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Antenna: Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, and others struggle to retain US subscribers who joined to watch a hit show; some subscribers only stay for a few months (Wall Street Journal)

Meta rolls out updated 3D avatars across Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram Stories in the US, Canada, and Mexico (Kim Lyons/The Verge)

The London Stock Exchange says UK tech IPOs raised a record £6.6B in 2021, up from £3.1B in 2020, across 37 IPOs, compared to just eight in 2020 (Leah Montebello/City A.M.)

BlackBerry agrees to sell mobile, messaging, and wireless patents to Catapult IP Innovations for $600M, after ending support for its phones earlier in January (Chavi Mehta/Reuters)

Sony Interactive Entertainment announces it is buying Bungie, which makes Destiny and other games, for $3.6B; Bungie will become an independent subsidiary (Brendan Sinclair/GamesIndustry.biz)

In an Instagram video, Joe Rogan defends his decision to book contentious guests, apologizes to Spotify for the backlash, and details how the podcast may change (Sam Byford/The Verge)

A profile of Celsius Network, which has been valued at $3B+ and promises up to 18% annual interest on cryptocurrency deposits, as it attracts SEC scrutiny (Bloomberg)

Gartner: global chip sales rose 25% YoY in 2021 to a record $583.5B and are projected to grow by 9% this year; capital expenditures grew to at least $146B (Wall Street Journal)

Spotify publishes its long-standing Platform Rules and says it is working to add a content advisory to podcast episodes that include a discussion about COVID-19 (Daniel Ek/Spotify)

NFT marketplace LooksRare, which launched on Jan. 10, had $9.5B+ in trading volume, $8.3B+ of which seems to be users "wash trading" between their own wallets (Andrew Hayward/Decrypt)

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Many China-based sellers who were kicked off Amazon for rule violations have turned to Walmart's online marketplace to reach US consumers (Bloomberg)

Profile of artist Seneca, who says she is the lead designer behind the original Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection and has seen relatively little compensation (Samantha Hissong/Rolling Stone)

Blockdaemon, which provides blockchain infrastructure for node management and staking, raises a $207M Series C at a $3.25B post-money valuation (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Filings and interviews with decision makers and legal experts reveal bureaucracy with competing mandates at the FAA and FCC caused the 5G launch blowup (Brian Fung/CNN)

FCC announces $1.2B in funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to expand broadband services across 32 states, provided by 23 telecom companies (Emma Roth/The Verge)

How Lina Khan's FTC is using the concept of "monopsony", a market where one buyer is pre-eminent, to push for Big Tech antitrust regulation (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Graphics card prices will drop in 2022 - even with the RTX 3050 selling out

Visa says customers made $2.5B in payments with its crypto-linked cards in its fiscal Q1 of 2022, which is 70% of its crypto volume for all of FY 2021 (Frank Holland/CNBC)

Apple adds unlisted app distribution to the App Store, letting developers publish an app that can only be installed via a direct link and not found via search (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

A US appeals court upholds California's net neutrality law, saying a 2017 decision by the FCC to reverse federal internet protections could not bar state action (David Shepardson/Reuters)

Steam Lunar Sale has Back 4 Blood, Sekiro and Valheim at cheapest ever prices