What is retail media?

It’s when retailers use their customers’ purchase data to target ads across the internet. If you buy peanut butter, your grocery store might start hitting you with peanut butter ads when you visit websites, social media platforms, and even while watching TV.

An app store that was meant to get more developers and users interested in AI might be doing just the opposite.

Apple just got thrown into a real-life game of Monopoly that it probably wants absolutely no part of. 

What happened: The U.S. Justice Department and 16 jurisdictions filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple that alleges the tech giant uses its dominance in the smartphone market to deter and prevent iPhone users from accessing rival software, services, and devices. 

We tried to avoid this, we really did. But it’s gotten to the point that it can’t be ignored.

It’s time to talk about Kate Middleton.  

Driving the news: A recently published video showing Kate Middleton (or Catherine, Princess of Wales, if you’re fancy) and Prince William shopping has done little to dissuade conspiracy theorists that she is dead, ill, or otherwise indisposed and replaced by a double.

The next phase of the AI boom may not be about what it can do, but where it runs.

Apple is all-in on bringing generative AI capabilities to its devices. To do this, it’s angling to get a little help from its friends (read: a lot of help from one of its staunchest competitors).  

What happened: Apple is reportedly in talks with its best frenemy Google to have the search behemoth’s Gemini AI engine built into the iPhone to power upcoming AI features.

While some of us are still not entirely sure what a large language model is, EU lawmakers have gone ahead and passed the world’s first comprehensive AI regulation act.

Catch-up: The Artificial Intelligence Act — we love legislation with to-the-point titles — has been contentious, but it should be finalized in May, with implementation beginning next year. It stands to set the tone for global AI regulation and influence Big Tech developments.

Yes, Mark Zuckerberg talking to his glasses in a onesie could be a breakthrough moment for smart glasses.

Telegram, it’s not just for your journo friends anymore. 

Driving the news: Encrypted messaging app Telegram is mulling a U.S.-listed IPO, its owner Pavel Durov told the Financial Times, after surpassing 900 million monthly active users and projecting it will hit profitability within the next year thanks to newfound ad dollars.