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Coming up: Meta Quest goes controller-less; Tumblr's iOS revenue increase; The latest in startup business news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Atlassian and Envoy briefly blame each other for data breach; FTC’s new Office of Technology will help mop up tech ‘oozing with snake oil’; Lyft is charging riders wait time fees — but drivers aren't reaping the rewards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instagram’s new broadcast chat feature, Snapchat announces 750 million monthly active users; Paramount+ reaches 56M subs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Snap introduces ray tracing technology; Roku soars past revenue expectations; Instacart’s latest features; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tubi reaches 64M monthly active users; Airbnb posts a record Q4; Meta's improved consumer-facing tool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube's new commercial music licensing resource; Meta planning for a fresh round of layoffs; Has the AI photo app trend already fizzled? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon in talks to buy Indian video giant MX Player; Reddit says hackers accessed employee data following phishing attack; India lifts ban on PayU’s LazyPay and some other lending apps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DoorDash introduces new safety features for riders; Lyft shares get crushed; Yahoo announces staff layoffs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Netflix starts cracking down on password sharing; Google maps gets an update; Disney+ reports its first subscriber loss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roku partners with DoorDash; Zoom's latest layoffs; Facebook rolls out new comment moderation tools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google takes on ChatGPT; Details on the Dell layoffs; Wikipedia unblocked in Pakistan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple says it now has 935 million paid subscriptions; Grocery deliverer JOKR doubles down on Brazil as it secures $50M on $1.3B valuation; Google says YouTube Shorts has crossed 50 billion daily views Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Instagram considering paid verification?; Roblox throwing a Super Bowl party; TikTok introduces a strike system for violations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Netflix's plan to stop account sharing; President Biden calls out Apple and Google; Microsoft plans to update Bing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta testing "members only worlds"; New social app from Instagram's co-founders; Spotify's expanded social ambitions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta halts another project; Paramount+ and Showtime team; Netflix's "Kid Mystery Box" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Report: Stripe tried to raise more funding at a $55B-$60B valuation; Google created an AI that can generate music from text descriptions, but won’t release it; Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Walmart's new "Text to Shop" feature; TikTok expands its DM settings; Peacock tops 20M subscribers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tesla's big Q4 numbers, A new ad plan from Disney+; The latest App economy numbers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon launches RxPass; Youtube's new plan for college students; Instagram’s new profile photo feature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spotify employee cuts; Meta expands its partnership with the NBA; Netflix teams up with Bumble; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google parent Alphabet cuts 6% of its workforce, impacting 12,000 people; Fandom lays off employees across Giant Bomb, GameSpot and Metacritic; India releases guidelines for social media influencers accepting paid promotions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instagram’s new ‘Quiet Mode’; Amazon ends charity donation program; Uber EV update Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon fined by regulators; Wikipedia's first makeover in over a decade; A Youtube TV upgrade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Netflix refreshes its iPhone app; Oversight Board presses Meta to revise nudity policy; Discord acquires a compliments-based social media app for teens; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices