Thu. 10/26 – A Complete AirPods Revamp

Meta earnings from yesterday. Apple seems to be planning a complete revamp of the AirPods lineup. Spotify plans major changes to how it does royalties. X rolls out video and audio calls. And a look at how those new gesture controls work on the Apple Watch.
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Zuckerberg says Threads has almost 100 million monthly users (The Verge)

Apple Plans AirPods Overhaul With New Low- and High-End Models, USB-C Headphones (Bloomberg)

Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases (MacRumors)

SPOTIFY IS CHANGING ITS ROYALTY MODEL TO CRUSH STREAMING FRAUD AND INTRODUCE A MINIMUM PAYMENT THRESHOLD. ITS PLAN? TO SHIFT $1 BILLION IN PAYOUTS TOWARDS ‘WORKING ARTISTS’ OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. (MusicBusinessWorldwide)

X is officially rolling out audio and video calls (The Verge)

The Apple Watch’s double tap gesture points at a new way to use wearables (The Verge)

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