The EU approves Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax, Oppo was the best selling smartphone brand in China for the first time, and Tesla is building a big battery in Texas.
Twitter targets Covid-19 vaccine misinformation, Instagram’s “Live Rooms” are live, and Google’s Workplace Productivity Suite update can tell you how much time you’re spending in meetings.
China’s parliament is meeting to approve the party’s five year plan which includes plans to become self-sufficient in technology. While China is home to tech assembly factories, it imports $300 billion worth of chips annually and does not produce its own chipmaking gear which would be needed to ramp up production. The US continues to target China with export controls on high-end semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe
A bipartisan group of US Senators calls on the FCC to raise the definition of high-speed broadband, security firm finds cloud misconfigurations cause leaks in mobile app data, and Turntable.fm is back.
Apple is facing scrutiny over its App Store policies that force companies to use only Apple’s payment system which Apple takes a cut from. What are investigators looking to charge with and how will Apple respond?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe
Apple adds support for transferring iCloud photos and videos to Google Photos, Square plans to buy a significant majority stake in Tidal, and Nintendo will reportedly released an OLED Switch with 4K graphics this year.
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Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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