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Kindle’s China future in doubt after disappearing from online shelves; Panasonic to use Redwood’s recycled materials in battery cell production at Tesla gigafactory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple’s value touches the $3T mark; Abstra raises $2.3M for no-code apps; Twitter completes MoPub sale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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