Netflix raises prices in the US, Canada, Portugal, and Argentina; the standard US plan rose from $15.49 to $17.99 and standard with ads jumped a dollar to $7.99
entertainment TV and films. — Now, customers are going to be subsidizing Netflix's push into live events like NFL and WWE, whether they want to or not. … @durrell : I swear to God, these MFs raise t...
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Jim Jordan gave Republicans just enough to claim a political win, without getting Meta in more trouble amid its FTC antitrust suit
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Chairman Jim Jordan and the House … Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Mark Zuckerberg Ingratiates Himself With U.S. Republican Politicians Casey Newton / Platformer : Zuckerberg dra...
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says he does not “feel an imperative” from users to release a new Xbox console, and the team is “pretty set on the hardware”
but it doesn't need one Metro : Xbox boss insists there's no demand for a more powerful console yet Aleksha McLoughlin / TechRadar : Xbox head Phil Spencer doesn't see the need for an upgraded Xbox Se...
US Commerce Sec says US is considering using a Cold War-era national security law to force semiconductor companies to provide information on inventory and sales
- Biden administration seeks inventory, sales information — Goal is to prevent stockpiling, ease supply chain bottlenecks
Q&A with Zuckerberg about his vision for the metaverse and its potential to further splinter our sense of shared reality, Biden's comments about Facebook, more
As June came to an end, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his employees about an ambitious new initiative. Tweets: @ballmatthew , @caseynewton , @reckless , @craigsilverman , @reese_shapiro , @reckles...
Clip, a Mexican mobile payments startup targeting SMBs, raises $250M from SoftBank's Latin American fund and Viking Global, at a valuation of $2B
- New round of investment values Mexico's Clip at $2 billion — Goal is to expand and hire 320 people in the next 18 months
Sources: EU is considering a deal with TSMC or Samsung to build an advanced semiconductor factory in Europe in an attempt to avoid relying on the US and Asia
- EU wants to boost semiconductor production in the region — Goal is to reduce reliance on Taiwan for cutting-edge chips
Go-Jek confirms first close of its Series F round, sources say it raised around $920M at $9.5B valuation; Go-Jek is planning to raise $2B total for the round
though new round is sure to increase that significantly. Jon Russell / @jonrussell : Go-Jek's first close is now official — no figures shared, of course, but the company has raised around $920M at $9....