Apple’s antitrust case in the UK, Square’s musical bet, and Kings of NFT
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 253

🇬🇧 #UK #antitrust authorities say they plan to investigate #Apple's #AppStore to probe whether it is abusing its market power to restrict competition 🔗


👉 #JackDorsey’s #Square acquires a majority stake in #JayZ's streaming service #Tidal for $297M; Jay-Z will join Square's board 🔗


👉 #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 🔗


👉 #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 🔗


👨‍🎤 #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 🔗


👉 As #Clubhouse grows in popularity, companies like the just-launched #AudioCollective seek to cater to creators, offering event planning and brand consulting 🔗


👉 #Microsoft gives #Windows10 Insiders a redesigned news feed 🔗


👉 Far-right news and misinformation received the most engagement on #Facebook during 2020 #USElection 🔗


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Apple’s VR/AR plans, another hack, and another Russian misinfo campaign
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 254

🍎👓 #Kuo: #Apple plans to release a mixed reality headset in mid-2022 for around $1K, followed by #AR glasses by 2025 and “contact lens type” devices by 2030-2040 🔗


👉 30,000 orgs’ email hacked via #Microsoft Exchange Server flaws 🔗


👉 #Facebook under probe for ‘systemic’ racial bias in hiring and promotions 🔗


🇷🇺 Russian intelligence reportedly used fake news sites to spread misinformation about coronavirus vaccines 🔗


📱 The #OnePlus 9 series will debut with #Hasselblad-tuned cameras on March 23rd 🔗


🚘🔋 #Porsche now owns almost a quarter of #EV car maker #Rimac 🔗


🍎🖥 #Apple’s #iMacPro is being discontinued 🔗


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​​Apple’s quick OS updates, Apple’s and Google’s strategy for kids, and OpenAI’s hole
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 255

🍎 #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 🔗


👉 #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 🔗


👉 #Hummer’s electric SUV will be revealed on April 3rd 🔗


📺 #GoogleTV is adding #kids profiles this month in the #US 🔗


🎧 #Apple adds curated podcast collections for #kids 🔗


👉 #Microsoft was warned months ago — now, the #Hafnium #hack has grown to gigantic proportions 🔗


⌚️ #TagHeuer's Connected watch now has its own wellness app 🔗


👀 #OpenAI’s state-of-the-art machine vision #AI is fooled by handwritten notes 🔗


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​​Dropbox’s new acquisition, NFTs, Google’s ChromeOS
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 256

📦 #Dropbox announces plans to acquire secure document sharing startup #DocSend for $165M; DocSend had raised $15.3M and has 17K customers 🔗


👉 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 🔗, meanwhile…

💰 #JohnLegere, CEO of #TMobile US bought an $888,888.88 #NFT from #SteveAoki 🔗


💰 #JackDorsey will convert #NFT tweet auction proceeds to #bitcoin and donate them to charity 🔗


👓 In an interview, #MarkZuckerberg discusses #AR / #VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to “teleport” to locations for in-person meetings 🔗


👉 #Google adds features to #ChromeOS including Phone Hub, which lets #Android users control aspects of their phones, like replying to texts, from their #Chromebooks 🔗


👉 #Ripple says its partnership with #MoneyGram has ended; MoneyGram suspended its use of Ripple's platform in February amid #SEC's lawsuit against #RippleLabs 🔗 #XRP


👉 #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 🔗


🍎🇮🇳 #Apple starts assembling #iPhone 12 in #India 🔗


📈 #DisneyPlus has more than 100 million subscribers 🔗


🐦🟣🔴 #Twitter says it’ll eventually let people natively record their #TwitterSpaces 🔗


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Apple’s mini overestimation, your data on fire — and remember Parler?
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 257

🍎📱 #Apple cuts #iPhone12 mini orders by 70%, targets producing 75M iPhones in H1 and 230M units for all of 2021, reschedules new MacBook production to H2 🔗


🧯🇫🇷 Data centre operator #OVH says a fire destroyed some of its sites in #France, affecting cyber threat intelligence company #BadPackets, game maker #Rust, and others 🔗


🍎📃 #Apple denied #Parler reentry into the #AppStore, citing a lack of changes; source says Parler let its three remaining #iOS developers go 🔗


🐦🤳 #Twitter says it is testing displaying large images, instead of cropped previews, on #iOS and #Android and will add support for 4K photo uploads 🔗


👉 #Facebook launches #InstagramLite, an #Android app that takes up just 2MB of storage space, in 170 countries, and says #FacebookLite has 200M+ MAUs 🔗 #Instagram


🤬 #TikTok gives users the ability to approve all new comments before they appear and adds in-app prompts to discourage nasty comments 🔗


💻 #Adobe delivers native #Photoshop for #AppleSilicon Macs and a way to enlarge images without losing detail 🔗


🚗 #Waymo is disclosing more autonomous vehicle data for research purposes 🔗


🍎🇩🇪 #Apple to invest $1.2 billion in silicon design centre in #Germany 🔗


🐦🟣 #Twitter plans to let anyone start hosting #TwitterSpaces in April 🔗


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Zuck: the ultimate influencer, and a “holy crap!” NFT moment
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 258

👉 #Facebook sidelined #AI experts and weakened initiatives to clean up #misinfo because leadership didn't want to hurt #MarkZuckerberg's desire for growth 🔗


🇺🇸 #CitizenBrowser project's Split Screen tool shows #Facebook's different News Feeds for #Trump and #Biden voters, based on data from 2,500+ users across the #US 🔗


💸 #MikeWinkelmann, the digital artist known as #Beeple, sold an #NFT of his work for $69M, through a first-of-its-kind auction at Christie's 🔗
🐦 His reaction


✋ #Netflix is running a test cracking down on password sharing, prompting some users to get their own account if they don't live with the owner of the account 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ #Apple sues its former materials lead #SimonLancaster for allegedly stealing trade secrets and leaking them to the media 🔗


👉 #Facebook is making in-stream ads available on one-minute videos and is testing ads that look like stickers in Stories 🔗


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Another clash of the titans, Marco Rubio on Amazon workers’ unionisation, and behind Beeple’s $69M NFT
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 259

👉 #Google says #Microsoft's support of a bill for greater bargaining power for news pubs is “self-serving” and intended to distract from the #SolarWinds hack 🔗


💪 #MarcoRubio says he is endorsing #Amazon workers' unionisation efforts in Alabama because Amazon leadership is waging “culture war against working-class values” 🔗


👉 #MetaKovan, an anonymous digital asset investor and founder of #NFT focused crypto-based investment fund #Metapurse, is the buyer of the $69M #Beeple NFT 🔗


🇬🇧 #UK Home Office confirms trial of web surveillance tool that can track users' browsing history in partnership with two unnamed ISPs and National Crime Agency 🔗


🧐 #Facebook announces a project to train its #AI to understand what is happening in videos, using data from videos publicly available on Facebook 🔗


🕸 #TimBernersLee says internet access should be a basic right 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ #ElonMusk, #Tesla board sued in lawsuit alleging “erratic” tweets violate fiduciary duty 🔗


🍎🏡 #Apple discontinues #HomePod, but HomePod Mini will live on 🔗


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​​Apple goes mini, Stripe’s latest round, and a class action suit against Google
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 260

👉 #Apple says it is discontinuing the original #HomePod to focus on HomePod mini, will provide HomePod owners software updates and support via Apple Care 🔗


👉 #Stripe raises $600M from #SequoiaCapital and others at a valuation of $95B, becoming the most valuable private company in Silicon Valley 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ Federal judge rules #Google must face a class action suit alleging that it collects browsing history and other data even when a user is in private browsing mode 🔗


📷 #Adobe adds a new feature to #AdobeCameraRaw called Super Resolution, which uses #AI to double linear resolution of a photo, increasing its pixel count by 4x 🔗


👋 #Clubhouse says it won't require access to users' phone contacts anymore, and announces a creator accelerator program that will initially accept 20 participants 🔗


🇴🇲 #Oman blocks #Clubhouse for not having a permit, but activists suggest it may be censorship 🔗


👉 #Facebook research reportedly finds small number of users responsible for spreading vaccine doubt 🔗


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Telegram’s debt, crypto ban in India, and Signal ban in China
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 261

👉 #Hack-er paid a company called #Sakari $16 to reroute a reporter's texts and used #SMS 2FA to break into his accounts, showing the need for regulation of SMS tools 🔗


👉 Sources: #Telegram owes creditors ~$700M by the end of April and plans to sell $1B to $1.5B in company debt to cover the bill 🔗


🇮🇳💰✋ #India will reportedly introduce bill to make owning #cryptocurrency illegal 🔗


🇨🇳✋💬 #Signal's encrypted messaging app stops working in #China 🔗


🚘🔋 #Kia shows off first full images of new EV6 electric car (#EVs) 🔗


🇸🇪🔋 Swedish battery manufacturer #Northvolt receives a $14 billion order from #VW 🔗 #Sweden


💰 #Nvidia’s new beta driver unlocks RTX 3060 #Ethereum #cryptocurrency #mining 🔗


🎶 #ElonMusk produced a techno track about NFTs he’s selling as an #NFT 🔗


☠️ #Hack-ers stole #NFT-s from #NiftyGateway users 🔗


👉 #Facebook sextortionist sentenced to 75 years in prison 🔗


🇨🇳 #Baidu earns permission to test paid driverless taxi in Cangzhou 🔗


👋 #Clubhouse promises its accelerator participants either brand deals or $5K per month during the program 🔗


👉 #Facebook debuts tools to promote #COVID19 vaccinations: helping US users find slots, partnering with health authorities on WhatsApp, labelling all vaccine posts 🔗


🇦🇺 #Facebook strikes #NewsCorp deal to license news from Australian media outlets 🔗 #Australia


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Google follows Apple, Uber workers, and Instagram’s new limitations
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 262

👉 Starting July 1, Google will drop its cut of revenue devs generate from Play Store from 30% to 15% on the first $1M earned per year, after Apple's similar move 🔗


🚖🇬🇧 SEC filing: #Uber will reclassify its #UK drivers as “workers”, granting them vacation pay, minimum wage, and pension plan access, but not full employee benefits 🔗


📱🇨🇳 Sources: #Tencent & #ByteDance are testing a new tool called #CAID, developed by the #China Advertising Association, to bypass #Apple's #IDFA ad #privacy changes 🔗 - Paywalled


💬✋ #Instagram says it's introducing new policies to limit interactions between teenagers and adults, including banning adults from DMing teens who don't follow them 🔗


🤦‍♂️ Leaked audio from a February 8 meeting reveals #Parler's chief policy officer saying: “We are not going after misinformation in any way” 🔗


🇨🇳💪🇺🇸 #Huawei says it will start charging #Apple, #Samsung, and other manufacturers royalties for #5G patents, a potentially lucrative scheme as #US sanctions bite 🔗


🚨 Teen ‘mastermind’ behind the great #TwitterHack sentenced to three years in prison 🔗 #hack


🤨 #ElonMusk won’t sell his #NFT song after all 🔗


🔏 #Dropbox will have a free password manager in April — if you’ve got 50 or fewer passwords 🔗


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No Galaxy Note this year, but faster iPad Pros
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 263

👉 #Samsung says it is considering skipping launch of a new Note this year to streamline its lineup and warns of a “serious imbalance” in semiconductors globally 🔗


👉 Faster #iPad Pros may come as early as April with better cameras; #Apple aims to use MiniLED on at least the 12.9" model and has tested using Thunderbolt 🔗


👉 #Facebook outlines multiple changes for #FacebookGroups: probation for rule-breaking users, limiting civic and political groups' reach, and requiring more moderation 🔗


🍏 #Apple says it has generated 1.2 GW of clean energy and removed an average of 921K metric tons of carbon emissions annually, as part of its $4.7B Green Bond 🔗


👗 #Snap says it acquired Berlin-based #FitAnalytics, which helps shoppers find the right-sized apparel and footwear online and works with 18K retailers 🔗


💬 Sources: #ByteDance is considering launching a group messaging feature on #TikTok this year; ByteDance's #Douyin has had group messaging since 2019 🔗


✋ #YouTube can now warn creators about copyright issues before videos are posted 🔗


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Facebook’s neural wristband, Sony’s VR controllers, and another brick on the NFT wall
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 264

👉 #Facebook is working on a neural wristband that reads signals from brain to hands, to go along with its #AR glasses; #AndrewBosworth insists it can't “read your brain” 🔗


👉 #Sony unveils #PS5 #VR controllers with haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, and finger touch detection 🔗


👉 A look at the origins of #ClearviewAI, which far-right activist #CharlesJohnson says he co-founded, as it is besieged by lawsuits and investigations 🔗


👉 #OpenSea, an #NFT marketplace, raises $23M Series A led by #a16z #Crypto, says $95M in digital merchandise was sold on the service in Feb., up from $8M in Jan 🔗


💰 #Spotify launches a site to show how much it pays artists: $5B in 2020, up from $3.3B in 2017, and 13K artists made $50K+ in royalties, up 80% from 2017 🔗


🧒 #Instagram is working on a version of the service suitable for #kids under 13; source: the work will be led by #PavniDiwanji, a VP who joined #Facebook in December 🔗


🩳 #YouTubeShorts arrives in the #US to take on #TikTok, but the beta is still half-baked 🔗


🔐 #Facebook is expanding support for 2FA #security keys on mobile devices 🔗


🐦 #Twitter test plays #YouTube videos directly in its #iOS app 🔗


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Zuckerberg on Clubhouse, China’s Telsa crackdown, and $6.5M fine for…
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 265

👉 #MarkZuckerberg on #Clubhouse says #Facebook may be in a “stronger position” after #Apple's #IDFA changes and that #FacebookShops has 1M+ monthly active businesses 🔗


👉 #Facebook says it has resolved a major outage affecting #Instagram, #WhatsApp, #FacebookMessenger, and other Facebook services 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ #Verkada security camera #hacker has been charged in the #US for hacking into 100+ of the world's biggest companies since 2019 and leaking proprietary data online 🔗 #hack


🇨🇳 Sources: #China is restricting use of #Tesla cars by military and state employees, citing concerns that the data they collect could be sent back to the #US 🔗


🔈 #Telegram expands Voice Chats to channels, with no limits on number of listeners, and now allows admins to record audio and celebrities to switch accounts 🔗


💸 #Coinbase will pay a $6.5M fine to settle with the #CFTC, over allegations that it self-traded cryptocurrencies between 2015 and 2018 🔗


💸 #FTC fines #Amazon work-from-home scammer $2 million 🔗


🐦 #Twitter confirms it's testing an “Undo Tweet” feature 🔗


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​​Trump’s new social platform, Twitter’s presence in Turkey, and Epic vs Apple case
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 266

👉 #Trump adviser #JasonMiller says Trump is having meetings with “numerous companies” to return to social media with his own platform in two to three months 🔗


🧑‍⚖️🍎 Court filing: #TimCook, #PhilSchiller, #CraigFederighi, #EddyCue, and ex-iOS software chief #ScottForstall are among witnesses to testify in #EpicGames vs #Apple trial 🔗


🇹🇷🐦 #Twitter says it will set up a legal entity in #Turkey to comply with the country's social media law that took effect in October 2020 🔗


🇨🇳🚘 #ElonMusk says #Tesla would be “shut down” if its cars were used for spying in #China 🔗


🇧🇷🍎 #Brazil regulator fines #Apple $2 million for not including chargers with #iPhone12 🔗


🐦🎉 #Twitter turned 15 yesterday!


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​​A class action suit against Apple, Facebook’s war against misinfo, and Jack’s $2.9M NFT
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 267

🧑‍⚖️🍎 Judge certifies a class action suit against #Apple that claims it knew for years that #MacBooks' butterfly keyboards were flawed and small fixes were insufficient 🔗


👉 #Facebook says it took down 1.3B fake accounts from October-December and 12M pieces of COVID-19 misinformation; Facebook has 35,000 staff tackling misinformation 🔗


🐦💰 #JackDorsey's first tweet sold as an #NFT for $2,915,835.47 on a service called Valuables; Dorsey says he sent all proceeds to #GiveDirectly's Africa fund as #BTC 🔗


👉 #Zoom announces an SDK to help developers build Zoom video services into other apps 🔗


📺🇺🇸 #YouTube confirms it is testing a feature in the #US that automatically detects products in videos and provides related content links 🔗


🔥💝 #Tinder will soon let you gift a #Lyft ride to your date 🔗


👋 #Clubhouse says its #Android launch will take ‘a couple of months’ 🔗


👉 Sources say #Discord is exploring a sale that could value it at $10B+, with one source saying it is in the final stage of negotiations 🔗


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Discord’s about to exit, Telegram raises money, and Facebook’s F8
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 268

💰 #Microsoft is in talks to buy #Discord for more than $10B; one source says Discord is more likely to go public than sell itself 🔗


👉 #Nintendo will use new #Nvidia graphics chip in its 2021 #NintendoSwitch upgrade, helping the console deliver 4K on TVs via Nvidia's DLSS 🔗


👉 CEO #PatGelsinger says #Intel will spend $20B on two new fabs in Ocotillo, Arizona 🔗


📱 #OnePlus debuts 6.55" OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9R and 6.7" OnePlus 9 Pro, all with 120Hz displays, #Android 11, on-screen fingerprint sensors, and 128GB base storage 🔗


👉 #Facebook announces #F8 Refresh on June 2, a single-day, virtual-only conference for developers without a #MarkZuckerberg keynote 🔗


🔫 Leaked moderator docs say #Facebook users may call for death of public figures, so long as the individual is not tagged or “purposefully exposed” to such calls 🔗


💥 #Android apps are crashing for some, but #Google is working on a fix 🔗


💰 #Telegram raises $150M from #Mubadala and Abu Dhabi CP via pre-IPO convertible bonds 🔗


👉 #Facebook’s #Clubhouse rival looks a lot like Clubhouse right now 🔗


🍎💳 The #AppleCard doesn’t actually discriminate against women, investigators say 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Adobe Q1: revenue of $3.91B, up 26% YoY, beating estimates, Digital Media revenue of $2.86B, up 32% YoY, Digital Experience revenue of $934M, up 24% YoY 🔗


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​​Chinese hackers on Facebook, Zuckerberg’s proposal for Section 230, and buying Tesla with Bitcoin
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 269

🇨🇳 #Facebook says it has disrupted a network of #China-based #hackers using its platform to target the #Uyghur community abroad and draw them to malicious websites 🔗


🇺🇸 Ahead of House hearing, #MarkZuckerberg calls for #Section230 reform that makes protections conditional on platforms' ability to identify and remove content 🔗


👉 #Slack debuts Connect, letting users DM any Slack user regardless of organisation, and has updated its opt-in invite flow after feedback that it could be abused 🔗


🍎👀 Report: #Apple updates factory guidelines to prevent leaks, including criminal background checks on workers, surveillance cameras, and component tracking 🔗


💸 You can now buy a #Tesla with #bitcoin in the #US 🔗


🛰 #SpaceX launches 60 more #Starlink satellites, making 240 launched this month alone 🔗


🐦😮 #Twitter is exploring the use of #Facebook-style emoji reactions 🔗


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​​Congress questioned Big Tech CEOs, Amazon pee bottles, and the UK’s new £50 note
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 270

👉 Recording of House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on platform misinformation with #MarkZuckerberg, #SundarPichai, and #JackDorsey 🔗 #disinfo

🐦 #JackDorsey is just trolling Congress with #Twitter polls now 🔗, and has a #Bitcoin clock 🔗


👉 Internal #Amazon documents show Amazon was aware of the practice of employees using #PeeBottles, identifying it as a “Tier 1” infraction that can lead to firing 🔗

👉 Amazon drivers share photos of #PeeBottles after the company tweets “you don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” to a congressman 🔗


🧠 #Apple bought the most #AI companies globally from 2016 to 2020, with 25 acquisitions; Apple, #Google, #Microsoft, and #Facebook collectively bought 60 AI companies 🔗


🤦‍♂️ #ChrissyTeigen, who had 13.7M #Twitter followers and was once called “unofficial mayor of Twitter” by the company, quits the platform after years of harassment 🔗


🇦🇺 #Apple tells #Australia's consumer watchdog that #iOS developers have alternative channels to reach users as “distribution is far from limited” to #AppStore 🔗


💷 The #UK's #AlanTuring £50 bank note is a love letter to coding 🔗


🎞 #Snapchat is developing its own take on #TikTok Duets with a new ‘Remix’ feature 🔗


💸 The #NewYorkTimes just sold an #NFT for more than half a million dollars 🔗


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The new Apple Watch, Clubhouse clone on Slack, and iOS security update
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 271

⌚️ Sources: #Apple is working on a rugged “Explorer Edition” Watch aimed at athletes and to be used in more extreme environments, for a late 2021 or 2022 launch 🔗 #AppleWatch


👉 #Amazon is waging an increasingly aggressive PR strategy, picking fights with Democratic politicians such as #ElizabethWarren and #BernieSanders on #Twitter 🔗


👉 #Apple releases #iOS 14.4.2 and iOS 12.5.2 to fix a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in WebKit that “may have been actively exploited” 🔗


👉 #StewartButterfield says #Slack will introduce audio messages and a #Clubhouse-like feature that will allow users to drop into rooms without an invitation 🔗


👉 #Apple's #AppStore has been hosting 12+ apps run by a #US-sanctioned paramilitary organization in #China's Xinjiang region; Apple says the apps comply with US law 🔗


👉 #YouTube has temporarily suspended monetisation for three channels operated by #DavidDobrik following a rape allegation against a former Vlog Squad member 🔗


🕵️ A new #Android spyware masquerades as a ‘system update’ 🔗


🏢 #Facebook, #Uber, and #Microsoft plan to start bringing employees back to offices 🔗


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Crypto adoption continues, vaccine passports, and another hack
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 272

💰 #Visa says it will allow the use of #cryptocurrency USD Coin (#USDC) to settle transactions on its payment network and has launched a pilot program with Crypto(dot)com 🔗


💉 NY State launches first #US #VaccinePassport app, #ExcelsiorPass, built on #IBM's #blockchain-based health pass platform, to be used initially at large venues 🔗


🚖🇬🇧 #Uber adds all-electric vehicles to its list of ride options in London, #UK 🔗


🤖 #BostonDynamics unveils Stretch: a new robot designed to move boxes in warehouses 🔗


📷 A #JonyIve and #MarcNewson-designed #Leica prototype is headed to auction 🔗


👉 The official #PHP Git repository was hacked to add backdoors to the PHP source code; the changes were “reverted right away” 🔗


👉 #Amazon's recent tweets aimed at politicians came after #JeffBezos told execs they were not pushing back enough on criticism that was inaccurate 🔗


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​​SolarWinds, Niantic’s AR glasses, and Satan shoes
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 273

💨 #SolarWinds hackers gained access to emails of #Trump administration's top #DHS officials, including acting Secretary #ChadWolf and cybersecurity staff 🔗


💉 #Japan plans to issue digital certificates to those inoculated against #COVID19, joining #China, the #EU, and others embracing app-based #VaccinePassport 🔗


🕹 #Sony is closing its #PlayStation Store for #PS3 in July and #PSVita in August 🔗


👓 #Niantic CEO shares teaser image of #AR glasses device 🔗


👟 #Nike sues over #LilNasX’s ‘unauthorized Satan Shoes’ 🔗


👉 Power sports company #BRP will make electric watercraft, go-karts, and motorcycles 🔗 see the photo below.


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