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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Spotify to announce an Apple Podcasts Subscriptions competitor next week that will let podcasters set prices without charging them or taking a cut -
Technical University of Darmstadt: Researchers: an AirDrop user's phone number and email address can be learned via nearby Wi-Fi-capable devices when the user opens an iOS or macOS sharing pane -
BBC: After decades of legal battles, 39 former UK postmasters who were convicted of fraud due to faulty accounting software from Fujitsu have their names cleared -
15 minutes ago Andrew Griffin / The Independent: Interview with Apple's marketing head Greg Joswiak and hardware chief John Ternus on why the company has no plans to merge iPad and Mac product lines -
Bloomberg: Turkish crypto exchange Thodex halts operations amid local media reports that its CEO has fled the country and its losses may be as high as ~$2B -
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: A digital coins sell-off, including bitcoin's plunge below $50K, wipes $200B+ in value from crypto markets, on reports Biden will seek a capital gains tax hike -
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Sources: the new 12.9" iPad Pro, which is 0.5mm thicker than its predecessor, is incompatible with the original $349 Magic Keyboard folio case for older models -
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: Federal judge rejects motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Apple that alleges the “Buy” option in iTunes is deceptive as Apple can still terminate access -
Ed Zitron / Where's Your Ed At: Clubhouse lacks opportunities for virality and monetization that Twitch, Snapchat, and Discord have, and its product is one feature that has been copied easily -
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook launches a series of global News Feed ranking tests to solicit user feedback on posts they're seeing and what posts users find valuable -
Bloomberg: Panasonic says it will buy US-based supply chain software provider Blue Yonder for $7.1B, in one of the Japanese company's biggest acquisitions -
Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon began piloting a tool last week that lets brands in its Brand Registry program in the US email marketing materials to customers who “follow” the brand