Spotify has been embroiled in controversy since famous musician Neil Young removed his music from the streaming platform, citing Rogan’s podcast and calling Spotify “the home of life-threatening COVID misinformation.” Officials responded by publishing the service’s platform rules and saying that Spotify would begin adding content advisories to podcasts about the coronavirus. However, JREMissing.com recently reported that around 70 episodes of Joe Rogan’s podcast mysteriously disappeared from Spotify. The podcast has come under heavy criticism for its spread of COVID misinformation, although there seems to be no apparent link between the episodes that were removed and the current controversy. Music streaming service Spotify added 25 million monthly active users for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, taking its total base to 406 million users.
Earlier this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve a bill to rein in app stores of companies that exert too much market control. The bill targets companies like Apple and Google, who are accused of holding monopolistic power over developers in their respective app stores. Apple has raised concerns over the move, suggesting that it would be “side-loading” which would allow companies to avoid Apple's “pro-consumer privacy protections.” Google has already lowered its charges for apps that use its payment system.
The sale of the iPhone, Apple's flagship gadget, jumped by 34 percent year-on-year to 2.3 million units in the quarter ending December 2021, Bloomberg reported on February 3, citing the estimates shared by Counterpoint Technology Market Research. This marks one of the best quarterly performances for Apple in India. The California-based tech giant has been making sharp inroads in the country's gadget market over the past couple of years.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has come under fire once again, and this time it is for a past tweet. In an old tweet from 2018, Musk wrote, “Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union. Could do so tomorrow if they wanted. But why pay union dues and give up stock options for nothing?” However, a three-judge panel recently questioned whether the Tesla chief threatened workers with the loss of stock options if they formed a union. The tweet came amid the United Auto Workers union's years-long campaign to organize workers at Tesla's Fremont, California, factory. The National Labor Relations Board in a decision last year said Musk's tweet was illegal because a reasonable employee could construe it as a threat of reprisal for unionizing.
OPO Reno 7 and Reno 7 Pro 5G have been launched in India. The new OPO smartphones feature an AMOLED display with a high refresh rate support and sport triple-cameras on the back. The top-end Reno 7 Pro competes against the likes of V23 Pro, Xiaomi 11T Pro, and OnePlus 9RT. Here’s everything you need to know about the Reno 7 Pro, Reno 7 launched in India.
Msi dropped new gaming laptops in India, equipped with the latest 12th Gen Intel processing hardware and Nvidia RTX-30 series graphics. The line-up includes laptops across the company’s Stealth, Vector, Raider, Pulse, Katina, and Crosshair series
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