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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

How Does the OnePlus 9 Pro Fare in Durability Tests?

OnePlus 9 Pro went through JerryRigEverything's durability tests and it survived. The phone did not break, scratch easily, or malfunction under heat. https://ift.tt/3d2Wost

Tencent CEO Said to Meet China Antitrust Officials as Scrutiny Widens

Pony Ma, the reticent founder of Tencent Holdings, China's biggest social media and video games company, met with China's antitrust watchdog officials this month to discuss compliance at his group,... https://ift.tt/3cWSuBw

Realme 8 Series Set to Launch in India Today

Realme 8 and Realme 8 Pro are set to launch in India today, March 24. The launch event will be held virtually through a livestream. Both phones in the Realme 8 series are expected to have Super AMOLED... https://ift.tt/3vWFODx

Black Widow, Cruella, Pixar's Luca Headed to Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar

Black Widow release date delayed to July 9, now coming to cinemas and Disney+ with Premier Access at the same time. Black Widow Hotstar release date could be October 8. Cruella opens May 28 in cinemas... https://ift.tt/2OV26VA

Redmi Note 10 Pro with Snapdragon 732G to go on flash sale today via Amazon

Redmi Note 10 Pro is offered in 6GB RAM. The phone has two storage models- 64GB and 128GB priced at Rs 15,999 and Rs 16,999, respectively. https://ift.tt/3ckQcgF

Streaming Drives 7.4 Percent Growth in Global Recorded Music Business

The global recorded music business grew by 7.4 percent last year, an industry body said, as streaming continued to drive a fast-paced recovery from the doldrums of the piracy era. https://ift.tt/3tLiLcT

Tesla's In-Car Cameras Raise Privacy Concerns: Report

Tesla's use of in-car cameras to record and transmit video footage of passengers to develop self-driving technology raises privacy concerns, as per US magazine Consumer Reports. https://ift.tt/3cWOnW6

Mark Zuckerberg May Not Attend Facebook's F8 Annual Conference This Year

Facebook said its once grand annual gathering of software developers will be a one-day, online event this June, potentially lacking an appearance by top executive Mark Zuckerberg. https://ift.tt/31dhKOE

A look at the impact of NFTs on the music industry, with sales of $42.5M since June, as most musicians are splitting their proceeds evenly with visual artists (Anne Steele/Wall Street Journal)

Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the impact of NFTs on the music industry, with sales of $42.5M since June, as most musicians are splitting their proceeds evenly with visual artists — Artists are connecting with fans and generating revenue by selling digital collectibles, even if they are hard to value

Former Pinterest COO Françoise Brougher and two former employees, Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks, reflect on sexism and racism at the company (Janice Min/TIME)

Janice Min / TIME:
Former Pinterest COO Françoise Brougher and two former employees, Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks, reflect on sexism and racism at the company — The day Françoise Brougher was fired from Pinterest began like so many of her workdays. It was April 2, 2020 …

YC's W21 batch featured 43 Indian startups, a new record, and had 350 startups in total, of which 50% were based outside the US, the highest percentage to date (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
YC's W21 batch featured 43 Indian startups, a new record, and had 350 startups in total, of which 50% were based outside the US, the highest percentage to date — Y Combinator's latest batch — W21 — features 350 startups from 41 nations. Fifty percent of the firms, the highest percentage to date …