​​Instagram’s evolving, Twitter’s dropping NFTs, and Robinhood’s getting fined
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 344

👉 #AdamMosseri says #Instagram plans to test video more broadly, calls #TikTok and #YouTube competitors, and says Instagram is “no longer a photo-sharing app” 🔗
👉 #Instagram confirms it is working on tools to let creators share “exclusive” content to Stories for paying fans 🔗


🏹 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fines #Robinhood $70M for misleading customers and system outages, the biggest fine it has ever imposed 🔗


💰 Sir #TimBernersLee’s web source code #NFT sells for $5.4 million 🔗


🐦 #Twitter releases a set of seven #NFTs, each available in 20 designs, and is auctioning them on marketplace #Rarible 🔗


🇮🇳 #Twitter and #Facebook are fighting new rules in #India trying to “protect” privacy and free speech; the regulations include potential jail terms for executives 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Florida's Stop #SocialMediaCensorshipAct from going into effect, which was scheduled for Thursday 🔗


👉 #Amazon says it is seeking the recusal of #FTC chair #LinaKhan from matters related to the company, citing her history of criticism and #antitrust arguments 🔗


💉 #Google updates its #GooglePasses API to let users store #COVID19 vaccine cards on #Android devices, starting in the #US; Google will not keep a copy of the user's info 🔗


💬 AT&T joins #TMobile in making #Google's Android Messages the default app for #SMS and RCS services on #Android phones; #Verizon so far has not made the switch 🔗 #ATandT


📱 #Apple’s #iPhone12 series sales crossed 100M globally in April 2021, seven months after launch, two months faster than #iPhone 11; iPhone 12 Pro Max had a 29% sales share 🔗


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Robinhood’s going public, Facebook goes after extremism, and Pinterest against weight loss ads
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 345

🏹 #Robinhood files for long-awaited #IPO, says it will set aside up to 35% of shares for retail investors 🔗


🐦 #Twitter shows off features it is testing, including a way to tweet only to a group of trusted friends, ability to tweet under different “personas”, and more 🔗


👉 Sources: #Apple and #Intel are the first adopters of #TSMC's 3nm chips for the #iPad and CPUs for Intel-powered notebooks and data centers 🔗


👉 New #Facebook test prompt asks users if someone they know might be “becoming an extremist”; another notifies users who may have been exposed to extremist content 🔗


🇹🇭 #Thailand SEC files criminal complaint against #Binance alleging it has operated a #cryptocurrency exchange business via its website without a license 🔗


🇺🇸 Former #Trump spokesman #JasonMiller leads #GETTR, a #Twitter-like service that bills itself as a “non-bias social network”, in the newest pro-MAGA tech venture 🔗


👉 #Opera becomes first third-party browser fully optimised for #Chromebook, with built-in access to messaging apps, free built-in VPN, a crypto wallet, and more 🔗


📌 #Pinterest updates policy to prohibit ads promoting weight loss 🔗


👟 #Nike brings hands-free entry shoes to the Olympics with the Glide FlyEase 🔗


🪟 #Microsoft’s Blue Screen of Death is changing to black in #Windows11 🔗


💉 The #EU’s #COVID19 ‘digital certificates’ are up and running 🔗


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Cyber crime credits, Didi Chuxing’s bans, and anti anti-doxxing
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 346

👉 In a post on the #REvil #DarkWeb blog, the #ransomware gang takes credit for the #Kaseya attack, claims it infected 1M+ systems, and demands $70M in #bitcoin for the decryptor 🔗


🇨🇳 Just days after Didi's #NYSE debut, Chinese regulators mandate app stores ban #DidiChuxing app, alleging violations in its collection and usage of personal info 🔗


🇭🇰 #Facebook, #Twitter, and #Google have privately warned #HongKong's government that they could stop offering services if planned anti-doxxing rules go ahead 🔗


📱 Researcher finds certain network names can disable #WiFi on #iPhone 🔗


👉 #TikTok parent #ByteDance has begun selling the video app’s #AI to other clients 🔗


🇳🇱 Dutch court rejects #Facebook’s bid to have privacy lawsuit in the #Netherlands dismissed 🔗


🔋 #Porsche recalls Taycans over sudden power loss problem 🔗


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Twitter’s problems in India, Didi’s problems in China, and GETTER’s problems online
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 347

🐦🇮🇳 In a court filing, Indian government says #Twitter has lost its liability protection in #India since it's failed to comply with IT rules introduced in February 🔗


🎮 #Nintendo announces an updated #NintendoSwitch with a larger 7-inch 720P OLED display, 64GB storage, improved audio, and more, on sale starting October 8 for $350 🔗


🚕🇨🇳 Sources: weeks before #DidiChuxing’s #US IPO, the Chinese regulator that eventually ordered Didi's app banned had suggested to the company that it delay the listing 🔗
👉 Didi shares fell as much as 30% in pre-market trading after a Chinese regulator ordered it to be removed from app stores, wiping out ~$22B of market value 🔗


👉 #GETTR, the new pro #Trump social platform, acknowledges it was hacked on its July 4 launch, with the usernames of prominent accounts being defaced 🔗


🏎 #Rimac takes over #Bugatti from #VW in powerhouse electric supercar deal 🔗


👉 #AndyJassy officially takes over as #Amazon CEO from #JeffBezos 🔗


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​​$10B Pentagon contract, Binance in the EU, Microsoft’s updates
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 348

👉 The #Pentagon has canceled the $10B JEDI cloud contract that was awarded to #Microsoft but faced legal challenges from #Amazon, announced new multivendor contract 🔗


🇺🇸 Source: #Biden will direct the #FTC to draft new right-to-repair rules, with an explicit mention of mobile phone manufacturers expected in the directive 🔗


🇷🇺🇺🇸 Sources: #Russia-backed hacking group #APT29 breached the #RNC last week, possibly via IT provider #Synnex; RNC says there's is no indication it was hacked 🔗


🇪🇺 #Binance says it will temporarily suspend euro bank deposits from the #EU's Single Euro Payments Area network due to “events beyond our control” 🔗


👉 #Facebook waiving #FacebookBulletin's fees at launch is a classic Silicon Valley tactic used to quash competitors, exemplifying a strategy critics think should be illegal 🔗


🖨 Microsoft releases emergency update to patch the “PrintNightmare” vulnerability impacting Windows Print Spooler, which could allow attackers remote PC access 🔗


👉 #TikTok appears to be testing a #Cameo-like feature called “Shoutouts” that lets users buy custom videos from creators, in select regions not including the US 🔗


👉 #Microsoft’s new #MicrosoftOffice UI now available for testers 🔗


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​​Trump’s back with a lawsuits, Biden’s next EO, and Sony’s ad gone wrong
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 349

👉 #Square announces it will build a hardware wallet for #bitcoin, after #JackDorsey had discussed the possibility of creating one in June 🔗


🇺🇸 #Biden to sign an EO calling on regulators to enact reforms such as increasing scrutiny of tech mergers and focusing more on moves like “killer acquisitions” 🔗


🐛 #Microsoft says its bug bounty program paid $13.6M to 341 security researchers in the past 12 months, down slightly from the $13.7M it paid a year ago 🔗


🧑‍⚖️🇦🇺 #Australia's Federal Court reverses earlier ruling and allows #EpicGames’s antitrust case against #Apple's #AppStore to proceed; Apple says it will appeal the judgment 🔗


🇺🇸 Donald #Trump sues #Facebook, #Twitter, and #YouTube, as well as #MarkZuckerberg, #JackDorsey, and #SundarPichai, claiming the companies have violated his First Amendment rights 🔗


💬 #WhatsApp will let you send images and videos in their ‘best quality’ 🔗


🎮 #Sony posts and deletes ad featuring an upside-down #PS5 🔗


🇨🇳🏳️‍🌈 #WeChat deleted accounts of student #LGBTQ groups in #China 🔗


🐦🇮🇳 #Twitter will comply with #India’s new rules to keep its legal immunity 🔗


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​​Microsoft’s new acquisition, Samsung’s event leaks, and Amazon’s radar sensors to track your sleep
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 350

👉 Sources: #Microsoft has agreed to acquire SaaS security intelligence company #RiskIQ; a source says Microsoft will pay over $500M 🔗


👉 Leaker #EvanBlass tweets that #Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event will be on August 11 and shares renders of new phones, smartwatches, and wireless earbuds 🔗


💤 #FCC approves #Amazon's request to use “Radar Sensors” to sense motion and “enable contactless sleep tracing functionalities” 🔗


🇨🇳 Sources: #ByteDance put its #US or #HongKong IPO plans on hold in March after meeting with regulators in #China, which asked the company to address security issues 🔗


🍿 #Disney says #Marvel's Black Widow has earned $60M+ on opening weekend via its Premier Access program, which lets #DisneyPlus subscribers rent the movie for $30 🔗


👋 Exclusive #TED chats are coming to #Clubhouse 🔗


👉 The #FTC has reportedly opened an investigation into #Amazon’s #MGM acquisition 🔗


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Google fined in France, bitcoins seized in the UK, and internet blocked in Cuba
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 351

🐦 After a user highlighted them, #Twitter confirms it inadvertently verified six accounts and says the “inauthentic” accounts are now suspended and badges removed 🔗


🇫🇷 #France fines #Google $593M for failing to comply with a 2020 order to negotiate in good faith with publishers for displaying article snippets in #GoogleNews 🔗


🇬🇧 #UK London Met #Police says it seized ~£180M in #bitcoin while investigating international money laundering, after seizing £114M of #cryptocurrencies last month 🔗


🇨🇺 In response to protests, #NetBlocks says #Cuba's state-run ISP has restricted social media and messaging apps, including #Facebook, #Instagram, and #WhatsApp 🔗


🤖 #Google unveils a feature for #Android12 that lets users play a game from the #PlayStore before it's fully downloaded, available with “minimal developer effort” 🔗


👉 #GoogleMeet starts enforcing a 60-minute time limit on group calls for free #Gmail users 🔗


👉 Authenticated brand logos in #Gmail will roll out over the coming weeks 🔗


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Spyware on the loose, attraction value in Italian museum, and Tesla’s self driving subscription
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 352

☠️ #PegasusSpyware used to target phones of journalists and activists, investigation finds 🔗


👉 #Facebook says their data shows a 50% decline in #vaccine hesitancy among US users, refuting #Biden's claim that it's “killing people” by allowing #COVID19 #misinfo 🔗


👉 #Zoom says it will acquire #Five9, which makes cloud-based call center software for sales, marketing, and support, in an all-stock deal valued at ~$14.7B 🔗


🇮🇹 A museum in #Italy is using cameras to monitor people looking at artwork, to define a work of art's “attraction value” and accordingly change museum layouts 🔗 #AttentionEconomy


👉 #Tencent to buy British video game developer #SumoGames for $1.27B, a 43% premium on Sumo's Friday closing price 🔗


📱 #Huawei’s P50 flagship will launch on July 29th 🔗


📱 Latest leaks indicate new #iPhone may have always-on displays like #AppleWatch 🔗


🚗 #Tesla Full Self Driving subscriptions are now available for $199 a month 🔗


🔐 #WhatsApp tests encrypted cloud backups on #Android 🔗


👉 #Google redesigns its #emoji to be more universal and authentic 🔗


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Astronaut Bezos in space, spyware on phones, and new ads format on TikTok
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 353

🚀 #BlueOrigin’s New Shepard carries #JeffBezos and three crew members to space and back 🔗


☠️ #AmnestyInternational researchers published a toolkit to help anyone scan their #iPhone and #Android devices for evidence of compromise by #NSO's #PegasusSpyware 🔗


🍎 Sources: #Apple is delaying return to office deadline by at least a month to October amid rising #COVID19 cases, will give employees a month's notice before return 🔗


👉 #YouTube acquires #India-n social commerce startup #Simsim 🔗


👉 Sources: a group of #Facebook data scientists asked for resources to measure #COVID19 #misinfo on Facebook at the start of the pandemic, but execs denied the request 🔗


📱 CIRP: #Android and #iOS each accounted for 50% of smartphone activations in the #US in Q2, the same as Q2 2020, after iOS' share climbed steadily from 31% in 2017 🔗


📧 #DuckDuckGo launches a new Email Protection service that forwards emails from a free “@duck.com” address to users' regular inbox after scanning them for trackers 🔗


👉 #TikTok launches Spark Ads, an ad format that allows brands to sponsor already published posts with the post creators' approval, potentially cutting out agencies 🔗


👉 #Adobe releases #AppleSilicon M1 support for #PremierePro 🔗


👻 #Snapchat will let you pose your #Bitmoji on your profile in 3D 🔗


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​​Netflix’s expansion into gaming, next Samsung event, and TweetDeck’s overhaul
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 354

🎮 #Netflix says its expansion into gaming will start with mobile games, which will be included with a subscription at no additional cost 🔗


☎️ Phone numbers belonging to ten prime ministers, three presidents, and a king were among the list of 50K potential #NSO targets, leaked to #AmnestyInternational 🔗


👉 #Samsung announces its next #GalaxyUnpacked event will be held virtually on August 11, where it is expected to unveil new foldables 🔗


🐦 #Twitter begins rolling out a preview of a revamped #TweetDeck in the #US, #Canada, and #Australia, featuring an option for wider columns, an Explore column, more 🔗


👉 #Instagram is rolling out a new feature that lets users control “sensitive content” in the Explore tab, with settings to “Allow”, “Limit”, and “Limit Even More” 🔗


👉 #Instagram is testing a new feature called Collab in #India and the #UK that lets users invite a public account as a collaborator on a post or a #Reel 🔗


📺 #YouTube debuts Super Thanks, which lets users tip creators for individual uploaded videos rather than livestreams and have their message highlighted in comments 🔗


👻 #HBOMax partners with #Snapchat to let users in the #US co-watch pilots of select series with up to 63 other users for free via a #SnapMini 🔗


👉 #GoogleChrome 92 for #iOS enables Face ID and Touch ID protection of Incognito tabs, “Full Page” screenshot support, and more 🔗


🗺 #GoogleMaps expands its crowdedness predictions to 10K+ transit agencies in 100 countries, and will show how crowded individual carriages are in NYC and Sydney 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Netflix Q2: revenue of $7.34B vs. $7.32B est., up 19% YoY, global paid net additions of 1.54M vs. 1.19M expected; US and Canada region lost 433K subs QoQ 🔗


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​​Clubhouse is now open, Twitter’s testing upvote & downvotes, and Facebook’s slow fight with misinfo
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 355

🐦 #Twitter is testing upvote and downvote buttons on replies 🔗


👋 #Clubhouse is no longer invite-only as it exits beta and says the 10M people on its waitlist will be added to the app over time 🔗


👉 #Google rolls out Backup by Google One, a unified #Android cloud backup that syncs app data, messages, photos, and more; Backup replaces the Play Services tool 🔗


🚓 Police in #Spain have arrested #UK citizen Joseph O'Connor at the #US' request over his alleged involvement in last year's #hack of high-profile #Twitter accounts 🔗


👉 #Facebook hides the tag #VaccinesKill from searches, displaying a message that says it is “keeping our community safe”, two years after #Instagram hid the tag 🔗


📺 #YouTube says it will test a new feature that will allow viewers to shop for products directly from livestream videos, starting with a few creators and brands 🔗


😷 #LG adds mic and speakers to its air-purifying mask, launching next month 🔗


👉 #Instagram can now automatically translate text in stories 🔗


👉 #Tumblr debuts Post+, a subscription service for Gen Z creators 🔗


👉 #Zoom will now let you add third-party apps to your calls 🔗


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Section 230, more transparency from Google, and what happens when a porn company buys an old domain
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 356

👉 Two Democratic senators introduce a bill to strip away social media platforms' #Section230 liability shield if they amplify harmful public health misinformation 🔗


👉 #Google updates its “About This Result” panel with more context about the specific search result, including matching keywords, related terms, and local relevance 🔗


🤦‍♂️ Old stories on news sites including #WashingtonPost & #NYMag are displaying embedded porn videos after the domain for the defunct video service #Vidme was bought by a porn company 🔗


👉 #Arm details #PlasticARM, a 32-bit processor built on a flexible substrate, that it says can lead to embedding of low-cost, ultrathin chips into everyday objects 🔗


👉 #Google is rolling out a fix for a bug in #ChromeOS 91, apparently caused by a single typo, which locked #Chromebook owners out of devices upon restarting 🔗


🎧 #Spotify partners with #GIPHY to connect users with artists’ music via GIFs 🔗


🎧 #OnePlus announces $150 Pro noise cancelling earbuds, coming September 1st 🔗


🔋 #MercedesBenz to build eight battery factories in push to become electric-only automaker by 2030 🔗


🐦 #Twitter may be adding voice effects to #TwitterSpaces 🔗


👉 #EpicGames files new complaint in its #antitrust suit against #Google 🔗


👻 #Snapchat added 55 million daily users last quarter 🔗


👉 #GoogleDrive will let you block other users to stop potential harassment 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Twitter Q2: revenue of $1.19B, up 74% YoY, vs $1.07B est., ad revenue of $1.05B, up 87% YoY, and mDAUs of 206M, up 11% YoY 🔗

💲 #Snap Q2: revenue of $982M, up 116% YoY, DAUs up 23% YoY to 293M, and net loss shrunk 53% YoY to $152M 🔗

💲 #Intel Q2: revenue of $18.5B, up 2% YoY, vs. $17.8B est., Data Center Group revenue of $6.5B, down 9% YoY, while PC unit sales were up 33% YoY 🔗


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Apple Silicon in Apple Displays, Facebook in mixed reality, and Apple Music on Android
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 357

🖥 Sources: #Apple is testing a new external display with a dedicated #AppleSilicon that includes a Neural Engine 🔗


👉 #Facebook announces the #PassthroughAPI, which allows #Oculus Quest 2 developers to use real-world images collected via sensors to create mixed reality apps 🔗 #AR #VR


🎧 #AppleMusic brings its spatial audio and lossless streaming to #Android 🔗


🎮 #Facebook brings cloud gaming to #Apple devices with a web app 🔗


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​​China goes after big tech, Facebook goes after God, and Spotify’s new feed
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 358

🇨🇳 #China issues regulations for food delivery platforms, mandating minimum wage, respect for worker rights, and more, leading to #Meituan shares dropping by 14%+ 🔗


⛪️ As part of its expanded outreach to #US churches, #Facebook is offering subscription tools for exclusive content and donation tools during live streams 🔗


🎧 #Spotify adds an attention-grabbing ‘What’s New’ feed 🔗


👉 Leaked #Microsoft #SurfaceDuo 2 photos reveal new triple camera system 🔗


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​​Instagram’s latest features, Facebook’s steps to protect the youth, Clubhouse’s growth
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 359

👉 #Instagram announces changes for teen accounts, including making them private by default and restricting messages from “suspicious” adults 🔗


👉 #Instagram now supports 60-second videos on #Reels, its #TikTok clone 🔗


👉 #Facebook will restrict how advertisers can target users under 18 across Facebook, #Instagram, and #FacebookMessenger, only allowing age, gender, and location targeting 🔗


👋 #SensorTower: #Clubhouse had 484K global installs from July 21 to 25, up 17% from the previous five days, after moving from invite-only to general availability 🔗


👉 #WhatsApp reportedly developing #iOS to #Android transfer option for chat history 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ #eBay cyberstalking conspirator sentenced to 18 months in prison 🔗


🎧 #Spotify adds What’s New feed for all the artists and podcasts you follow 🔗


🐦 #Twitter is testing notices that tell you if your account is suspended or locked 🔗


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

💲 #Apple Q3: revenue of $81.4B, up 36% YoY, net income of $21.7B, up from $11.2B YoY, Services sales of $17.4B, up from $13.2B YoY, iPhone sales of $39.6B 🔗


💲 #Microsoft Q4: revenue up 21% YoY to $46.2B, net income up 47% YoY to $16.5B, commercial cloud revenue up 36% YoY to $19.5B, LinkedIn revenue up 46% YoY 🔗


💲 #Alphabet Q2: revenue of $61.88B, up 62% YoY, operating income of $19.36B, up 31% YoY, #Google Cloud operating loss down to $591M 🔗


💲 #Spotify Q2: revenue of €2.3B, up 23% YoY, as ad revenue jumped 110% YoY to €275M; paying subscribers reached 165M, up 20% YoY, total MAUs reached 365M 🔗


💲 #Shopify Q2: revenue of $1.12B, up 57% YoY, surpassing $1B for the first time; gross merchandise volume was up 40% YoY to $42.2B 🔗


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