A look at Spanish-language livestreaming growth on Twitch; the platform's audience for Spanish, its fastest-growing language, grew sixfold from 2019 to 2022 (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
A look at Spanish-language livestreaming growth on Twitch; the platform's audience for Spanish, its fastest-growing language, grew sixfold from 2019 to 2022  —  Samantha Rivera was studying engineering in Mexico in 2020 when a group of friends convinced her she could draw an audience …

A report by the White House's NTIA describes Apple and Google as "gatekeepers" of mobile app stores and suggests legislation to improve competition and choice (Ashley Gold/Axios)

Ashley Gold / Axios:
A report by the White House's NTIA describes Apple and Google as “gatekeepers” of mobile app stores and suggests legislation to improve competition and choice  —  A new Biden administration report describes Apple and Google as “gatekeepers” of mobile app stores and suggests legislation …

Meta's Ready at Dawn studio plans to shutter Echo VR, one of the best-rated and most popular free Quest games, after layoffs, to focus on "our next project" (Ben Lang/Road to VR)

Ben Lang / Road to VR:
Meta's Ready at Dawn studio plans to shutter Echo VR, one of the best-rated and most popular free Quest games, after layoffs, to focus on “our next project”  —  As a parting gift, players can claim lots of premium cosmetic items for free  —  The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email

Sources: the UK's semiconductor plan, which missed a publication deadline last fall, has suffered from government disarray, as the US and EU move forward (Politico)

Politico:
Sources: the UK's semiconductor plan, which missed a publication deadline last fall, has suffered from government disarray, as the US and EU move forward  —  The UK's long-awaited chips strategy remains mired in Whitehall wrangling.  —  LONDON — As nations around the world scramble …

Western Digital raised $900M from Apollo Global and Elliott, sources say as a precursor to a merger with Japan's Kioxia, as the memory chip industry struggles (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Western Digital raised $900M from Apollo Global and Elliott, sources say as a precursor to a merger with Japan's Kioxia, as the memory chip industry struggles  —  Western Digital Corp. is receiving a $900 million investment led by Apollo Global Management Inc., getting financial firepower …

A look at Blind, an anonymous professional networking site that has emerged as a lifeline for tech workers seeking information and advice about the mass layoffs (Catherine Thorbecke/CNN)

Catherine Thorbecke / CNN:
A look at Blind, an anonymous professional networking site that has emerged as a lifeline for tech workers seeking information and advice about the mass layoffs  —  In the week before Microsoft publicly announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs, thousands of workers at the tech giant who were eager …