EU, US come to tentative data deal; Europe says yes to messaging interoperability as it agrees on major new regime for Big Tech; Instacart reduces its valuation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
App ecosystem growth continued in Q1; Coinbase pushes further into India; Instacart turns to software; The latest in Startup news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
YouTube announces ad-supported TV shows; Microsoft wants you to build your next game in the cloud; Instagram gets down with chronological feeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Twitter leads call for EU lawmakers to ‘think beyond Big Tech'; New Twitch appeals portal lets users monitor and object to account bans; Microsoft improves its AI translations with Z-Code; The latest in the world of startups Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is the e-commerce business slowing?; ComiXology and the digital revolution in comics; A lawsuit against Grubhub; The latest startup news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, March 18, 2022! Another week is behind us, which means that it’s time to sit back and read the last tranche of startup and technology news. For those of you building, we just announced that Sequoia’s Jess Lee is coming to Early Stage to chat about landing your first investor, and we’ll have a bevy of VCs at our mobility-themed event that should rock, and, since we’re talking moving about, roll. – Alex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM; Maserati plans to launch a battery-electric version for each model in its portfolio by 2025; says it will begin testing new content tools designed to give advertisers control Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The iPad Air is more powerful than ever; Tesla has idled its Shanghai factory due to COVID-19; Meta is now adding parental supervision tools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Intel is planning a huge European investment; Facebook will be paying a token fine for a General Data Protection Regulation breach; Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security is warning against the use of Kaspersky cybersecurity software Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mask unlock is finally live on iPhone; Ford is accelerating plans to sell more electric vehicles in Europe; Instagram is now blocked in Russia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
EU to investigate state use of spyware; YouTube is now blocking Russia state-affiliated media globally; Russia says it will block Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google adds Air Raid Alerts to Android phones in Ukraine; Google suspends Play store billing, YouTube payments in Russia; Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen back $30M fund exclusively investing in NFT art Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon suspends Prime Video in Russia; Developer tools are not worth infinite money; Swiggy preps for huge IPO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google is acquiring security intelligence firm Mandiant for $5.4B; Instagram warns users who share Russian state media, hides following lists in Russia and Ukraine; Apple TV+ to stream weekly Major League Baseball games in its first live sports deal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google says Chrome on macOS is now faster than Safari; Apple suspends Search Ads on the Russian App Store ‘until further notice;’ Uber boosts Q1 profit guidance as the world gets moving again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Microsoft halts all new sales in Russia; Disney+ is getting an ad-supported subscription tier later this year; Apple Maps now displays Crimea as part of Ukraine to viewers outside of Russia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spotify shutters Russia office indefinitely in response to Ukraine invasion; Rivian CEO walks back price hike for any customers who preordered before March 1; SpaceX successfully launches 47 Starlink satellites Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon to close 68 physical retail locations, including Amazon Books and 4-star stores; Apple’s next event is March 8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alphabet’s Wing drones hit 200,000 deliveries as it announces supermarket partnership; Disney+ gains the Marvel series from Netflix and new parental controls; Instagram makes encrypted direct messaging available in Ukraine and Russia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ukrainians turn to encrypted messengers, offline maps and Twitter amid Russian invasion; Panasonic will start making Tesla’s higher-capacity EV batteries by March 2024; TikTok expands max video length to 10 minutes, up from 3 minutes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon Music to overtake Pandora as No. 2 US music streamer this year; UK wants to squeeze freedom of reach to take on internet trolls; Carvana acquires Adesa US auction business for $2.2B to jump-start used car sales Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
SEC opens investigation into Elon Musk over possible insider trading; Siri gains a new gender-neutral voice option in latest iOS update; If you give Tumblr $4.99 a month, you won’t have to see ads anymore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mark Zuckerberg demos a tool for building virtual worlds using voice commands; USPS snubs EVs, Biden with next-gen delivery fleet deal; LinkedIn debuts its own podcast network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
To combat chip shortage, Bosch to invest $296M to produce semiconductors; Tesla gets wrist slap from EPA for violating Clean Air Act Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump’s TRUTH Social launches at the top of the App Store, but no one can get in; Instagram quietly limits ‘daily time limit’ option Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Meta axes a head of global community development after he appears on video in underage sex sting; Walmart is expanding autonomous delivery pilot with GM’s Cruise this year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Super Bowl ads boosted crypto app downloads by 279%, led by Coinbase; Elon Musk accuses SEC of conducting a ‘harassment campaign’; Amazon reaches deal to continue accepting Visa payments worldwide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spotify snaps up podcast measurement and analytics firms Podsights and Chartable; Spyware dealer who sold WhatsApp-hacking tech pleads guilty; New Waymo Via partnership gives it access to 200,000 shippers and carriers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Grubhub expands its ‘Grubhub Goods’ convenience offering nationwide; Twitter launches beta test of anti-abuse tool ‘Safety Mode,’ adds prompts to enable it; Nextdoor revamps with new profiles, feed and more community-building features Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hackers leak names of ‘Freedom Convoy’ donors after GiveSendGo breach; India bans Garena Free Fire, 53 more China-linked apps; Tesla opens entire Supercharger network in the Netherlands to all EVs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
