Spotify says it will launch a subscription later this year called HiFi that will offer “CD-quality, lossless audio”; Spotify currently tops out at 320kbps audio Source
Amazon plans to acquire podcast network Wondery, which will join Amazon Music Source
GitHub apologizes to the employee it has fired for using the term “Nazis” on Jan. 6 and offers him his job back, says the company’s head of HR has resigned Source
Apple says HomePod and HomePod mini will receive a software update in the future to natively support Apple Music Lossless Source
Apple to launch redesigned iMacs this year with a Pro Display XDR-like design, and is working on two new Mac Pros, one of which may use Intel CPUs Source
Facebook is building an Android-based smartwatch with health and fitness capabilities, which it aims to launch in 2022 Source
Profile of Gloo, which has ~245M profiles on Americans and is used by 30K+ churches, or 10% of US churches, to target ad campaigns at people facing a crisis Source
Clubhouse employs an unusually aggressive user onboarding process, pressuring users to upload contacts before ranking those contacts based on total connections Source
Ad-measurement company Tenjin: following Apple’s IDFA changes, spending on iOS ads fell one-third between June 1 and July 1, while Android spending rose 10% Source
Twitter’s board says “Mr. Musk agreed to a transaction at $54.20 per share” and that it intends to “close the transaction and enforce the merger agreement” Source