Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Spotify launches Spotify Island on Roblox, the first music streaming brand on the service; artists and fans can go on quests, unlock content, and buy merch (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches Spotify Island on Roblox, the first music streaming brand on the service; artists and fans can go on quests, unlock content, and buy merch  —  Spotify announced today it will become the first music streaming brand to have an official presence within Roblox, with the launch of …



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Sources: the UK has shelved plans to empower the CMA's digital markets unit, announced in 2020, hampering its ability to set rules and impose fines (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: the UK has shelved plans to empower the CMA's digital markets unit, announced in 2020, hampering its ability to set rules and impose fines  —  Government not expected to include legislation to beef up CMA's digital markets unit in Queen's Speech  —  The UK is poised to shelve plans …



The SEC plans to add 20 investigators and litigators to its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, created in 2017 to monitor crypto fraud, taking it to 50 personnel (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
The SEC plans to add 20 investigators and litigators to its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, created in 2017 to monitor crypto fraud, taking it to 50 personnel  —  Agency to add 20 staffers to help tighten scrutiny of unregulated $1.7 trillion cryptocurrency market



In a filing, Twitter says Elon Musk's bid could make it difficult to attract and retain key employees, decrease productivity, and halt changes to its business (Sarah Frier/Bloomberg)

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
In a filing, Twitter says Elon Musk's bid could make it difficult to attract and retain key employees, decrease productivity, and halt changes to its business  —  Twitter Inc.'s $44 billion deal to be acquired by Elon Musk means it risks losing advertisers and employees, who may be concerned about the company's uncertain future.



Amazon tells staff it will pay up to $4K in travel expenses annually for non-life threatening medical treatments including abortions, following Yelp and others (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Amazon tells staff it will pay up to $4K in travel expenses annually for non-life threatening medical treatments including abortions, following Yelp and others  —  Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, told its staff on Monday it will pay up to $4,000 …



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...