Crowdsourcing for justice, Social Media algos, and Telegram under pressure
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 214


👉 Amateur digital sleuths have joined massive crowdsourcing efforts on social media to track violent Capitol rioters, passing the evidence to authorities 🔗


👉 #SocialMedia algorithms amplify the reach of incendiary, misinformation-filled conspiracy theories, and users have no control over them 🔗 #disinfo


👉 #MicrosoftEdge beta is now optimised for your #AppleSilicon M1 Mac 🔗


👉 #Parler's website is back up, but the service is still unavailable 🔗


👉 #Telegram says it ‘shut down hundreds of public calls for violence’ in #US last week 🔗


🇨🇳 #TikTok’s Chinese version #Douyin launches an e-wallet 🔗


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Turkey pissed off at Twitter & Pinterest, India pissed off at WhatsApp, and Netflix’s earnings
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 215


👉 #Qualcomm unveils #Snapdragon 870 with a similar design to the 865 and 865 Plus, clocked at 3.2GHz, making it about 10% faster than the 865 🔗


🇹🇷 #Turkey bans ads on #Twitter and #Pinterest for not appointing local representatives as mandated by #SocialMedia law, says their bandwidth will be cut 50% in April 🔗


👉 #Brave becomes the first major browser to natively support #IPFS protocol, useful for accessing censored content; #Wikipedia and other sites offer IPFS versions 🔗


🇮🇳 #India asks #WhatsApp to withdraw the planned change to its privacy policy over “grave concerns” and questions why users in the #EU are exempt from it 🔗


👉 #YouTube says it will extend its suspension of #Trump's channel for another week over “ongoing potential for violence” 🔗


🤑 #WeChat says it facilitated ~$250B in annual transactions through its third-party “mini programs”, double the value of transactions in 2019 🔗


👉 #Microsoft invests in #Cruise in new $2 billion round 🔗


👻 #Biden plans #InaugurationDay #Snapchat filter alongside locked-down live event 🔗


👉 #Trump pardons ex #Google #Waymo, #Uber engineer #AnthonyLevandowski 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Netflix Q4: revenue of $6.64B vs. $6.63B est., up 21.5% YoY, global streaming paid memberships 203.7M, up 8.5M vs. 6.5M est. 🔗


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Amazon extending helping hand toward Biden, Opera goes after gamers, and TikTok’s new feature
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 216


💉 #Amazon says it wants to help the #Biden administration's vaccination efforts, says non #WFH Amazon staff should be vaccinated “at the earliest appropriate time” 🔗


👉 #Opera acquires #YoYoGames for $10M and launches #OperaGaming division to monetise its gaming efforts; Opera GX gaming browser had 7M MAUs in Dec., up 350% YoY 🔗


👉 #Airbnb has been quietly using #SocialMedia to root out and ban extremists 🔗


🐦 As promised, #Twitter made Joe #Biden’s POTUS account start with zero followers 🔗


🏦 #Monzo founder #TomBlomfield is departing the challenger bank and says he’s ‘struggled’ during the pandemic 🔗


👉 #TikTok’s new Q&A feature lets creators respond to fan questions using text or video 🔗


👉 #Google is investigating an #AI researcher over the handling of sensitive data 🔗


👉 #Firefox extensions are now easier to install on #Android devices 🔗


🇨🇳 #Twitter locks out #China’s #US embassy after ‘baby-making machines’ tweet 🔗


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Apple’s VR headset, Facebook’s Oversight board, and the Search for Australia
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 217


👉 #Apple's first #VR headset, planned for 2022 with a focus on gaming, video, and communication but with limited #AR features 🔗


🇦🇺 #Google threatens to remove its search engine from #Australia if new law goes into effect 🔗


👉 #Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend #Trump's accounts to the #OversightBoard and says the accounts will remain suspended in the meantime 🔗


🤦 #Instacart cuts 1,877 jobs, including its only union roles 🔗


👉 #Bluesky, #Twitter's decentralized social networking project, releases a review of the existing decentralised web ecosystem, says it still seeks a project lead 🔗


👉 #Linux has been ported to run on M1 #AppleSilicon Macs 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ Judge refuses to reinstate #Parler’s #Amazon account 🔗


💨 #ElonMusk announces $100 million prize for new carbon capture tech 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Intel Q4: revenue of $20B, down 1% YoY, vs $17.49B est.; Data Center Group revenue of $6.1B, down 16% YoY 🔗


💲 #IBM Q4: revenue of $20.37B, down 6% YoY, vs $20.67B est., Cloud and Cognitive Software revenue, which includes Red Hat, was $6.84B, down 5% YoY 🔗


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Apple fixing their stuff, Xbox Live Gold prices, and 3nm chips made in the US
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 218


👉 #Apple to bring back SD card slot and MagSafe, and remove TouchBar 🔗


📈 #Microsoft was going to increase the prices of #Xbox Live Gold subscriptions 🔗, but they're backtracking 🔗


👉 #Samsung is considering building a $10B chipmaking plant in Texas 🔗


💰 #Facebook spent $19.7M on federal #lobbying in 2020, up 17.8% YoY, #Google spent $7.5M, down 36.2%; Big Five tech companies together spent $61.1M, down 1.8% 🔗


📌 #Pinterest launches an #AR-powered Try-on experience for eyeshadow 🔗


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Clubhouse on the rise, Italy’s TikTok problem, and MagSafe’s safety issue
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 219


👋 #Clubhouse raises a new round of funding led by #a16z, says it has 180+ investors, will test options for paying creators and soon begin work on an #Android app 🔗


🇮🇹 #Italy tells #TikTok to block all unverified user accounts after a 10-year-old girl dies while allegedly participating in the “blackout challenge” on the app 🔗


🧲 #Apple warns magnets in #iPhone12 models and #MagSafe devices may affect #pacemakers and should be kept at least 6" away from medical devices or 12" while charging 🔗


👉 #Facebook says ‘configuration change’ caused some users to be logged out unexpectedly — it’s now been fixed 🔗


👉 #Uber reportedly lays off 185 former #Postmates workers 🔗


👉 #Tesla sues former employee for allegedly stealing software 🔗


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Birdwatch, Apple’s mysterious new project, and Walking with celebs
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 220


👉 #Twitter debuts #Birdwatch, in testing since last year, which lets select users flag and add notes about tweets they think are misleading or false 🔗


👉 #Apple says #JohnTernus will now lead its Hardware Engineering org as a member of the executive team; #DanRiccio to move to a role focusing on a “new project” 🔗


🇬🇧 #FacebookNews launches in the #UK, partners with #AxelSpringer and #Samsung owned #Upday for curation; announces new partnerships and payments for some publishers 🔗


🚶 #Apple launches Time to Walk for #AppleWatch and Fitness+, offering 25- to 40-minute episodes of original audio from influential people, available today 🔗

👉 #Google workers across the globe announce international union alliance to hold #Alphabet accountable 🔗


🔊 #Netflix update makes your #Android phone’s crappy speakers sound better 🔗


👉 #Microsoft mocks #Apple’s doomed #TouchBar in new #Surface ad 🔗


👉 #Apple hit with another #EU class action over throttled #iPhone 🔗


👉 #Instagram adds ‘professional dashboard’ for businesses and creators 🔗


👉 #Spotify dabbles in #audiobooks by offering nine public-domain works 🔗


🤦 #Facebook users’ phone numbers are for sale through a #Telegram bot 🔗


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Twitter’s step into newsletter publishing, Vulnerabilities in iOS & TikTok, and a warning Signal
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 221


🐦 #Twitter acquires newsletter publishing company #Revue; the five-year-old Dutch company has six employees and has raised ~$318K 🔗


👉 #Signal's rapid growth following #WhatsApp #privacy changes has raised concerns from Signal staff who worry the service's new features will be misused 🔗


💸 #YouTube CEO, #SusanWojcicki, says YouTube has paid more than $30B to creators, artists, and media organisations over the last 3 years 🔗


🍎 In yesterday’s #iOS 14.4 update, #Apple fixes three 0-days, tipped by an anonymous researcher, and acknowledges a report that they may have been exploited in the wild 🔗


🧑‍🔧 #TikTok has fixed a vulnerability that would have allowed #hackers to access users' private information, including phone numbers, avatar pictures, and user IDs 🔗


👉 #Samsung's #GalaxyWatch 3 ECG tracking comes to 31 more countries 🔗


👉 #Pinterest is the latest app to add a carousel of stories to its home screen 🔗


🎓 #Twitter is opening up its full tweet archive to academic researchers for free 🔗


🤦 #Byte, #Vine’s successor, has been purchased by #ClashVideo - another #TikTok clone 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Microsoft Q2: revenue of $43B, up 17% YoY, vs. $40.18B est., and Azure revenue growth of 50% YoY, vs. 42% est. 🔗


💲 #AMD Q4: revenue of $3.24B, up 53% YoY 🔗


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Memes are coming for stock market, Iran’s reaction to Signal, and Earnings of Apple, Samsung, and Facebook
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 222


📈 As #Reddit/WallStreetBets causes #GameStop, #BlackBerry, and others to surge, online trading platforms like #Robinhood and #WeBull have rapidly climbed #US app store ranks 🔗


🇮🇷 #Iran blocks #Signal after Iranians flocked to the messaging service due to privacy concerns about #WhatsApp 🔗


👉 #Telegram, which helped fuel democracy movements in #Iran and #Belarus, faces scrutiny as far-right extremists flock to it amid crackdowns by #Facebook and #Twitter 🔗


👉 #WhatsApp now requires biometric authentication for PC and web access 🔗


👀 #Apple’s next #iOS 14 beta will begin forcing developers to ask for permission to track you 🔗


📱 #TimCook: Active install base of #iPhone is now over 1 billion 🔗


🚗 #Tesla unveils redesigned Model S with new interior and 520-mile range option 🔗


👉 #Instagram rolls out its new look for #InstagramStories on desktop 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ #Twitter troll faces 10 years in #prison for spreading vote-by-text hoax 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Apple Q1: revenue of $111.4B, up 21% YoY, with international sales making up 64% of Q1 revenue; iPhone, Wearables, and Services set new revenue records 🔗


💲 #Facebook Q4: $28.1B revenue, up 33% YoY, 1.84B DAUs, up 11% YoY, 2.6B people used a Facebook service daily, up 15% YoY; headcount up 30% YoY to 58,604 🔗


💲 #Samsung Q4: revenue of ~$55.2B, up 3% YoY, and operating profit of ~$8.2B, up 26% YoY, but sees mobile sales drop 11% YoY to $19.3B 🔗


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The Internet vs Wall Street, Facebook vs Apple, and YouTube vs TikTok
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 223


🏹 Robinhood says due to “recent volatility” it is restricting trading in some stocks, including GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry, and Nokia, to “position closing only” 🔗

🇺🇸 #AOC, #TedCruz slam #Robinhood for freezing some trades amid #GameStop volatility 🔗

🇺🇸 #US Senate to hold hearing on the stock market after #Reddit #GameStop squeeze 🔗


👉 Google deleted ~100K reviews for the Robinhood app on the Play Store, bringing its rating back to 4 stars, after users dropped its rating to 1-star 🔗


👉 #Telegram launches a tool to let users import chat history from #WhatsApp, #Line, or #KakaoTalk on #Android and #iOS 🔗


⚔️ #Facebook is preparing an #antitrust lawsuit against #Apple for forcing developers to abide by #AppStore rules that Apple's own apps don't have to follow 🔗


👉 #Facebook's #OversightBoard issues first-ever rulings, which Facebook said it will abide by, overturning four out of the five cases it reviewed 🔗


🪙 #Coinbase officially announces its intent to become a public company via direct listing 🔗


👉 #YouTube is testing the ability to make short clips, from 5 to 60 seconds, of livestreams or videos, starting today on desktop and #Android devices 🔗


👉 #YouTube says its #TikTok competitor #YouTubeShorts is getting 3.5B views per day in its test run in #India and plans to expand the feature into more markets in 2021 🔗


🚗 #FaradayFuture is going public and raising $1 billion 🔗


🚗 #Tesla's Roadster won't go into production until 2022 🔗


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​​Apple’s privacy labels, the new Matrix movie, and the SolarWinds that keep blowing from Russia
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 224


👉 A spot check finds some apps in #Apple's #AppStore with inaccurate #privacy “nutrition labels” that downplay how much data they send to #Facebook, #Google, others 🔗


🇷🇺 Investigators say suspected Russian #hack extends far beyond #SolarWinds, with ~30% of the victims having no connection to the software 🔗


👉 #Facebook's #OversightBoard is taking public comments on Facebook's decision to ban #Trump and if it complied with “freedom of expression and human rights” 🔗


📈 According to #Canalys, #iPad shipments grew 40% YoY to 19.2M in Q4 2020 and across all of 2020 #Apple shipped an estimated 58.8M tablets, up 24% YoY from 2019 🔗


🚗 #Tesla’s new Model S will automatically shift between park, reverse, and drive 🔗


🚀 #ElonMusk’s #SpaceX violated its launch license in explosive Starship test, triggering an #FAA probe 🔗


🍿 Alleged #Matrix4 leak suggests a new title: #Matrix Resurrections 🔗


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Triple 🔥: Elon, Clubhouse, Robinhood
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 225


🔥 #ElonMusk on #Clubhouse talking Mars, AI crypto, vaccine, — and suddenly interviewing #VladTenev, the CEO of #Robinhood the trading app 🔗


💉 #VAMS, a #CDC website built by #Deloitte at a cost of $44M to manage rollout of the #COVID19 vaccine, has been abandoned by states due to bugs and problems 🔗


🏹 #Robinhood explains why it placed restrictions on certain securities over the past week, says its clearinghouse-mandated deposit for equities increased tenfold 🔗


🇨🇳📱📉 According to #Canalysm, #smartphone shipments in #China fell 4% YoY to 84M in Q4 2020 and shipments for 2020 fell 11% YoY to 330M, as #iPhone's share jumped from 15% to 18% YoY 🔗


🇮🇳📱📉 #Smartphone shipments in #India fell 4% YoY to ~150M in 2020 and H2 2020 saw 100M+ shipments; among the top 5 brands, realme grew the most at 22% YoY 🔗


💻📈 According to #Canalys, a record 11.2M #Chromebooks were shipped in Q4 2020, up 287% YoY, with #Lenovo Chromebooks up 1,766%; in 2020, 30.7M Chromebooks were shipped, up 109% 🔗


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Face ID and mask problem solved, Ford cars on Android, and more SolarWinds
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 226


🎮 #Google says it will close its two #Stadia game studios, in LA and Montreal, and Stadia head Jade Raymond is leaving; the closure will affect ~150 developers 🔗


😷⌚️ #Apple releases the first #iOS 14.5 beta, which lets users unlock their #iPhones with #FaceID while wearing a mask if they are also wearing an #AppleWatch 🔗


🏹 #Robinhood says it has raised $2.4B from shareholders, just days after raising ~$1B 🔗


👉 #Ford says “millions” of its vehicles will run on #Android starting in 2023, as it signs a six-year deal for #GoogleCloud to provide connected vehicle services 🔗


👉 #Facebook is testing a notification for Facebook and #Instagram #iOS app users globally that encourages opting in to tracking for a “better ads experience” 🔗


🇺🇸 #SolarWinds hackers who breached #US federal court system likely gained access to sealed documents containing trade secrets, espionage targets, and more 🔗


🍎 #Apple releases an #iCloudPasswords browser extension for #GoogleChrome on #Windows 🔗


💸 #Google to pay $2.59 million to settle allegations of discrimination 🔗


🎮 #iOS 14.5 will support #PS5 DualSense and #Xbox Series X controllers 🔗


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Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon’s CEO, Amazon & Alphabet’s earnings, and Instagram’s new features
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 227


👀 #Amazon says #JeffBezos will transition to the role of Executive Chair in Q3, with #AWS CEO #AndyJassy becoming the CEO of Amazon at that time 🔗


👉 #FTC says #Amazon will pay $61.7M to settle charges that it withheld some customer tips from #Flex drivers over 2.5 years; FTC will use the sum to pay the drivers 🔗


👉 #Robinhood CEO #VladTenev is expected to testify before the House Financial Services Committee in a panel hearing on #GameStop on February 18 🔗


🗑 #Instagram now puts deleted content into a Recently Deleted folder for 30 days, where it can be restored by the user; deleted Stories disappear after 24 hours 🔗


✋ #Instagram is stopping some people from posting feed photos to #InstagramStories 🔗


🍻 #Uber is buying alcohol delivery service, #Drizly for $1.1B 🔗


🚗 #Tesla recalls almost 135,000 vehicles over touchscreen failures 🔗


👉 #Huawei’s #HarmonyOS appears to just be a forked version of #Android 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Amazon Q4: net sales of $125.6B, up 44% YoY, net income of $7.2B, up from $3.3B YoY, with full year net sales increasing to $386.1B, up 38% YoY 🔗


💲 #Alphabet Q4: revenue of $56.90B, up 23% YoY, Google Cloud revenue of $3.83B, up from $2.6B, and YouTube ads revenue of $6.89B, up from $4.7B 🔗


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More on Apple Car, More of SolarWinds, and Netflix’s Golden Globe nominations
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 228


🍎🚗 #Apple plans $3.6B investment in #Kia, with a deal on Feb. 17, and aims to start making cars in Georgia, #US in 2024, with initial target of 100K cars/year 🔗


🦹 #SolarWinds CEO says hackers had breached the company's #Office365 email system for at least nine months starting December 2019 🔗


🎮 #Sony says it shipped 4.5M #PlayStation5 units worldwide in 2020 🔗


👉 #Parler’s CEO has been fired 🔗


👉 #Instagram is working on a #TikTok-style vertical feed for #InstagramStories 🔗


👉 #TikTok now has an official #AndroidTV app, sort of 🔗


🏆 #Netflix kicks off award season with 42 #GoldenGlobe nominations 🔗


👉 #TikTok will now warn you about videos with questionable information 🔗 #disinfo


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #PayPal Q4: revenue of $6.12B, up 23% YoY, total payments volume of $277B, up 36% YoY, and 16M new active accounts, up 72% YoY 🔗


💲 #Spotify Q4: 345M MAUs, up 27% YoY, as paying subscribers grew to 155M, up 24% YoY, topping expectations; revenue was up 17% YoY to €2.17B 🔗


💲 #EA Q3: revenue of $1.67B, up 5% YoY; says it plans to bring back college football video games, announced a multiyear EA Sports FIFA game exclusivity deal 🔗


💲 #Sony Q3: revenue of $8.4B in Q3, up 40% YoY; operating profit of $763.3M, up 50% 🔗


💲 #Qualcomm Q1: revenue of $8.24B, up 62% YoY but below $8.27B est., with net income of $2.46B, up 165% YoY 🔗


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Apple’s headset, Microsoft’s bet, Trump’s effect on Twitter
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 229


🍎 #Apple is planning a $3,000+ mixed-reality headset with 8K displays, eye-tracking tech, and 12+ cameras to track hand movements and show the real world 🔗


👉 #Microsoft launches #Viva, an employee intranet with #LinkedIn integration, access to communication tools like #SharePoint and #Yammer, training content, and more 🔗


🪦 #Amazon is quietly transitioning its #US warehouse workers to 10-hour graveyard shifts; labor experts say the move is to cut costs and pay for fewer benefits 🔗


👉 According to #Apptopia, since #Trump was banned from #Twitter, daily use of Twitter has remained remarkably consistent 🔗


✋ #Google is reportedly working on an anti-tracking feature for #Android 🔗 #privacy


🇮🇳 #PayPal is shutting down domestic payments business in #India 🔗


👻 #Snap says #Snapchat Spotlight, its TikTok competitor, already has 100 million monthly users 🔗


🤝 #Instagram, #TikTok, and #Twitter team up to crack down on hackers who steal rare usernames 🔗


💰 #Venmo to gain crypto, budgeting, bill pay, and Honey integrations this year 🔗


👉 #GoogleChrome 88 update includes important security fix for zero-day vulnerability 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Snap Q4: revenue of $911M, up 62% YoY, vs $857.4M est., DAUs were up 22% YoY to 265M 🔗


💲 #Pinterest Q4: revenue of $706M, up 76% YoY and beating estimates of $645.6M, and 459M global MAUs, up 37% YoY and above estimates of 449.4M 🔗


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Section 230, Snap backing Apple, and Zucks on Clubhouse
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 230


👉 Democratic senators' SAFE TECH Act will strip #Section230 immunity for any ads or posts violating civil rights, antitrust, cyberstalking, human rights laws 🔗


👉 #Snap says #Apple's changes to #IDFA will interrupt demand; Unity says IDFA changes will affect how mobile game developers “optimise lifetime customer value” 🔗


👉 While #Trump was in office, the #TrumpOrg negotiated a 40% stake in #Parler in exchange for making it his main social network; the deal never finalised 🔗


👉 #MarkZuckerberg made a surprise appearance on #Clubhouse on Thursday, discussing #VR, #AR, #Facebook's Reality Labs group, and remote work 🔗


👉 #TikTok's launch on #AndroidTVs in #France, #Germany, and the #UK yesterday is part of its push to diversify its audience and bring its stars into the mainstream 🔗


🤝 Miami mayor says #ElonMusk will tunnel under the city for just $30 million 🔗


🎶 #UniversalMusic pulls its catalog from music video app #Triller 🔗


🚀 Three countries (🇦🇪🇨🇳🇺🇸) are due to reach #Mars in the next two weeks 🔗


🇮🇳 #India is restoring #4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir after 18 months 🔗


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​​Elon’s taking Dogecoin to the moon, Reddit’s Super Bowl ad, and Internet shut down in Myanmar amid protests
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 231


🚀 After a flurry of tweets from #ElonMusk in recent weeks, #DogeCoin, which launched in 2013 as a joke, has jumped in price from half a cent on Jan. 1 to ~8 cents 🔗


👉 Leaked cellphone data from the siege at the #US #Capitol demonstrates how advertising IDs can be used to identify and track the movement of specific individuals 🔗


🇨🇳 #China issues new anti-monopoly rules putting more pressure on its local tech giants like #Alibaba, #Tencent, and #JD 🔗


🇲🇲 As protests grow in #Myanmar, #NetBlocks says the country's internet connectivity fell to 16% of ordinary levels, indicating a near-total internet shutdown 🔗


💪 #Intel tries to take down #AppleSilicon M1 chip with a flurry of benchmarks 🔗


🏈 #Reddit bought a five-second #SuperBowl spot celebrating #GameStock 🔗


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​​Bitcoin’s surge, Twitter’s subscription, and Clubhouse’s run in China
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 232


🤯 #Bitcoin surges after #ElonMusk’s #Tesla announces $1.5-billion investment 🔗


👉 #Facebook will now take down posts claiming vaccines cause autism 🔗 #disinfo


👉 #Twitter is building subscription products to ease its dependence on ads, including “tipping” for exclusive content and charging for #TweetDeck 🔗


🇨🇳 #Clubhouse is now blocked in #China after an uncensored period during which it grew rapidly 🔗


👉 #Zoom adds facial effects so you can look your weirdest during meetings 🔗


👉 #Fitbit's latest tracking feature reminds you to log your blood glucose levels 🔗


🎶 #TikTok now has access to #UniversalMusic's full catalog of artists 🔗


👉 #Apple’s former hardware leader reportedly now overseeing #AR & #VR devices 🔗


🎙 #MarkCuban is co-founding #Fireside, a #podcast app where hosts can talk to fans live and monetise their conversations, with plans to launch this year 🔗


🎧 In the #iOS 14.5 beta, #Apple has finally added the ability to set a default music streaming service, including #Spotify, when using #Siri to play songs 🔗


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The first look Android 12, Instagram’s TikTok problem, and police playing music — but not for fun
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 233

👀 This may be our first look at #Android12, #Google’s next #Android OS 🔗


👮 #Police officers in Beverly Hills have played licensed music while being filmed by citizens, seemingly in an effort to trigger social networks' copyright filters 🔗


🥲 #Instagram says its algorithm won’t promote #Reels that have a #TikTok watermark 🔗


💰 #Reddit raises $250 million in Series E funding 🔗


👉 #FacebookMessenger update makes it easier to handle unwanted messages 🔗


👉 #Shopify expands its payment option, #ShopPay, to its merchants on #Facebook and #Instagram 🔗


🇦🇪 The #UAE reaches #Mars for the first time with its Hope probe 🔗


🎮 #Sony patent hints at Back Button Attachment for the #PS5’s DualSense controller 🔗


🎧 #Spotify confirms it’s (finally) testing a lyrics feature in the U.S. 🔗


👉 #Amazon is developing a wall-mounted #Echo device with a large touchscreen that serves as a #SmartHome control panel, video chat device, and media player 🔗

👉 #Twitter’s #JackDorsey wants to build an app store for #SocialMedia algorithms 🔗


🇮🇳 #Twitter says it won't block activists, journalists and politicians in #India 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Twitter Q4: revenue of $1.29B, up 28% YoY; average monetisable daily active usage growth of 27% YoY to 192M, net income of $222M, up from $119M YoY 🔗


💲 #Cisco Q2: revenue of $11.96B, nearly flat YoY; Security revenue of $822M, up 10% YoY; Infrastructure Platforms revenue down 3% YoY to $6.39B 🔗


💲 #Lyft Q4: revenue of $569.9M, down 44% YoY, but slightly higher than Q3, as FY 2020 net losses narrowed to $1.8B from $2.6B thanks to aggressive cost cuts 🔗


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