Spotify debuts granular charts
Spotify is providing a lot of detailed charts on how music on the platform is performing all around the world.
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Kittch keeps the streaming stove on 24/7
Kittch (a Twitch-like platform for chefs and foodies) is preparing for a big public unveiling next year after attracting dozens of award-winning chefs to its platform.
Unity captures Weta’s tech division for $1.6 billion
Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital is selling its technology division and deep library of digital tools to 3D game-development platform Unity.
Alexis Ohanian invests in a Solana-backed social media ecosystem
Reddit co-founder and Seven Seven Six principal Alexis Ohanian and the Solana Foundation are putting up $100 million to fund social platforms for the Solana blockchain.
Bipartisan bills want to break the algorithm-stranglehold of social platforms
The House of Representatives and the Senate have introduced complementary bills to force social platforms to offer algorithm-less versions of their services.
Todd McFarlane and Steve Aoki launch OddKey NFT marketplace for creator-ownership
The creator of Spawn and the king of EDM pulled back the curtain on an NFT marketplace called OddKey geared toward creators looking to keep majority ownership of their projects.
Niantic plots a “real-world metaverse”
Niantic, the creator of Pokémon Go, is making its AR-focused “real-world metaverse” app creator open source for developers.
London startup pops up rentable offices
Entrepreneur and designer Walter Craven has created a work booth that can be dropped onto city blocks, into train stations, or inside hotel lobbies to act as rentable remote-working spaces.
Nike gets fit for the metaverse
Some of Nike’s patent filings over the past few years unbox a long-in-the-works play for the metaverse, including digital sneakers, NFT “cryptokicks", and avatars that can compete for virtual gear.
Should VCs invest in people?
Major venture capital firm Slow Ventures has started investing in individual people that the firm believes could one day be “superstars.”