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• January is typically a slow month for retailers — a time for restocking, chores, and tax prep.
• This year, small businesses in the Minneapolis area have thrown that out the window.
• They're offering aid during heightened

It was only 16 months ago that Substack expanded into live video. Since then, it's become a widely adopted medium on the platform, including by its ever-growing list of cable news expats. Now, the company has decided it's ready for a bigger screen. Starting today, you can install a new Substack TV app on Apple TV and Google TV devices.

Substack describes the app's initial launch as focusing on

The sun was already beginning to set as Portlanders in weatherproof jackets and fleeces lined up around Revolution Hall. It wasn't yet 5PM on a Wednesday but the crowd was gathering well before the town hall was scheduled to begin. Just a day earlier, news outlets reported that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison had been targeted by a federal Justice Department subpoena. Now Ellison

• Tesla says some of its cars are now driving passengers without a human monitor in the front seat.
• CEO Elon Musk has been pushing to launch more self-driving cars in other US cities.
• Competitors launched similar products in the city 10 months ago.

Tesla's cars passed their driver's exam.

On Thursday, a Tesla executive said a handful of driverless

In February, Amazon plans to roll out a much-needed revamp of Fire TV OS, one that seemingly takes a cue from Google’s TV platform. The forthcoming UI redesign will introduce better organization, support for Alexa Plus, and quicker performance to the aging OS, the latter of which has been a crux of the platform’s issues for years. Collectively, the changes make it a lot easier to

Elon Musk just took the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and announced that Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot will be sold to the public by the end of next year. Musk is the master of unrealistic timetables, but this may be the nuttiest one yet. These are humanoid robots that are supposed to be able to do just about any task a human can do.

Musk, as usual, gave himself an out

• David Ellison is making data a key pillar of Paramount Skydance.
• Paramount is broadening the scope of Jason Kim, head of streaming data and insights.
• The move shows how Ellison is trying to remake Paramount into a tech-first company.

David Ellison is showing that his tech-first

Xbox showed off new footage of its Fable reboot during its Developer Direct on Thursday and announced that the game is set to launch this autumn for Xbox, PC, and PS5.

The new Fable is an open-world action RPG. In addition to letting you customize your character and your combat skills, you can also do not-heroic things like build a house (or many) and romance and marry a villager (or