Apple puts Foxconn India plant on probation after protests over food and accommodation conditions; Fiverr rolls out new Pinterest-like personalized discovery feature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
More companies bow out of in-person CES presence; Kimberly Bryant’s suspension surfaces ongoing tensions at Black Girls Code; Religious platforms draw investor attention Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Remembering the startups we lost in 2021; TC’s fav things; Is accessibility awareness resulting in better accessibility? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After Essential’s failure, OSOM plans a new privacy-first handset; A Bluetooth bug in a popular at-home COVID-19 test could falsify results; Fisher-Price’s Chatter phone has a simple but problematic Bluetooth bug Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bitcoin is religion, web3 is greed; EU clears the Microsoft-Nuance deal; Via shuttles toward the public markets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oracle buys Cerner in $28B deal; Inside Justworks’ IPO filing; Rec Room raises $145M at a $3.5B valuation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
FedEx receives its first fully-electric GM Brightdrop delivery vans; TikTok is launching delivery-only restaurants across the US in March; Backed by former Facebook and Twitter execs, Tagg launches social branding app for Gen Z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Reddit files confidentially to go public; Apple releases Swift Playgrounds 4 with support for app development on iPad; Spotify is launching Apple-like ratings for podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon to lower its cut of Alexa skill developer revenue starting in 2022; Aurora self-driving trucks are using Uber Freight to haul goods for customers; Apple quietly pulls references to its CSAM detection tech after privacy fears Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apple launches its Siri-only Apple Music Voice Plan with iOS 15.2; Struggling to win subscribers, Netflix cuts prices in India; Cash App now lets users ‘gift’ stock and bitcoin using their USD balance or a debit card Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
China’s AI giant SenseTime postpones IPO after US blacklisting; Former Twitter India head leaving firm to start an edtech platform; Mozilla expects to generate more than $500M in revenue this year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spain moves closer to passing a startup law; Better.com CEO Vishal Garg steps back as employees detail how he ‘led by fear;’ Volvo had some R&D data stolen in security breach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tinder is partnering with Spotify to launch a new ‘Music Mode’ feature; Netflix launches a website dedicated to news about renewals, exclusive interviews and more; Europe lays out a plan to flip the odds on gig economy exploitation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Twitter is the latest platform to test a TikTok copycat feature; Volkswagen closes three new partnerships to amp up EV production; Facebook tests a new ‘Professional’ mode for creator profiles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Microsoft seizes control of websites used by China-backed hackers; Twitter acquires Quill, a would-be Slack rival; team will work on DMs as Quill shuts down; Meta’s Messenger boss is leaving the company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
DoorDash tests a full-time employment option in New York as it launches ‘ultra-fast’ delivery; Astra will launch a rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida for the first time in January; Toyota will build its first US battery plant in North Carolina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
China’s ride-hailing giant is delisting from the New York Stock Exchange; Facebook Messenger is testing a new ‘Split Payments’ feature in the US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
GM delays production of new Chevy Bolt EVs until end of January; EU warns adtech giants over ‘legal tricks’ as it moots changes to centralize privacy oversight; Apple announces the 2021 App Store Award winners and most downloaded apps of the year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Match settles lawsuit with Tinder co-founders for $441 million; US government agencies bought Chinese surveillance tech despite federal ban; Square is changing its name to Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
UK’s antitrust watchdog orders Facebook to sell Giphy; Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz invest in solid-state battery developer Factorial Energy; Twitter expands safety policy, bans posting images of people without their consent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jack steps down from Twitter CEO role; Clearview AI told to stop processing UK data as ICO warns of possible fine; Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will talk Section 230 reform with Congress this week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apple files lawsuit against NSO Group over Pegasus spyware; India plans law that will prohibit ‘all private cryptocurrencies,’ with ‘certain exceptions;’ India plans law that will prohibit ‘all private cryptocurrencies,’ with ‘certain exceptions;’ Reddit is shutting down Dubsmash and integrating video tools into its own app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Walmart will be the first retailer to test Twitter’s new livestream shopping platform; GM acquires 25% stake in electric boat company Pure Watercraft; Walmart will be the first retailer to test Twitter’s new livestream shopping platform; Netflix to acquire German visual effects studio behind ‘Stranger Things’ and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Flytrex raises $40M to build its drone-based delivery service across suburbs in the US; Twitter is rolling out its tipping feature to Android users; Pentagon announces new cloud initiative to replace ill-fated JEDI contract Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spotify finally rolls out real-time lyrics to global users; Apple reportedly aims to debut a fully self-driving car in 2025; Amazon officially launches its more natural ‘Conversation Mode’ option on Echo Show 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Beginning next year, Apple will send you parts and tools to fix your iPhone and Mac at home; Amazon’s ridiculously large Echo Show 15 arrives December 9; Spotify’s new Podcast Subscriptions expand to global markets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Slack wants to make it easier to build workflows with developer building blocks; Facebook accused of continuing to surveil teens for ad targeting; Pinterest launches TwoTwenty, its own in-house incubator for new projects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Snapchat partners with Sony Music, announces plans for new AR music lenses; Say goodbye to disappearing tweets: Twitter no longer auto-loads new tweets on the web; Tesla is deploying Starlink satellite internet dishes at Superchargers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Instagram adds TikTok-like Text-to-Speech and Voice Effects tools to Reels; Microsoft’s shift to the cloud is a lesson in corporate evolution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon Prime Video app introduces a new clip-sharing feature; Google reorg moves AR, VR, Starline and Area 120 into new ‘Labs’ team; Twitter no longer crops image previews on the web Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
