

A Quibi-like app called ReelShort hit record downloads and revenue this month

Maybe compliance tech really is a good startup bet (TC+)

Aave Companies rebrands to Avara and acquires crypto wallet Family to expand its web3 reach

Menlo Ventures closes on $1.35B in new capital, targets investments in AI startups

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