​​Amazon’s second largest acquisition, Facebook’s burying of misinfo sharers, and Twitter Spaces on the web
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 315

🦁 #Amazon acquires #MGM Studios for $8.45B; its second-largest acquisition since it paid $13.7B for #WholeFoods in 2017 🔗
❗️ #Amazon says #AndyJassy will become CEO on July 5, which marks 27 years to the day that Amazon was incorporated 🔗


🤫 #Facebook says it will limit the distribution of all posts from personal accounts that routinely spread misinformation 🔗 #misinfo
🇷🇺 #Facebook says #Russia is still the largest producer of disinformation, in a report that details 150 operations that the company has disrupted since 2017 🔗


🐦 #Twitter says users can now join #TwitterSpaces via desktop and mobile web browsers, but can't host rooms on the web just yet 🔗


💰 #PayPal to add third-party wallet transfer support, allowing users to send #bitcoin to PayPal and #Venmo users as well as to #Coinbase and outside #crypto wallets 🔗


👉 #Apple removes an app from #AppStore, discovered by a developer, that required at least a three-star review before people could use it 🔗


👉 #Facebook and #Instagram now give users options to hide Like counts across all posts and to hide their own public Like counts from others 🔗


🇮🇷 #Iran bans #cryptocurrency mining for four months to stave off blackouts 🔗


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​​Twitter Blue's arrival, social platforms suing Florida Gov, and more SolarWinds
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 316

🐦 #TwitterBlue, #Twitter's anticipated $2.99 monthly subscription tier, is now listed as an option in the #iOS #AppStore, despite the feature not being live in-app 🔗


🇺🇸 #FBI says a foreign nation-state hacking group breached a #US municipal government via an unpatched Fortinet VPN appliance 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ Industry groups representing #Google, #Facebook, and others sue Florida over its new #SocialMediaCensorshipAct, calling it a “frontal assault on the First Amendment” 🔗


🇮🇳 #Amazon is now letting users in #India read magazine articles in its shopping app 🔗


🔋 #Tesla starts using in-car camera for Autopilot driver monitoring 🔗


🎣 #Microsoft reveals new phishing campaign by #SolarWinds hackers 🔗


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​​Apple delays podcast subscription, WhatsApp backtracks, and more on Twitter
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 317

🐦 More on #TwitterBlue, a $3 monthly subscription service from #Twitter 🔗
🐦 Just over a week after relaunching verification, #Twitter is pausing verification 🔗
🐦 #Twitter could be working on #Facebook-style reactions 🔗


🍎🎧 In an email to podcasters, #Apple says it is delaying the launch of its #Podcasts Subscriptions and channels until June and plans improvements to its Podcasts app 🔗


🤦 #WhatsApp reverses course, now won’t limit functionality if you don’t accept its new #privacy policy 🔗


🚨 #UK police surprised to learn energy-intensive #weed farm is actually a #Bitcoin mine 🔗


☀️💨 #Microsoft: hackers behind #SolarWinds recently breached #US State Dept. aid agency to send emails with malicious code to 150 orgs, including NGOs critical of #Putin 🔗


💸 #Venmo will now let users control the visibility of their friends list, following a report in which #Biden's Venmo account and connections were easily found 🔗


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​​Tesla’s Texan problem, Xiaomi’s HyperCharger, and a cloudy sky on Mars
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 318

👉 Court docs detail #Google's user location data collection, efforts to make popular #privacy settings harder to find, pressure on partners like #LG to do the same 🔗


👉 #Intel unveils a refresh of its 11th-Gen Tiger Lake-U chips aimed at laptops and debuts a 5G modem developed with MediaTek that supports 5G on slower, sub-6 GHz 🔗


💰🇺🇸 As big financial industry players like #FidelityInvestments push #SEC to approve #Bitcoin-linked ETFs, #crypto lobbying efforts meet resistance from #US lawmakers 🔗


💸 The relative resilience of #Ethereum in May's #cryptocurrency rout has put the spotlight back on the idea that the second-largest digital token could one day overtake #Bitcoin by market value 🔗


🔋 #Xiaomi demos fully charging a 4,000mAh battery in eight minutes over a 200W “HyperCharge” system or in 15 minutes with 120W wireless charging 🔗


🤖 #Android 12 will force apps through the official share menu 🔗


🇵🇸 #Instagram making changes to its algorithm after it was accused of censoring pro #Palestine content 🔗


🤦 #Tesla-s made in Texas will likely have to leave the state before Texans can buy them 🔗


🔭 #NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured amazing images of clouds on #Mars 🔗


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New GPUs, a drone attack, and a new bank
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 319

👉 On June 8, #Amazon devices will join its Sidewalk wireless mesh network in select countries, sharing a slice of bandwidth with neighbours, unless users opt out 🔗


👉 #AMD unveils #Radeon RX 6000M series of graphics adapters for gaming laptops, which are based on the #RDNA2 architecture that underpins AMD's desktop RX 6000 parts 🔗
❗️ #Tesla's revamped Model S and X will feature #RDNA 2 GPUs, #AMD confirms 🔗


👉 #Nvidia announces flagship gaming #GPU #GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, promises to deliver 1.5x more performance over RTX 2080 Ti, available worldwide on June 3 for $1,199 🔗


🇹🇷 #UN report: a #Turkey-made autonomous weaponised drone “hunted down” and attacked a human target without instructions to do so during a 2020 conflict in #Libya 🔗


🇮🇩🏦 #Line launches digital banking platform in #Indonesia 🔗


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Another ransomware attack, another step for Dogecoin, and an electric hypercar for $2.4m
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 320

👉 #JBS, the world's top meatpacker, is hit by a #ransomware attack, leading it to pause its operations in #Australia, livestock slaughter in many #US states, and more 🔗


🛒 #Amazon announces this year's #PrimeDay will take place on June 21 and 22, returning to its typical summertime slot 🔗


🐶 #Coinbase says #CoinbasePro users will be able to trade #Dogecoin starting Thursday “if liquidity conditions are met” 🔗


💰 #Etsy says it is buying the fashion resale app #Depop, popular with Gen Z, for $1.6B in an all-cash deal 🔗


🦊 #Mozilla updates #Firefox desktop and mobile apps with a revamped design, details the data-driven process used to guide the creation of the new streamlined look 🔗


😐 Researcher finds that #Alibaba-owned #UCBrowser app on #iOS and #Android sends information on every website a user visits to UCWeb servers, even in incognito mode 🔗


👉 #TSMC has started construction on its 5nm semiconductor factory in Arizona and says 3nm production in Taiwan is on track to start volume production in H2 2022 🔗


🐦 #Twitter says it will start adding full-screen ads to #Fleets, supporting images and videos that can be up to 30 seconds long, initially in #US on #iOS and #Android 🔗


🍎🇺🇸🇨🇳 Analysis: #Apple had more suppliers in #China than any other country including #Taiwan in 2020; no. of Apple suppliers in #US also slid despite #Trump's trade war 🔗


🏎 #Rimac reveals the #Nevera, a 1,900-horsepower electric hypercar; starting at a cool $2.4 million 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Zoom Q1: revenue of $956.2M, up 191% YoY, vs $906M est., and sees 50% revenue growth for the full fiscal year as expansion falls from pandemic-fueled 2020 🔗


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​​Back at Apple offices, Facebook messaging, and the next generation of Windows
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 321

🍎 In an email, #TimCook asks #Apple employees to return to physical offices for at least three days a week starting in early September 🔗


👉 #StackOverflow, which has 100M+ monthly visitors, says it will be acquired by #Prosus, a European tech giant and #Tencent's largest shareholder, for $1.8B 🔗


🪟 #Microsoft will detail its “next generation of #Windows” at an event on June 24, with significant changes, including visual enhancements, expected 🔗


💬 #Facebook says it will open the #FacebookMessenger API for #Instagram to all businesses, after announcing a closed beta in October 2020 🔗


💬 #WhatsApp accounts will soon be usable across up to four devices, and ‘view once’ disappearing feature will be introduce, says #MarkZuckerberg 🔗


👉 #Huawei details #HarmonyOS, designed to run across multiple devices, coming to Mate 40 and foldable Mate X2 smartphones, Watch Series 3, and MatePad Pro tablet 🔗


👉 A spokesperson for Donald #Trump says his blog, used to share statements after he was banned on #Facebook and #Twitter, has been permanently shut down 🔗


🍏 An #Apple-commissioned study says the #AppStore ecosystem facilitated ~$643B in billings and sales globally in 2020, up 24% YoY 🔗


🎵 #Spotify announces Only You, which gives users personalised playlists and insights based on habits, and Blend, letting two friends merge tastes in a playlist 🔗


🎵 #YouTube says it has paid over $4B to the music industry in the last 12 months and has added more paid members in Q1 2021 than in any other quarter since launch 🔗


💰 #Google says it will allow ads for #cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets in the #US that meet certain requirements and are certified by Google starting August 3 🔗


💰 Your next laptop may come with a #cryptominer, courtesy of #Norton 🔗


🐦 #Twitter starts rolling out #Birdwatch fact checks inside tweets 🔗


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Twitter’s speeding up, Apple’s getting ready for future, and ransomware is taking over the world
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 322

👉 Sources: #Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that shields politicians from the content moderation rules that apply to other users 🔗


🐦 #Twitter launches its subscription service #TwitterBlue on #iOS in #Canada and #Australia for CAD$3.49 and A$4.49/month, with Undo Tweet, Bookmark Folders, more 🔗


🐦 #Twitter redesigns its app to make #TwitterSpaces the center tab in the main navigation bar, initially on #iOS for around 500 people from the original Spaces beta test 🔗


🍎 #Apple will launch an #Android app to detect #AirTags that may be in use to track a person and reduces the interval before AirTags sound an alert in such cases 🔗


🍎 Sources: #Apple is working on a new #iPadPro with #MagSafe charging and a glass back, for release in 2022, and a redesigned #iPad Mini for release later in 2021 🔗


🇪🇺🇬🇧 #EU and #UK open #antitrust investigations into #Facebook Marketplace


🇺🇸 #US DOJ says it is elevating investigations of #ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the #ColonialPipeline hack 🔗


🔒 Sources: #CoxMediaGroup is apparently suffering a #ransomware attack, as live streams for Cox radio and TV stations go down 🔗


👀 #TikTok adds a new section to its #privacy policy saying the app may collect biometric data such as faceprints and voiceprints from its users' content in the #US 🔗


👉 #Microsoft says #MicrosoftTeams will support end-to-end encryption for one-to-one voice calls on desktop and mobile apps starting in early July 🔗


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Bing’s accident, Apple’s past, and Jack Dorsey’s hardware wallet
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 323

👉 In response to #OversightBoard ruling, #Facebook suspends #Trump's accounts until January 7, 2023, and says it will then reconsider suspension if conditions allow 🔗


🇨🇳 #Microsoft says #Bing is not displaying image results for “tank man” on the 32nd anniversary of the #TiananmenSquareMassacre due to “accidental human error” 🔗


🍎 In a letter to #TimCook, written and edited by about 80 people, #Apple employees push back against a policy requiring them to return to the office in September 🔗


🍎 A 2007 email between #SteveJobs and then #Apple SVP of Software Engineering, approving 3rd party #iPhone apps and an #AppStore, surfaces among #EpicGames trial docs 🔗


💰 #JackDorsey says #Square is considering the development of a #Bitcoin hardware wallet 🔗


🇳🇬 #Nigeria announces it will block access to #Twitter, after the site deleted tweets of President #Buhari making threats to the southeastern part of the country 🔗


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Apple’s $M settlement, Google’s $M fine, and Twitter’s Super Follow
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 324

🍎 What to expect from #WWDC 2021: #iOS15 with updated notifications and iMessage, revamp of #iPadOS home screen, new #AppleSilicon chips and MacBook Pro, and more 🔗


🚀 #JeffBezos says he and his brother #MarkBezos will fly on #BlueOrigin's first human spaceflight on July 20 alongside an auction winner 🔗


🍎 #Apple paid millions to settle a woman's claims that, after sending her #iPhone to Apple for repair, technicians uploaded her nude photos to her #Facebook account 🔗


🐦 #Twitter #SuperFollow to be limited to users over 18, with 25+ tweets posted in the last 30 days and 10K+ followers; categories include adult content 🔗


🩳 #YouTube brings #YouTubeShorts, its #TikTok rival, to the #UK, #Canada, and #LatinAmerica, letting users pick soundtracks from YouTube videos and 250 licensed labels 🔗


🇫🇷 #France fines #Google $268M for adtech abuses and gets interoperability commitments 🔗


🔋 #ElonMusk tweets that #Tesla’s Plaid Plus is ‘canceled’ because ‘Plaid is just so good’ 🔗


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Apple’s #WWDC21, Facebook’s shot at Apple, and some 64 bitcoins news
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 325

🍏 Here’s everything #Apple announced at the #WWDC 2021 keynote 🔗


🍎 #Apple details #iOS15 features: notification summaries, Live Text in photos, new ways to share in Messages, cross-app drag and drop, updates to Weather and Maps 🔗


🍎 #Apple: #iCloudPrivateRelay will not work in #China, #Belarus, #Colombia, #Egypt, #Kazakhstan, #SaudiArabia, #SouthAfrica, #Turkmenistan, #Uganda, and the #Philippines 🔗


📍Starting with #iOS15, #iPhone-s can be traced via the #FindMy network even while powered off or after factory reset 🔗


📲 Unlike with previous #iOS releases, #Apple will let users choose to stay on #iOS14 and still receive security updates, even after #iOS15 is released 🔗


⛽️ #US investigators seize nearly 64 bitcoins, valued at ~$2.3M, that #ColonialPipeline had paid in ransom to hackers last month; source says ransom was 75 #bitcoin 🔗


💸 #Facebook says it will show creators who are using its new tools how much #Apple, #Google, and others take as a cut of their earnings through a payout interface 🔗


👉 #FTC: consumers have reported losing nearly $82M to #crypto scams during Q4 2020 and Q1 2021, up more than 10x YoY 🔗


🐦🇮🇳 #Twitter restricts accounts in #India to comply with government legal request 🔗


📌 #Pinterest adds a Shopping List feature to round up your saved products 🔗


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Instagram’s opening up, Google’s search problem, and ProtonMail’s new design
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 326

👉 In the first of a series of blog posts, #Instagram explains how it ranks Feed, Stories, Explore, and Reels, and addresses “shadowbanning” accusations 🔗


👉 #Facebook and #Instagram will now reward influencers with cash bonuses for hitting certain milestones, like selling a set number of badges in an Instagram stream 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ Ohio's AG files lawsuit with Delaware County Court alleging that #Google's search business is anticompetitive and asks court to declare Google a public utility 🔗


🇪🇺 #Google will stop charging search providers for chance to be #Android default in #Europe 🔗


🗣 #MicrosoftOutlook for #iOS now lets you use your voice to write emails and more 🔗


👉 #ProtonMail gets a slick new look, as privacy tech eyes the mainstream 🔗


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More ransomware attacks, Facebook’s smartwatch, and how Apple Silicon matters
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 327

👉 #JBS says it paid an $11M ransom in #bitcoin to resolve a #ransomware attack last week; the payment was made after most plants were operational to avoid further disruption 🔗


👉 Founders of #Fanhouse, an #OnlyFans-like platform, say #Apple is demanding they start paying “30% of creator earnings” by August or be removed from the #AppStore 🔗


⌚️ Sources: #Facebook is planning to launch its first #smartwatch, featuring a detachable display with two cameras and a heart rate monitor, next summer 🔗


🇺🇸 #Biden signs an EO revoking the #Trump-era bans on #TikTok and #WeChat and says his commerce secretary will investigate any risks to national security and privacy 🔗 #TikTokBan


💻 Several #macOS Monterey features will not come to #Intel Macs, like Live Text within photos, #FaceTime's Portrait mode, and unlimited, on-device keyboard dictation 🔗


🎙 In an email to podcasters, #Apple says #Podcasts Subscriptions will launch globally on June 15, after postponing a planned launch in May 🔗


👉 #MythicalGames raises $75M Series B led by WestCap Group for developing a platform for “playable NFTs” where player-owned game avatars can be bought and sold 🔗


🐦 #Twitter names new board member to replace Elliott Management's #JesseCohn, who was appointed to the board in March 2020 as part of a deal to keep #JackDorsey as CEO 🔗


👉 #Instagram adds affiliate and shop features for creators 🔗


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More hints at Apple Car, EA’s hack, and Netflix’s merch store
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 328

🇺🇸🇷🇺 #Apple provided data of House Democrats after #US #DOJ subpoenaed it during #Russia leak probe; Apple notified the lawmakers after a gag order expired this year 🔗


👉 #Apple has hired #UlrichKranz, who ran the development teams for the #BMW i3 and i8 and co-founded self-driving electric vehicle startup #Canoo 🔗


👉 #EA confirms that it has suffered a data breach, after hackers claim they have 780GB of data, including source code for FIFA 21 and the #Frostbite engine 🔗


💸 #Facebook adds #Venmo-like QR codes to Messenger for peer-to-peer payments in the #US, alongside a new quick reply bar and other updates 🔗


🛒 #Netflix launches an online store with #Shopify, featuring merch tied to its shows, expanding its retail business which includes deals with #Walmart and others 🔗


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US against big tech monopolies, Facebook’s next VR step, and Apple Design Award
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 329

🇺🇸 #US House lawmakers introduce five bipartisan bills to limit anticompetitive practices of tech giants like #Amazon, #Apple, #Google, and #Facebook 🔗


👓 #Facebook buys #BigBoxVR, the maker of #VR battle royale title POPULATION: ONE, in its fifth VR game development studio acquisition 🔗


👉 The #DOJ's opaque subpoena of #Apple during the #Russia probe highlights the tension tech companies face in obliging law enforcement and protecting users' #privacy 🔗


👉 #ByteDance launches #VolcanoEngine to offer enterprise clients its technologies, such as its recommendation algorithm that drove the success of #TikTok and #Douyin 🔗


🍏 #Apple announces its 2021 #AppleDesignAward winners 🔗


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Gag orders, faster Apple watches, and Google’s free stuff
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 330

🇺🇸 #Apple says it didn't know #DOJ was asking for House Democrats' data when it complied with subpoena; #Microsoft also received and complied with a similar subpoena 🔗


🍎 Sources: many #Apple #US stores will drop mask requirement for vaccinated customers as soon as Tuesday; mask requirement to be dropped at some Cupertino offices 🔗


⌚️ Sources: #Apple is planning to launch a faster #AppleWatch with improved connectivity and screen this year, and an entry-level and extreme sports models next year 🔗


👉 #GoogleWorkspace and #GoogleChat are officially available to everybody 🔗


🎮 #E3 2021: all the news and announcements 🔗


🚀 #JeffBezos’ #BlueOrigin auctions off a seat on first human spaceflight for $28M 🔗


🇨🇳 #China's #Mars rover took a selfie 🔗


🍟 #McDonalds hit by data breaches in #US, #SouthKorea and #Taiwan 🔗


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Amazon’s not joining the FLoC, Facebook’s EU-wide issue, and a unique NFT
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 331

🇬🇧 #UK's #CMA says it will launch an investigation into #Apple and #Google's mobile ecosystems over whether their market power is harming users 🔗


👉 Sir #TimBernersLee is auctioning his original source code for the web as an #NFT, the first time he would be able to raise money directly from his invention 🔗


🇪🇺 #EU's top court says #Facebook can't avoid potential EU-wide privacy orders from data protection authorities beyond its legal watchdog in #Ireland 🔗


🛍 #Amazon brings its cashierless tech to a full-size grocery store for the first time in a new 25K square foot #AmazonFresh location in Seattle 🔗


👉 Analysis: #Amazon's properties, including #Amazon.com, #WholeFoods.com, and #Zappos.com, are blocking #Google's new #FLoC tracking system from gathering data 🔗


🐦 #Twitter is asking for feedback on a new feature letting users “unmention” themselves as an anti-abuse tool and to help users control unwanted attentions 🔗


📺 #YouTube is banning alcohol, gambling, and politics from its ‘most prominent’ ad slot 🔗


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Clubhouse rivals going live, US vs big tech, and next gen Windows leaked design
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 332

👉 #Google unveils features for #Android including end-to-end encryption for RCS-based one-to-one chats in Messages, starred messages, emoji mashup suggestions, more 🔗


🇺🇸 #Biden names #LinaKhan, an #antitrust expert who wrote the “Amazon Antitrust Paradox”, as FTC chair, after the Senate voted 69-28 to confirm her as commissioner 🔗


🪟 Ahead of #Microsoft's event to unveil the next gen of #Windows, a Windows 11 build leaks, showing a revamped UI, like a new taskbar with centered app icons, more 🔗


🎮 #MarkZuckerberg says the original #Oculus Quest will receive #AirLink support in a post about the upcoming v30 update for Quest 🔗


🎙 #Facebook CEO #MarkZuckerberg hosts first test of #LiveAudioRooms in #US 🔗


🍎 #Apple #Podcasts’ in-app subscriptions are now live 🔗


🎙 #Spotify launches its live audio app and #ClubhouseRival, #SpotifyGreenroom 🔗


⚛️ #IBM unveils the #QuantumSystemOne, its first quantum computer physically built outside of the #US, in #Germany in partnership with research institute #Fraunhofer 🔗


👉 Analysis: total #NFT sales reached $2B in Q1 2021, with a seven-day peak of $176M on May 9, but have fallen in recent weeks, with sales of $8.7M on June 15 🔗


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Spotify’s latest move, police raiding online gangs, and Reels ads
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 333

🇺🇦 #Ukrain police arrest members of #ransomware gang #Clop, the first time that a national law enforcement agency has carried out mass arrests of such a gang 🔗


🎙 #Spotify has acquired #Podz, a #podcast discovery startup whose tech helps podcasters promote their show using ML to select 60-second clips of key moments 🔗


🔎 APK teardown of new version of #GooglePlay Services suggests that #Google is working to build an #Android device network like #Apple's #FindMy 🔗


👻 #Snap eliminates #Snapchat's speed filter, which let users show how fast they were moving, after a #US court ruled that Snap could be sued for a fatal car crash 🔗


👻 #Snapchat will let developers put their apps inside Spotlight 🔗


🇮🇳 #PUBG Mobile returns to India after ban with green blood and a new name: #Battlegrounds Mobile 🔗


💸 #Instagram #Reels now has ads 🔗


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Vaccine passports, picture-in-picture, and government-friendly Twitter alternative
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 334

💉 California launches a digital #vaccine verification system built using the open-source SMART Health Card Framework, with QR codes to show #COVID19 vaccine status 🔗


📺 #YouTube says it is rolling out picture-in-picture support for YouTube Premium users on #iOS and plans to launch the feature for all iOS users in the #US 🔗


💸 #PayPal will increase #US sellers' costs to 3.49% plus $0.49 per transaction on its payment products starting Aug. 2, up from 2.9% plus $0.30 on most transactions 🔗


👉 #Koo, the Indian microblogging app that has positioned itself as a government-friendly alternative to #Twitter in #India, is taking a similar approach in #Nigeria 🔗


🇨🇳 Two major Chinese banks now allow customers to exchange #DigitalYuan for cash at 3,000+ ATMs in Beijing, in an expansion of #China's digital currency experiment 🔗


👉 #ElonMusk’s #BoringCompany reportedly pitching wider tunnels that could transport freight 🔗


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​​China’s latest crypto move, Apple’s antitrust problem in Germany, and Facebook’s Clubhouse clone goes live
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 335

🇨🇳 #China's Sichuan Province closes #crypto mines, following Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Yunnan; an estimated 90% of China's mining capacity has now been shut down 🔗


👉 #Facebook rolls out #LiveAudioRooms, available to verified public figures and select Groups, and its #podcast service, available to select partners, in the #US 🔗


🍎🇩🇪 #Germany's Federal Cartel Office announces an #antitrust investigation into #Apple's #AppStore, pre-installed apps, and more 🔗


🤖 #Hyundai completes deal for controlling interest in #BostonDynamics 🔗


👉 #Google’s first-ever retail store 🔗


📖 #OxfordUniversityPress has been printing books since 1586, and now it will stop 🔗


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