​​Watch Elon Musk’s Neuralink device on a monkey playing pong, and iMessage on Android
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 281

🐒🧠 #ElonMusk’s #Neuralink says, Pager, a nine year old Macaque, plays MindPong with his #Neuralink 🔗


👉 Production of some MacBooks and iPads has been postponed due to the global component shortage; supply of some iPhone components is “quite tight” 🔗


👉 As part of its filing in its case against #EpicGames, #Apple argues that the #AppStore doesn't lead the gaming market and so cannot be considered a monopoly 🔗


👉 #Facebook, #Instagram, and #WhatsApp have recovered after a brief outage; Facebook says a configuration change caused the issue 🔗


👉 #YouTube-r records himself trespassing at #SpaceX’s Starship facilities 🔗


👋 #Facebook ran ads for a fake #Clubhouse for PC app planted with malware 🔗


🍎💬 #Apple says #iMessage on #Android ‘will hurt us more than help us’ 🔗


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Amazon’s workers union, App Store’s defence, and $2.75B fine for monopolistic behaviours
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 282

👉 #Amazon wins enough votes to beat union effort in Alabama; of the 3,215 ballots cast, there were 1,798 votes opposing the union and 738 votes in favour 🔗


🍎🛡 A senior #Apple engineer compared #AppStore's defences against malicious actors to “bringing a plastic butter knife to a gunfight”, according to legal documents 🔗 - Paywalled


🇨🇳 #China says it is imposing a record $2.75B fine on #Alibaba for monopolistic business practices; Alibaba says it will accept the penalty “sincerely” 🔗


👉 At #Pwn2Own, two Dutch researchers discovered a vulnerability in #Zoom that could allow #hackers to execute an #RCE attack; Zoom says it is working on a fix 🔗


🇺🇸 #WhiteHouse will host a virtual semiconductor summit on Monday with execs from #Intel, #Samsung, #HP, #Alphabet, and more, as it begins a review of US supply chains 🔗


👉 #Reddit is exploring a #Clubhouse-like feature that would enable moderator-run voice chats 🔗 #ClubhouseRival


🏹 #Robinhood says 9.5M customers traded #crypto on its platform in Q1 2021 compared to 1.7M in Q4 2020, an increase of 458% 🔗


✋ #Facebook removed 16K groups trading fake reviews and made more changes to prevent misleading paid content, after second intervention by #UK competition watchdog 🔗


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Acquisitions spree, chip manufacturing, and Apple’s witness at the US Senate
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 283

🗣 #Microsoft says it has acquired #AI speech tech company #Nuance for $19.7B in cash, a 23% premium on its Friday closing price, as it boosts its healthcare offerings 🔗

⚠️ #Nuance is #Microsoft's fourth $5B+ acquisition since 2016; other than Microsoft, only #Amazon among #TheBigFive has spent $5B+ on an acquisition in that span 🔗


🍎 #Apple is in early stages of developing a product that combines an #AppleTV with a #HomePod speaker and has a #FaceTime camera and smart home functions 🔗


🇺🇸 #Apple and #Google will both attend Senate hearing on app store competition 🔗


👉 #Nvidia unveils Grace, a high-performance Arm-based server CPU for large-scale neural network workloads, expected to become available in Nvidia products in 2023 🔗


👉 Following WH roundtable, Intel says it wants to help manufacture chips for car makers in the next 6-9 months to alleviate the US auto industry's chip shortage 🔗


🦠🇬🇧 #Apple and #Google block an update to #NHS #COVID19 app that uploads logs of venue check-ins, citing API terms on collecting location data 🔗


🥬🚖 #Uber #weed deliveries may be on the company’s roadmap — eventually 🔗


🗺 #GM rolls out a new cloud-based mapping service for nearly 1 million vehicles 🔗


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​​Apple and Samsung announce events in April, Android 12, and LG's rollable TV
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 284

📉 #Coinbase shares close at $328.28, valuing the company at $85.78B, down from its open of $381; Nasdaq listed shares at $250 before Wednesday's open


🍎 #Apple officially announces Spring Loaded event for April 20th 🔗 #AppleEvent


👉 #Samsung teases ‘the most powerful’ Galaxy device is coming at its April 28th #UnpackedEvent 🔗


📱 #Kuo: #iPhone2022 lineup will feature two 6.1" and two 6.7" devices, no mini-sized 5.4"; high end models will have 48MP camera and 8K video capability 🔗


📱 #Kuo: #iPhones2023 will feature an under-display #FaceID system alongside a new periscope telephoto lens 🔗


📺 #LG's rollable OLED R TV is available in the #US for $89,000 🔗


🇦🇺 Australian company #Azimuth unlocked San Bernardino shooter's #iPhone for #FBI, using a flaw in #Mozilla's open source code used for lightning accessories 🔗


👉 Leaked #Android12 build gives a look at upcoming features, including quick settings, volume panel UI, location permissions, and clipboard access notification 🔗


👉 #Instagram will test letting users toggle public like counts on and off 🔗


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​​Elon’s taking everyone to the moon, Apple’s throwing shade at Spotify, and Amazon’s taking a shot at Ikea
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 285

🍎 In a letter to artists, #Apple says it pays a penny per stream, roughly double #Spotify, which pays an average of about one-third to half a penny per stream 🔗


💰 #EdwardSnowden #NFT sells for more than $5.4 million 🔗


🧑‍🚀🚀🌗 #ElonMusk’s #SpaceX wins #NASA contract to develop human landing system for returning to the Moon 🔗


🤔 #Firefox and major #Chromium browsers like #Edge, #Opera, #Brave, and #Vivaldi are not joining #FLoC, #Google's proposed ad technology to replace third-party cookies 🔗 #privacy


🇺🇸 #Facebook #OversightBoard, which had 90 days to review #Trump's indefinite suspension, delays its decision to “the coming weeks”, citing immense public interest 🔗


🐕📈 #Dogecoin, the #cryptocurrency that started out as a joke in 2013, now has a market cap of $40B+ after growing nearly 400%+ in the past seven days 🔗


🛋 #Amazon is planning a furniture service that would require drivers to assemble items and take them back on the spot if the customer isn't satisfied 🔗


📊 #Squarespace files for a direct listing on #NYSE, says it had revenues of $621.1M in 2020, up 28% YoY, net income of $30.6M, and operating cash flow of $150M 🔗


⌚️ #Fitbit’s next fitness tracker looks fancy 🔗


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Clubhouse competitors everywhere; and Tesla’s latest crash
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 286

🎙 #Facebook says it will start testing #LiveAudioRooms in Groups and expects to roll out the feature to everyone on the Facebook app by the summer 🔗


💥 #ElonMusk: Data recovered 'so far' shows Autopilot not enabled in Houston #Tesla crash 🔗


👋📉 #Clubhouse was downloaded 2.7M times in March, a 72% decline from February's 9.5M+ 🔗


👉 #MarkZuckerberg says #Facebook is working with #Spotify on a music integration project codenamed #ProjectBoombox 🔗


🍎 In a letter to #USCongress, #Apple says it has approved #Parler's return to the #AppStore, following moderation improvements by Parler 🔗


👉 #Reddit unveils its #Clubhouse clone, #RedditTalk 🔗 #ClubhouseRival


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Apple’s new stuff, Instagram against abuse, and FBI’s latest catch from Instagram
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 287

📱 #Apple updates #iPadPro (11” & 12.9” inch) with M1, 8-core GPU, Thunderbolt, up to 2TB storage, 5G, 1080p FaceTime HD camera, and a mini-LED screen on 12.9” model 🔗


🖥 #iMac with M1 starts at $1,299 for 8-core CPU/7-core GPU in four colours and $1,499 for 8-core GPU in seven colours with Touch ID keyboard, shipping late May 🔗


📺 #Apple's new #SiriRemote will be sold separately from the new #AppleTV 4K for $59 and is backwards compatible with previous Apple TV 4Ks and Apple TV HD 🔗


👉 #Facebook says a vulnerability that lets attackers find a Facebook profile given an email address is still active after being “erroneously closed out” 🔗


🎧 #Apple announces #Podcasts Subscriptions for new premium and ad free content and a new Podcasts app design with channels, launching next month in 170 regions 🔗


🤬 #Instagram is rolling out tools to filter out abusive DMs based on keywords and emojis, and to block users along with any new accounts they may create 🔗


👉 #Apple debuts #AppleCard Family to let spouses build credit together and extend access to family members over 13, with optional controls, coming to #US in May 🔗


🚨 #FBI used facial recognition to identify a #USCapitol rioter from his girlfriend’s #Instagram posts 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Netflix Q1: revenue of $7.16B, up 24% YoY, and 208M paid memberships, up 14% YoY but below its forecast of 210M; stock down 8%+ 🔗

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Apple’s leaks, senate hearings, and Twitter’s quality upgrade
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 288

📱 #Signal's CEO says he analysed a #Cellebrite device, used to extract data from phones, that fell off a truck, and it is full of easily exploitable security flaws 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ During Senate hearing, #Spotify and #Match said #Apple abuses its power over app developers, leveraging its user base; Spotify said the goal is to hurt rivals 🔗


👉 #Twitter rolls out the option to upload and view 4K images on #Android and #iOS to all users, after testing the feature earlier this year 🔗


😈 Files from #REvil, which is extorting #Apple supplier #Quanta, appear to confirm new #MacBook Pros with MagSafe, USB-C, HDMI, SD card slot, and no Touch Bar 🔗

👉 #REvil #ransomware gang says it has hacked Apple contractor Quanta Computer; source says it's demanding $50M ransom or it will leak more Apple product schematics 🔗


👉 #iOS15 and #iPadOS15 to include upgrades to notifications, redesigned #iPad Home Screen, updated Lock Screen, and additional privacy protections 🔗


👉 #Google launches the next developer preview of #Android12 🔗


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Hands-on with Apple AirTag, SpaceX’s latest launch, and YouTube’s latest feature for creators
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 289

🔖 #Apple #AirTag hands-on: works very well with a thoughtfully designed system, beautiful with a plastic body that serves as a speaker, but get scuffed easily 🔗


👉 Sources: #Apple plans to expand its ad business and add a second ad slot in the #AppStore search page even as it introduces privacy rules crippling ads by rivals 🔗 - Paywalled


📱 Report: #iPhone12 models accounted for 61% of #US iPhone sales in Q1 2021; #iPhone 12 mini was the lowest selling iPhone of the quarter, behind iPhone SE and XR 🔗


👩‍🚀 #ElonMusk’s #SpaceX launches its third astronaut crew, the first on a used #CrewDragon capsule 🔗


👉 #Google is developing a built-in price tracking feature for #GoogleChrome on #Android 🔗


👻 #Snapchat now has more #Android users than #iOS 🔗


👉 YouTube now lets creators change their channel name without changing their entire Google account 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Snap Q1: revenue of $770M, up 66% YoY, DAUs up 22% YoY to 280M, and free cash flow hit $126M, its first quarter of free positive cash flow as a public company 🔗 #Snapchat


💲 #Intel Q1: revenue of $18.6B, flat YoY, vs. $17.90B est., Data Center Group revenue of $5.56B, down from $6.99B YoY, and PC unit volumes were up 38% YoY 🔗


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Spotify against Apple, AirDrop’s bug, Amazon’s shareholders
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 290

🎧 #Spotify to announce an #Apple Podcasts Subscriptions competitor next week that will let podcasters set prices without charging them or taking a cut 🔗


🐞 An #AirDrop user's phone number and email address can be learned via nearby Wi-Fi-capable devices when the user opens an #iOS or #macOS sharing pane 🔗


🤨 Sources: the new 12.9” #iPadPro, which is 0.5mm thicker than its predecessor, is incompatible with the original $349 Magic Keyboard folio case for older models 🔗


🐾 Shareholders push #Amazon to reveal its plastic footprint 🔗


🔋 #Honda aims to shift car sales entirely to #EV by 2040 🔗


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India’s influence on social media, Clubhouse’s latest, and Elon Musk on SNL
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 291

🇮🇳 #India's government says it ordered #Facebook, #Instagram, and #Twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic; companies complied 🔗


👉 Latest #Google app beta on #Android suggests that Google is working on #GoogleAssistant features like answering calls and stopping alarms without a “Hey Google” prompt 🔗


👉 #Clubhouse is partnering with the #NFL for draft week programming 🔗


🤣 #ElonMusk is hosting Saturday Night Live #SNL on May 8th, and no, this is not a joke 🔗


🇨🇳 #China’s e-commerce giant JD starts paying some staff in #DigitalYuan 🔗


🥇 #Netflix has its best night ever at the #Oscars with seven wins 🔗


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Apple’s OS updates, antitrust cases, and bugs + some other stuff
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 292

🍎 #Apple releases #iOS14.5, #iPadOS14.5, and #watchOS7.4, allowing #AppleWatch owners to unlock with #FaceID while wearing a mask 🔗, new Siri voices 🔗, and many new #emojis 🔗


🍎🐛 Researcher shows that for months #macOS had a flaw that would let apps run despite not being notarised by #Apple's service; bug is patched in macOS #BigSur 11.3 🔗


🍎🇩🇪 A group of #Germany's largest media, tech, and advertising companies file #antitrust complaint against #Apple as it makes privacy changes on iPhones 🔗 - Paywalled


🍎🇪🇺 #Apple will reportedly face #EU #antitrust charges this week 🔗


💃🇪🇺 #TikTok to open a ‘Transparency’ Center in Europe to take content and security questions 🔗


🚲🇨🇳 #China launches #antitrust probe into food delivery giant #Meituan, looking at alleged abuses including forced exclusivity arrangements known as “pick one of two” 🔗


👉 Average #ransom payment for ransomware attacks rose 43% from Q4 2020 to Q1 2021, from $154,108 to $220,298, and median payment was up 58% from $49,450 to $78,398 🔗


🐦💉 #Twitter is adding a #COVID19 vaccine fact box to user timelines 🔗


🔋🚗 #Tesla grows 74% in the first quarter, besting expectations as its shares ease after-hours 🔗


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​​Spotify goes for Apple Podcasts, Apple Silicon M2, and Instagram’s new features for influencers
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 293

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🎧 #Spotify launches paid #podcast subscriptions for creators in the #US, at no cost to creators for two years and a 5% fee starting in spring 2023 - and you can’t subscribe in-app 🔗


🍎 Sources: #Apple's follow-up to its M1 chip has already gone into mass production, will be ready to ship in products slated for H2 🔗 #AppleSilicon


🤝 #MarkZuckerberg teases upcoming #Instagram features to help creators make money, including a marketplace to match brands with creators, and more 🔗


🧑‍💻 #Microsoft says #MicrosoftTeams is now at 145M DAUs, up from 75M DAUs YoY 🔗


🎮 #Sony has already sold 7.8 million #PS5 units 🔗


🪐 #SpaceX wins approval for lower #Starlink orbits, overcoming rival objections 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Microsoft Q3: revenue of $41.7B, up 19% YoY, net income of $15.5B, up 44% YoY, Surface revenue up 12%, More Personal Computing revenue up 19% 🔗


💲 #Alphabet Q1: revenue of $55.3B, up 34% YoY, net income of $17.9B, up from $6.8B YoY, and #Google Search revenue of $31.9B, up from $24.5B YoY 🔗


💲 #AMD Q1: revenue of $3.4B, up 93% YoY, net income of $555M, up 243% YoY, with EPYC sales driving Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom revenue up 286% to $1.35B 🔗


💲 #Pinterest Q1: 478M MAUs vs. 480.5M est., as revenue beats, with $485M, up 78% YoY, vs. $474M est.; stock down ~10% after hours


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Netflix fighting decision fatigue, Amazon suing Trump, and lots of earnings calls!
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 294

👉 #Netflix launches Play Something, an opt-in viewing mode that gives the service a more TV-like feel to fight viewers' decision fatigue 🔗


💻 #Samsung announces two lightweight laptops with OLED screens: the #GalaxyBookPro, starting at $1K, and the Galaxy Book Pro 360, a convertible starting at $1.2K 🔗


👉 #Amazon lawsuit alleging #Trump bias in $10 billion military contract clears another hurdle 🔗


👉 Would you pay $30 a month for a faster web browser that eats less battery? #TheMighty 🔗


🇮🇳 #Facebook temporarily hid posts calling for #India’s prime minister to resign 🔗


🎮 #EpicGames is deliberately keeping #Fortnite off #Microsoft's #Xbox Cloud Game service 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Apple Q2: revenue of $89.6B, up 54% YoY, net income of $23.6B, up from $11.2B YoY, iPhone sales of $47.9B, up from $29B YoY 🔗


💲 #Facebook Q1: revenue of $26.2B, up from $17.7B YoY, MAUs of 2.85B, up 10% YoY, headcount of 60,654, up 26% YoY, avg. ad price up 30% YoY 🔗


💲 #Huawei Q1: revenue of $23.5B, down 16.5% YoY, the second consecutive quarter in which Huawei's revenues declined 🔗


💲 #Qualcomm reports quarterly revenue of $7.9B, up 52% YoY on strong smartphone demand, vs $7.62B est.🔗


💲 #Sony Q4: #PlayStation operating profit of $3.14B, on sales of 7.8M PlayStation 5 consoles as of March 31, and 47.6M PS Plus subscribers, up 14.7% YoY 🔗


💲 #eBay Q1: revenue of $3.0B, up 42% YoY and profits of $641M, as GMV rose 29% to $27.5B, while active buyers increased 7% to 187M worldwide 🔗

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​​Microsoft throwing shades at Apple, EU charging Apple, a $500k meme
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 295

🎮 #Microsoft says it will reduce its cut for #PC games in #MicrosoftStore from 30% to 12% starting August 1, in a bid to compete with #Steam 🔗


📊 Global #smartphone shipments in Q1 reached 347M, up 27% YoY; #Samsung took first place, shipping 76.5M for a 22% share, while #Apple shipped 52.4M for a 15% share 🔗


💬 #YouTube is testing #SoundCloud-like timestamped comments 🔗


🇪🇺 The #EU charges #Apple with antitrust breach, citing #Spotify #AppStore complaint 🔗


👉 #Coinbase now lets you buy #cryptocurrency with your #PayPal account 🔗


👉 #Apple adds a way to speed up searches on the #AppStore by suggesting words 🔗


👉 #AmongUs is finally coming to #PS4 and #PS5, three years after its 2018 debut 🔗


🖼 ‘Disaster Girl’ has sold her popular #meme as an #NFT for $500,000 🔗


🤫 #Instagram Live takes on #Clubhouse with options to mute and turn off the video 🔗


🚀 #BlueOrigin will start selling tickets for New Shepard space tourism flights on May 5 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Amazon Q1: revenue of $108.5B, up 44% YoY, net income of $8.1B, up from $2.5B YoY, and says #AWS has become a $54B annual sales run rate business 🔗


💲 #Samsung Q1: net profit of $6.4B, up 46% YoY, driven by 66% profit surge in mobile business to $3.97B, and revenue of $59B, up 18% YoY 🔗


💲 #Twitter Q1: revenue of $1.04B, up 28% YoY, vs $1.03B est., monetisable DAUs of 199M, up 7M QoQ, vs 200M est. 🔗


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No more YouTube TV on Roku, Basecamp employees leaving, and social media boycott in England
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 296

👉 #Roku has removed #YouTubeTV from its channel store after Roku and #Google failed to come to a distribution agreement; existing users will continue to have access 🔗


👉 At least 15 #Basecamp employees announced on #Twitter that they are leaving the company, with some specifically citing new policy banning political talk at work 🔗


👉 #Microsoft’s app store changes crank up the #Apple pressure 🔗


⚽️ English football teams have started a four-day #SocialMedia boycott to protest online abuse on #Twitter, #Facebook, and #Instagram 🔗


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Gates’ separation, Verizon’s failed acquisitions, and the Epic battle
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 297

👉 #Verizon says it will sell #Yahoo and #AOL to PE firm #ApolloGlobalManagement for $5B, keeping a 10% stake in the company, which will be rebranded as just Yahoo 🔗
❗️ Verizon bought AOL in 2015 for $4.4 billion, and Yahoo for $4.5 billion in 2017 🔗


👉 #EpicGames vs. #Apple trial begins with Epic attacking the #AppStore's “walled garden”, arguing Apple's 30% cut is monopolistic; Apple argues 30% is standard practice 🔗
❗️ Epic spent at least $11.6 million on free games and gained 5 million new users in return 🔗


🐦 #Twitter opens #TwitterSpaces, its live audio feature, to anyone with 600+ followers and details plans for Ticketed Spaces, reminders, co-hosting, accessibility, more 🔗


👩‍❤️‍👨 💔 #BillGates and #MelindaGates are separating, but their charitable foundation will continue 🔗


👉 #Sony says #Discord will be integrated into #PlayStation Network starting early 2022; Sony will invest an undisclosed amount in Discord as part of the partnership 🔗


👉 #Facebook #OversightBoard says it will announce its decision on Facebook's banning of #Trump at 9AM ET on Wednesday, after receiving 9,000+ public responses 🔗


👉 After #Apple's #iOS14 #privacy updates, #Facebook and #Instagram show prompts in their iOS apps telling users that data tracking keeps its services “free of charge” 🔗


🍎 #Apple releases #iOS 14.5.1, #watchOS 7.4.1, and #macOS #BigSur 11.3.1 with security fixes for flaws in WebKit that Apple says were being actively exploited 🔗


👋 #SensorTower data shows #Clubhouse was downloaded only about 900,000 times in April, down from 2.7M installs in March and from February's peak of 9.6M 🔗
❗️ #Clubhouse has been downloaded 1.1M times in the #MiddleEast, where its users see it as an open forum to discuss politics and taboo issues 🔗
❗️ #Clubhouse begins externally testing its #Android app 🔗


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Twitter’s latest acquisitions, Trump’s judgement day, and Dogecoin
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 298

👉 #Twitter buys #Scroll, the $5/month service that removes ads from partner news sites; Scroll's #Nuzzel email service will shut down on May 6 🔗


😐 After teasing a new social media platform, #Trump debuts a new section on his website that's effectively a blog, ahead of the #OversightBoard's decision on Wed 🔗


🐕 #Dogecoin's price surged roughly 40% on Tuesday, reaching a market cap of $69B, up 11,000% YTD, and making Dogecoin the fourth-largest #cryptocurrency 🔗


💸 #WhatsApp now lets users send and receive money in #Brazil 🔗


👉 #Google prematurely announces #PixelBuds A-Series with now-deleted tweet 🔗


🛰 #SpaceX launches 60 more #Starlink satellites, claims over 500,000 service pre-orders so far 🔗


👉 #Instagram rolls out its auto-captioning sticker in #InstagramStories 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Lyft Q1: revenue of $609M, up 7% QoQ and down 36% YoY, vs $558.7M est., active riders of 13.49M vs 12.8M est., and net loss of $427M, up from $398M YoY 🔗


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Tipping your favourite tweeters, Apple’s App Store in court, and more NTF news
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 299

🐦 #Twitter introduces #TipJar, allowing everyone using Twitter in English to send tips, and a limited group, including journalists and experts, to accept tips 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ Court docs show #Apple offered #Hulu and some other “whitelisted developers” special access to #AppStore APIs, like the cancel/refund API 🔗


👉 #MarkZuckerberg's trying to repair Facebook's image, by whimsical jokes on his Page, more media appearances, and discussing product more than policy 🔗


👉 #Bitski, which builds custom #NFT storefronts for brands and creators, raises $19M Series A led by #a16z and others including Jay-Z, MrBeast, and Serena Williams 🔗


📺 #Netflix is surveying users about their interest in features such as #podcasts and user-generated playlists of shows and music, for a project called #NPlus 🔗


🍎 #Apple is giving a laser company that builds some of its #AR and #LIDAR tech $410 million 🔗


🎮 The #PS5 now has a #YouTubeTV app 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Square Q1: with revenue of $5.06B, up 266% YoY, with $3.5B in #Bitcoin revenue, up 11x YoY, gross profit of $964M, up 79% YoY, with $495M from #CashApp 🔗


💲 #Dropbox Q1: $511.6M in revenue, up 12% YoY, with 15.83M paying users, up from 14.59M YoY, and average revenue per paying user of $132.55 🔗


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Why Facebook’s pissed at Apple, TMI for a PayPal Tip, and Apple’s App Store
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 300

👉 #Flurry analysis: just 4% of #iPhone users in the #US and 12% worldwide have so far actively chosen to opt into app tracking after the rollout of #iOS14.5 🔗 #Privacy


🐦 Using #PayPal for #Twitter's #TipJar could reveal tipper's address to the recipient and possibly recipient's email to the tipper; Twitter says it will add a label 🔗


📺 #Google adds #YouTubeTV to the main #YouTube app on #Roku devices and says it is securing “free streaming devices” for customers in case talks with Roku fail 🔗


🍎 Court docs detail #Apple's #AppStore app review process: 500+ people review ~100K apps/week, app rejection rate is less than 40%, less than 1% of rejections are appealed 🔗
❗️ #Apple emails disclosed in #EpicGames trial show that 128M #iPhone users, of which 18M were in the #US and 55% in #China, downloaded apps with #XCodeGhost #malware in 2015 🔗


🍎 #Apple hires ex #Cisco communications chief #StellaLow as new VP of worldwide corporate communications; #PhilSchiller has been overseeing Apple's PR since 2019 🔗


😐 #Instagram’s head, #AdamMosseri, apologises for bug that deleted activists’ stories 🔗


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