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on January 16, 2021 at 16:00

Eva Mathews / Reuters: Tencent Music acquires China-based Lazy Audio, a platform for audiobooks, podcasts, and radio shows, for $417M  —  (Reuters) - China's Tencent Music Entertainment Group said on Friday it acquired audiobook platform Lazy Audio, owned by Shenzhen Lanren Online Technology Co, for 2.7 billion yuan ($417 million).

on January 16, 2021 at 15:25

Chris Welch / The Verge: Galaxy Buds Pro review: good sound quality, voice detect feature is nice, but the touch controls are finicky and some features only work with Samsung devices  —  They don't win at any one thing, but they strike a great mix in terms of sound quality, ANC, and comfort

on January 16, 2021 at 14:40

New York Times: How a group of Dorsey's lieutenants overcame his reluctance to ban Trump's account when it became clear Trump was using his Twitter presence to incite violence  —  Jack Dorsey, the chief executive, had reservations about locking the president's account.  But the calls for violence that his tweets provoked were too overwhelming.

on January 16, 2021 at 13:15

Horace Dediu / Asymco: A survey estimates that Apple Pay users reached 507M worldwide in September 2020, about 50% of the total iPhone userbase, adding ~66M users from September 2019  —  IN a recent release, Apple reported that “more than 90% of stores in the US, 85% of stores in the UK, and 99% of stores in Australia accept Apple Pay.”

on January 16, 2021 at 11:10

Megan Cerullo / CBS News: Study: smartwatches like Apple Watch and Fitbit, which can measure heart rate variability, could help detect COVID-19 at least a week before symptoms appear  —  Smartwatches and other wearable devices that continuously measure users' heart rates, skin temperature and other physiological markers …