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Away from the premium smartphone feature-utility hyperbole swirling around dynamic islands, mobile devices remain much of a muchness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, now supports Apple’s Tap to Pay for iPhone feature for merchants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. business publication Fast Company has confirmed that a hacker breached its internal systems to send offensive push notifications to Apple News users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s been plenty of excitement on the robotic exoskeleton front in recent years. For the most part, these devices slot into two categories: 1) workplace assistance and 2) mobility assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Data cleansing — prepping data for applications like predictive analytics — takes time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA has completed a key step of its “Double Asteroid Redirection Test” (DART), smashing a satellite roughly the size of a vending machine into a small moon that’s about half-a-mile in diameter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple has started assembling the iPhone 14 models in India, it said Monday, locally producing the current lineup for the first time in the same calendar year in the world’s second largest smartphone market as analysts predict a greater shift in the American giant’s future manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Samsung has launched two credit cards in India, entering a crowded category that sees over 50 companies fiercely compete for consumers’ attention in the world’s second largest internet market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rad Power Bikes, a popular American e-bike brand that has raised over $300 million in the past two years, will start offering bikes as a subscription service next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple TV+’s original programming has received a major boost with the company landing a deal with “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” creator Vince Gilligan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices