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Nvidiaโ€™s Arm acquisition, Facebookโ€™s smartwatch, and Elon Muskโ€™s carbon tax pitch
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 236

๐Ÿ‘‰ #Google, #Microsoft, and #Qualcomm are among companies asking #US to intervene in #Nvidia's #Arm acquisition, and at least one company wants the deal killed ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Facebook is building an #Android-based #smartwatch with health and fitness capabilities, which it aims to launch in 2022 ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ’ฐ #JackDorsey and #JayZ create โ‚ฟtrust (#BitcoinTrust) endowment with 500 bitcoin, worth $23M+, to fund teams working on #Bitcoin development, initially in #Africa and #India ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Apple launches its first standalone #AppleTV+ #AR app, with a #ForAllMankind backstory and exclusive content for the latest #iPadPro and #iPhone12Pro models ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘Ž #ElonMusk says the #Biden administration shot down his #CarbonTax pitch ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Spotify to let employees keep working remotely (#WFH) and now choose what country they work from ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ”’ #GoogleChrome for #iOS will soon keep incognito tabs even more secret with #FaceID ๐Ÿ”—


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โ€‹โ€‹Mark Zuckerberg wants to โ€œinflict painโ€ on Apple, Elon Musk wants to Clubhouse with Putin, and Apple Car
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 237

๐Ÿ‘‰ Sources shed light on the increasingly personal battle between #TimCook and #MarkZuckerberg, who in private reportedly said โ€œwe need to inflict painโ€ on #Apple ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ Out of about $150B raised by #US companies in #VC funding in 2020, only $1B went to Black or African-American startup founders ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“ฑ #Apple's next #iPhone might boast an always-on display ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽ๐Ÿš˜ #Nissan says itโ€™s not in #Apple car discussions ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ #Clubhouse says it will improve security after researchers raise #China spying concerns ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ #ElonMusk wants #Putin on #Clubhouse ๐Ÿ”—


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Microsoftโ€™s xCloud, Clubhouseโ€™s Inevitability, and Parlerโ€™s return!
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 238

๐Ÿ‘‰ #Microsoft is testing a browser-based version of its #xCloud game streaming service, currently for #Chromium browsers like #GoogleChrome and #MicrosoftEdge ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Clubhouse, which centralizes creation and consumption into a feedback loop, will do for audio what #Twitter, Stories, and #TikTok did for text, images, and video ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #UK filing: #OnePlus co-founder #CarlPei's new venture #Nothing has acquired #Essential, #AndyRubin's now-defunct #smartphone brand ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Parler is back online after a month of downtime ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿš˜ #Tesla ordered to recall 12,300 Model X EVs over a loose trim issue ๐Ÿ”—


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โ€‹โ€‹Bitcoin breaking barrier, Epic lost in ND, and Microsoft unified
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 239

๐Ÿ“ˆ #Bitcoin briefly breaks the $50,000 barrier as #Coinbaseโ€™s direct listing looms ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #LastPass Free users must choose between mobile or computers for unlimited device access starting March 16 ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ North Dakota state Senate blocks bill that would have required app stores to allow devs to use their own payment systems; #Epic lobbied in favour of the bill ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Microsoft begins testing a Kids Mode for #MicrosoftEdge ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Appleโ€™s adjusting emoji in #iOS14.5 to promote helmet use and sell headphones ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Facebook users rarely saw voting misinformation labeled โ€˜false,โ€™ says study โ€” especially if it came from #Trump ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Microsoft's unified #MicrosoftOffice experience comes to #iPad ๐Ÿ”—


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Facebook in Australia, Hackers from North Korea, and Epicโ€™s fight in Europe
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 240

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Ahead of proposed media law in Australia, #Facebook bans Australians from sharing or viewing news and all users from sharing and viewing news on Australian news Pages ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต #US DOJ charges three suspected #NorthKorea-n #hackers for allegedly conspiring to steal and extort over $1.3B in cash and #cryptocurrency from banks and businesses ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ #EpicGames files a formal #antitrust complaint against #Apple with the European Commission, claiming that Apple imposes commercially unviable burdens on rivals ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ’ฐ Sources: #Coinbase facilitated #Tesla's $1.5B #bitcoin purchase during the first week of Feb.; source says Coinbase has over five #Fortune500 companies as clients ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Reddit publishes its 2020 transparency report: 233M pieces of content were removed out of 3.4B total; 82,858 subreddits were removed, up 4x from 2019 ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #ChromeOS market share passed #macOS for the first time in 2020, up 4.4 points YoY to 10.8%; #Windows fell 4.9 points to 80.5%, macOS rose 0.8 points to 7.5% ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Facebook will add a new label to some #ClimateChange posts in the #UK ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #WhiteHouse now says 100 companies hit by #SolarWinds hack, but more may be impacted ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Facebook's hosting live influencer 'meet and greets' on its #Cameo clone ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #GoogleMaps will now let you pay for public transportation and parking through its app ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽ™ #Twitterโ€™s voice DMs arrive in #India ๐Ÿ”—


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Facebook fighting media tax, Android 12โ€™s preview, and Perseverance lands on Mars
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 241

๐Ÿ’ธ #Facebook's refusal to pay a misguided media tax, pushed by #RupertMurdoch, is a defence of the open web and criticising it for rejecting a link tax is bizarre ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Google releases #Android12 developer preview, available for Pixel devices, with under-the-hood changes adding security ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ #MarkZuckerberg, #SundarPichai, and #JackDorsey are scheduled to testify at the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on platform misinformation March 25 ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Perseverance lands safely on #Mars and sends back its first images of the surface ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #SaudiArabia has invested billions in #Activision, #EA and #TakeTwo ๐Ÿ”—


#๏ธโƒฃ #EarningsCalls

๐Ÿ’ฒ #Baidu Q4: revenue of $4.64B, up 4.8% YoY, driven by a 52% increase in its non-ad businesses, and forecasts sales of $4B-$4.4B for Q1, topping estimates ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ’ฒ #Roku Q4: revenue of $650M vs $615M expected, up 58% YoY, net profit of $65.2M vs an expected loss; 14.3M active accounts were added for FY2020 ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ’ฒ #Dropbox Q4: revenue of $504.1M, up 14% YoY, vs estimates of $498M, says it has 15.48M paying users, up from 14.31M YoY ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ’ฒ #Twilio Q4: revenue of $548.1M, up 65% YoY, vs. $454.7M est.; says it now has 221,000 active customer accounts, up from 179,000 at the end of 2019 ๐Ÿ”—


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Google fired another AI ethics leader,Bitcoinโ€™s new market cap record, and Uberโ€™s case in the UK
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 242

๐Ÿ‘‰ #MargaretMitchell, co-lead of #Google's Ethical #AI team, says she has been fired; Google says an employee conduct review confirmed multiple policy violations ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“ˆ #Bitcoin's market capitalisation passes $1T as its price surges above $56K ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Apple is working on a magnetically attached battery pack for #iPhone 12 that would wirelessly charge the handset ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ #UK Supreme Court rules that #Uber drivers should be classified as workers, not independent contractors, concluding an almost five-year legal battle ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽ๐Ÿš˜ Sources: #Apple is in talks with suppliers for next-gen #lidar sensors for self-driving cars, that will be considered cutting edge four to five years from now ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ #Apple reportedly negotiating to build #iPad in #India ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“บ The #YouTube #Android app can now play 4K HDR videos ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿš€ #Linux has made it to #Mars ๐Ÿ”—


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Zuckโ€™s intervention, New malware discovered, and Metallicaโ€™s least metal music โ€” ever!
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 243

๐Ÿ‘‰ #MarkZuckerberg's personal intervention to reduce the severity of #AlexJones' ban in 2019 slowed down #Facebook's efforts to deal with dangerous content ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿชฑ Researchers discover #macOS #malware dubbed #SilverSparrow on at least 30K Macs, which includes a native #AppleSilicon M1 version and leverages the Installer JavaScript API ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ˜’ #WhatsApp says users who haven't accepted its new #privacy policy by May 15 can receive calls and notifications โ€œfor a short timeโ€, but not read or send messages ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿคฆ #Twitch replaced the audio for #Metallica's โ€œFor Whom The Bell Tollsโ€ with folk music during the band's BlizzCon livestream, presumably to avoid a #DMCA notice ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ›ฌ #UnitedAirlines flight safely lands after dramatic engine failure caught on camera ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‘‹ #SouthKoreaโ€™s prime minister has joined #Clubhouse ๐Ÿ”—


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Spotifyโ€™s lossless audio, Appleโ€™s lead in smartphone market, and Google finally adds iOSโ€™s privacy labels
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 244

๐Ÿ’ฟ #Spotify to launch a subscription later this year called HiFi that will offer โ€œCD-quality, lossless audioโ€; Spotify currently tops out at 320kbps audio ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Spotify to launch an audio advertising marketplace, the #SpotifyAudienceNetwork, and plans to offer #podcasts on its self-serve ad platform #SpotifyAdStudio ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“ฑ #Gartner: in Q4 2020, #Apple sold 80M new #iPhones globally, overtaking #Samsung to become the largest smartphone vendor, increasing its market share by ~15% ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“ง #Google has finally added #iOSโ€™s #privacy labels to #Gmail ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Filings: #Google, #Microsoft, #Amazon, #Apple, and #Facebook made up the biggest sources of #Biden campaign contributions among corporate employees, who gave $15.1M+ ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ Researchers say a change in #iOS14.5 beta, which improves how #iOS handles pointers, makes sandbox escapes and โ€œ0-clickโ€ attacks much harder to pull off ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Epic will give #Fortnite and #RocketLeague players who have bought loot boxes ~$8 worth of credits and set aside $26M+ for claims to settle a class action suit ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‹ #Clubhouse says it has added security safeguards and banned a user after some Clubhouse audio and metadata was found on a third-party website ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽ๐Ÿชฑ #Apple says it has revoked certificates for dev accounts used by the creator of the #SilverSparrow #malware, effectively preventing new Macs from being infected ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Instagram is adding easier access to support for eating disorders ๐Ÿ”—


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Australia and Facebook becoming friends again, Androidโ€™s new features, and someone bought $170M worth of Bitcoin
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 245

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ #Australia says #Facebook agreed to reinstate news content in Australia in the coming days after the government promised amendments to its proposed media bill ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Google announces new features for #Android, including a way to schedule texts and a Password Checkup tool to notify users of compromised credentials ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿช New #Firefox update adds support for multiple picture-in-picture windows and โ€œTotal Cookie Protectionโ€, to prevent the use of cookies to track users across sites ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Square announces it spent $170M to acquire 3,318 #Bitcoin-s at an average price of $51,236, following its earlier $50M bet on the #cryptocurrency ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Starโ€™s launch means lots of new content for #DisneyPlus โ€” but not in the #US ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ #Twitter bans 100 accounts linked to Russian troll farms ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Google struggles to fix its new #Stadia game after shutting down own studios ๐Ÿ”—


#๏ธโƒฃ #EarningsCalls

๐Ÿ’ฒ #Square Q4: revenue of $3.16B vs estimates of $3.10B, up from $1.31B a year earlier, with $1.76B revenue from bitcoin and #CashApp revenue of $416M ๐Ÿ”—


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โ€‹โ€‹Clubhouseโ€™s latest celeb, Australia & Facebook, and Bitcoin
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 246

โ™ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ  #BillGates was on #Clubhouse last night ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ #Australia passes law requiring #Facebook and Google to pay for news content. The law has the support of #Microsoft ๐Ÿ”—

๐Ÿ‘‰ #Facebook defends its stance in #Australia, says it invested $600M since 2018 to support the news industry and plans at least $1B more over the next three years ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #HP says it is acquiring gaming peripheral company #HyperX for $425M, giving the company a major foothold in the gaming accessory market ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ’ฐ Business intelligence firm #MicroStrategy buys 19,452 #Bitcoin, worth $1.0261B, and now holds ~90K Bitcoin, worth ~$4.5B at current prices ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ #TikTok removed more than 300,000 videos for #USElection misinformation ๐Ÿ”— #disinfo


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Zoom adding automatic closed captioning for all free accounts ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“ˆ #GameStop stock just jumped 100%, and #WallStreetBets is ecstatic, ๐Ÿ”— but then #Reddit goes down for many ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿคฆ #Twitterโ€™s new hacking label has already been hacked ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“Œ You can now embed #Pinterest Pins in #MicrosoftWord and #MicrosoftOneNote ๐Ÿ”—


#๏ธโƒฃ #EarningsCalls

๐Ÿ’ฒ #Nvidia Q4: revenue of $5B vs. $4.8B expected, up 61% YoY, data centre revenue of $1.9B, up 97% YoY, and gaming revenue of $2.5B, up 67% YoY ๐Ÿ”—


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โ€‹โ€‹Twitterโ€™s new features, ByteDance to settle, and Coinbase to go public
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 247

๐Ÿฆ #Twitter announces Super Follow feature to let users charge for tweets, and a Communities feature to let users create and join groups based on specific interests ๐Ÿ”—


โค๏ธ #Telegram update adds auto-delete option to all messages, expiring invites, and more ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ’ฐ #Coinbase files its S-1, reveals profit of $322M in 2020 on $1.2B in revenue, up from a loss of $30M in 2019 on $533M in revenue ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #ByteDance has agreed to a $92M class action settlement over data privacy claims from some #US #TikTok users, according to court documents ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿน #Robinhood says it has added 6M new crypto customers so far in 2021; Robinhood averaged ~200K new crypto customers a month in 2020 ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท #Apple forced to add #iPhone and MacBook repairability scores to comply with the laws in #France ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿฆ  #Facebook says it wonโ€™t loosen #COVID19 policies after #OversightBoard request ๐Ÿ”—


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โ€‹โ€‹Stadiaโ€™s failure, Facebookโ€™s Bars, and the next Batman comic series
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 248

๐ŸŽฎ Inside #Google #Stadia's failure as sources say it missed targets for controller sales and MAUs by hundreds of thousands after spending tens of millions on games ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ“ฑ European #smartphone market shrank by 14% YoY in 2020, with #Xiaomi up 85% and #Huawei down 62%; #Apple hit record market share of 30% in Q4 helped by #iPhone 12 ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽถ #Facebookโ€™s new app #Bars will let you rap over pre-made beats ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿฆ‡ #Batmanโ€™s next comic series is a #Fortnite crossover ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ”ˆ #Apple, #Google, and #Amazon are training their voice assistants to better understand people with speech disorders such as stutter ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿน #US regulators probe #Robinhood over trading curbs ๐Ÿ”—


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SolarWinds CEO goes โ€œit wasnโ€™t me; it was the internโ€ and Facebookโ€™s privacy settlement
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 249

๐Ÿ’จ In a hearing with #US lawmakers, ex-SolarWinds CEO blamed an intern for the โ€œsolarwinds123โ€ password leak discovered in 2019 that had exposed a #SolarWinds server ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ Judge approves $650 million #Facebook privacy settlement over facial recognition feature ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽค #Facebook's #BARS is an experimental #TikTok-like app for rappers ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ The #Wikileaks-style group #DDoSecrets claims that #Parler-like site #Gab has been breached and is now set to share 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Skydio raises $171M led by #a16z at a valuation of $1B+, the first significant fundraising by a #US-based drone maker after #China's #DJI was blacklisted by the US ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“บ #Netflix dominates the #GoldenGlobes with help from 'The Crown' ๐Ÿ”—


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โ€‹โ€‹Foldable iPhone, Instagramโ€™s Live Rooms, and Volvoโ€™s EVs
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 250

๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“ฑ #Kuo: #iPhone13 to have smaller notch, larger battery; Pro models to use 120Hz displays; #iPhone mini to return; he has โ€œno visibilityโ€ of power button Touch ID ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Instagram launches #LiveRooms for live broadcasts with up to four creators, up from two, and says it will roll out new audio features in coming months ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽ Every #Apple Store in the #US is open for the first time since March 2020, with many starting to offer in-store shopping after operating as Express storefronts ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ”‹๐Ÿš˜ #Volvo says it will only sell electric cars by 2030 and only sell cars online ๐Ÿ”—, meanwhile its first #EV is stuck on cargo ships waiting for a software update ๐Ÿ”—,


๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ’‰ #Twitter is tweaking its approach to vaccine misinformation ๐Ÿ”—


#๏ธโƒฃ #EarningsCalls

๐Ÿ’ฒ #Zoom Q4: revenue of $882M, up 369% YoY, vs. $812M est., 467K customers with 10+ employees, projected Q1 revenue of $900M-$905M, vs. $829M est. ๐Ÿ”—


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Microsoftโ€™s new stuff, AI to rule the world, and Spotify to surpass Apple
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 251

๐Ÿ‘‰ #Microsoft unveils #MicrosoftMesh, a mixed-reality platform on #Azure, and demos a meeting service to let users join virtual rooms using devices like #HoloLens 2 ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ” #MicrosoftTeams is getting end-to-end encryption support ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿค– #US is not fully prepared for AI competition with #China according to a report from the #NationalSecurityCommission on #AI chaired by #EricSchmidt ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Sony says the #PlayStation Store will stop offering movie and TV show purchases and rentals on Aug. 31, citing users' preference for video streaming services ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽง #Spotify is on track to reach #US monthly podcast listenership of 28.2M by the end of this year and surpass #Apple's #Podcasts for the first time ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Facebook #OversightBoard member told #UK Parliament that the panel feels constrained when reviewing decisions on a case-by-case basis, may seek algorithm access ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Twitter users on #Android can now join and talk in its #Clubhouse-like live audio #TwitterSpaces and will be able to create their own Spaces in an upcoming update ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ•ถ #DJI launches an all-in-one #FPV (First Person View) #drone system ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ #Intel ordered to pay $2.18 billion in patent lawsuit ๐Ÿ”—


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โ€‹โ€‹Brave goes after Google, Netflix goes after TikTok, and Twitterโ€™s eCommerce bet
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 252

๐Ÿ‘‰ #Google promises it will not build alternate identifiers to track users after phasing out third-party tracking cookies ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ Publicly traded identity management company #Okta says it is acquiring #Auth0, one of its biggest challengers, in an all-stock deal valued at $6.5B ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Brave acquires #Tailcat, an open source search engine made by the team behind the #Cliqz anti-tracking browser, and shares plans to launch Brave Search ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Netflix launches #FastLaughs, a #TikTok-like feed in its mobile apps that presents a string of comedy clips from its stand-up specials, TV series, and movies ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #Twitter says it is testing a new style of displaying tweets that link to e-commerce product pages, after it was spotted by a Twitter for #Android user in #Qatar ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ #Facebook takes down hundreds of fake #Instagram accounts in #Russia ๐Ÿ”—


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Appleโ€™s antitrust case in the UK, Squareโ€™s musical bet, and Kings of NFT
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 253

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง #UK #antitrust authorities say they plan to investigate #Apple's #AppStore to probe whether it is abusing its market power to restrict competition ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #JackDorseyโ€™s #Square acquires a majority stake in #JayZ's streaming service #Tidal for $297M; Jay-Z will join Square's board ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Nintendo plans to unveil a new #Switch model in 2021 that will come with 7-inch 720p #Samsung OLED display, and support 4K graphics when docked with TVs ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Facebook adds one-to-one voice and video calling to the #WhatsApp desktop app, but the browser version, WhatsApp Web, is not getting this feature at the moment ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค #KingsOfLeon to be one of the first bands to debut an album as part of an #NFT package, with tokens unlocking perks like limited-edition vinyl and concert seats ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ As #Clubhouse grows in popularity, companies like the just-launched #AudioCollective seek to cater to creators, offering event planning and brand consulting ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Microsoft gives #Windows10 Insiders a redesigned news feed ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ Far-right news and misinformation received the most engagement on #Facebook during 2020 #USElection ๐Ÿ”—


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Appleโ€™s VR/AR plans, another hack, and another Russian misinfo campaign
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 254

๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘“ #Kuo: #Apple plans to release a mixed reality headset in mid-2022 for around $1K, followed by #AR glasses by 2025 and โ€œcontact lens typeโ€ devices by 2030-2040 ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ 30,000 orgsโ€™ email hacked via #Microsoft Exchange Server flaws ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Facebook under probe for โ€˜systemicโ€™ racial bias in hiring and promotions ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian intelligence reportedly used fake news sites to spread misinformation about coronavirus vaccines ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“ฑ The #OnePlus 9 series will debut with #Hasselblad-tuned cameras on March 23rd ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿš˜๐Ÿ”‹ #Porsche now owns almost a quarter of #EV car maker #Rimac ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–ฅ #Appleโ€™s #iMacPro is being discontinued ๐Ÿ”—


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โ€‹โ€‹Appleโ€™s quick OS updates, Appleโ€™s and Googleโ€™s strategy for kids, and OpenAIโ€™s hole
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 255

๐ŸŽ #Apple releases #iOS 14.4.1 and #macOS 11.2.3 to address a #WebKit flaw that could allow #hackers to run arbitrary code on devices via malicious web content ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Discord generated $130M in revenue in 2020, up from $45M in 2019, and isn't profitable; CEO #JasonCitron says its focus will be subscriptions, not ads ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Hummerโ€™s electric SUV will be revealed on April 3rd ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“บ #GoogleTV is adding #kids profiles this month in the #US ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽง #Apple adds curated podcast collections for #kids ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Microsoft was warned months ago โ€” now, the #Hafnium #hack has grown to gigantic proportions ๐Ÿ”—


โŒš๏ธ #TagHeuer's Connected watch now has its own wellness app ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘€ #OpenAIโ€™s state-of-the-art machine vision #AI is fooled by handwritten notes ๐Ÿ”—


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โ€‹โ€‹Dropboxโ€™s new acquisition, NFTs, Googleโ€™s ChromeOS
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines โ€” issue no. 256

๐Ÿ“ฆ #Dropbox announces plans to acquire secure document sharing startup #DocSend for $165M; DocSend had raised $15.3M and has 17K customers ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ In a #privacy policy update, #TMobile says it will automatically enrol all subscribers in an ad program informed by their online activity, starting on April 26 ๐Ÿ”—, meanwhileโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ’ฐ #JohnLegere, CEO of #TMobile US bought an $888,888.88 #NFT from #SteveAoki ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ’ฐ #JackDorsey will convert #NFT tweet auction proceeds to #bitcoin and donate them to charity ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘“ In an interview, #MarkZuckerberg discusses #AR / #VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to โ€œteleportโ€ to locations for in-person meetings ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Google adds features to #ChromeOS including Phone Hub, which lets #Android users control aspects of their phones, like replying to texts, from their #Chromebooks ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ‘‰ #Ripple says its partnership with #MoneyGram has ended; MoneyGram suspended its use of Ripple's platform in February amid #SEC's lawsuit against #RippleLabs ๐Ÿ”— #XRP


๐Ÿ‘‰ #TikTok has 3000+ staff in #Europe, up from 1600 since September, with plans for 3 London offices, despite calling off London as its global HQ last July ๐Ÿ”—


๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ #Apple starts assembling #iPhone 12 in #India ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿ“ˆ #DisneyPlus has more than 100 million subscribers ๐Ÿ”—


๐Ÿฆ๐ŸŸฃ๐Ÿ”ด #Twitter says itโ€™ll eventually let people natively record their #TwitterSpaces ๐Ÿ”—


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