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April 6, 2019, 2:10 PM

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CNBC:
After a NY Post report that Morgan Stanley offered Lyft's pre-IPO investors a short-selling product, Lyft sends a letter threatening to sue the investment bank  —  - In a letter sent to Morgan Stanley on April 2, Lyft questioned the firm about its role in helping market certain products …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Netflix app for iOS no longer supports AirPlay; support document on Netflix site says Airplay is no longer supported due to technical limitations  —  The Netflix app for iPhone and iPad no longer appears to support AirPlay, based on an updated support document found on the Netflix website.
Rachel Kraus / Mashable:
Leaked documents show Amazon acquired Eero for $97M, with ten execs receiving a potential of $32.6M in bonuses; Eero had raised $138M, according to PitchBook  —  Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists.  If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work.
Benedict Evans:
Apple's subscription announcements last week were aimed at increasing incremental revenue, reducing churn, and emphasizing its brand of safety and curation  —  - We expected a TV event and got a subscription event - news & magazines, games, a credit card and Oprah.
April Glaser / Slate:
Public databases for identifying and mapping plants and birds have had to rebuild infrastructure to hide specific locations of endangered species from poachers  —  Our enthusiasm for sharing birds, plants, and superblooms has unintended consequences.  But we can use the same tools that made the problem to fix it.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Microsoft doubles Skype's group call limit to 50 people, matching Facebook Messenger's limit and exceeding FaceTime's, which supports up to 32 people  —  Skype is capitalizing on Apple's struggles with Group FaceTime to attract attention to its own group calling features.
The Guardian:
UK regulator launches investigation into auto-renewal, cancellation, and refund practices of online gaming services from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft  —  CMA examines auto-renewal terms for Switch, PlayStation and Xbox subscriptions  —  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) …
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube, which used to highlight and promote independent creators, is shifting toward more commercial, advertiser-friendly content as it battles misinformation  —  Danny Philippou is mad.  —  He's practically standing on top of his chair as his twin brother and fellow YouTube creator Michael stares on in amusement.
Jane Wakefield / BBC:
Study: review of data from previous studies on 17,000 teens finds little evidence of a link between the amount of time they spend on devices and their wellbeing  —  There is little evidence of a link between the amount of time teenagers spend on devices and their general wellbeing, a study has suggested.
Jamie Lauren Keiles / New York Times:
How videos on YouTube helped A.S.M.R., a hard-to-describe brain-tingling feeling, become a subcultural phenomenon on the internet  —  The brain-tingling feeling was a hard-to-describe psychological oddity.  Until, suddenly, it was a YouTube phenomenon.  —  When Jennifer Allen watched videos of space …

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