Weekly#444

Amazon is close to launching its own TV in the US

NPM package with 3 million weekly downloads had a severe vulnerability

Apple Watch Series 7 reportedly facing production delays due to complex redesign

Kuo: iPhone 13 to support LEO satellite communication, allowing users to make phone calls and send texts without cell signal

Philips Hue partners with Spotify to turn all your lights into a music visualizer

Yandex to buy out Uber from Russian joint ventures in $1bn deal (FT)

Google Delays Mandatory Office Return to 2022 on Covid Surge

YouTube music services hit 50m subscribers in race to catch Spotify (FT)

Amazon now running 164 flights a day to deliver stock in US (FT)

Uber hired a top Amazon adtech exec as it steps up plans to grab a bigger slice of the $240 billion mobile ad market

Apple to Allow Media Apps to Link to Own Websites for Payment Options (WSJ)

Spotify, Netflix and Match Group shares rise after Apple relaxes App Store rules

Apple to Add Driver’s Licenses to Apple Wallet…Capability will first be offered to people in Arizona and Georgia (WSJ)

Fitness studios are combining virtual and in-person classes, so people can mix and match based on their needs (WSJ)

Cox Automotive acquires battery health company Spiers as ‘EVs take center stage’

Insurify, a ‘virtual insurance agent,’ raises $100M Series B

Rocket Lab boosts its space systems division in quest to become an ‘end-to-end space company’

Bright Cellars lands more funding to personalize its subscription-based wines

‘Autonomous accounting’ platform Vic.ai raises $50M round led by ICONIQ Growth

Apple will ask before it targets you with its ads in iOS 15

Intuit in Talks to Buy Mailchimp for More Than $10 Billion

Amazon CEO unveils 55,000 tech jobs in his first hiring push…That’s equal to more than a third of Google’s headcount as of June 30, and close to all of Facebook’s.

Stanford researchers make rechargeable batteries that store six times more charge

First Autonomous Cargo Ship Faces Test With 236-Mile Voyage

NVIDIA’s latest tech makes AI voices more expressive and realistic

China may use an existing rocket to speed up plans for a human Moon mission

Motional and Hyundai reveal the first images of their forthcoming autonomous vehicle