Market Watch
During the first quarter, Square posted a net loss of $106 million, or 24 cents a share, compared with a loss of $38 million, or 9 cents a share, in the year-earlier period, Market Watch reports.
CNN.com
In response to the economic uncertainty created by the pandemic, video game giant Activision Blizzard might return to free mobile gaming, CNN reports.
Bloomberg
In an interview with Bloomberg, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says he expects Apple to continue opening its platforms to third-party apps.
The Information
On the heels of laying off about half of its workforce, Magic Leap is looking to raise around $100 million, The Information reports.
Consequence of Sound
Even before the pandemic, pop artists were increasingly embracing social platforms as the ultimate arbiters of their popularity, writes Meggie Gates in Consequences of Sound.
Variety
Controversial video-game vlogger PewDiePie just signed an exclusive livestreaming deal with YouTube, "Variety" reports.
Bloomberg
Facebook's Oculus division is working on a smaller Quest VR headset, sources tell Bloomberg.
Consumer Reports
After analyzing the privacy policies of Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Cisco Webex, Consumers Reports finds that these services might be collecting more data than consumers realize.
Om
Om Malik considers the impact that the pandemic is having on society's relationship to technology, including bringing some fringe behaviors into the mainstream and compressing year of digital transformation into months.
Axios
Andreessen Horowitz just raised $515 million for a new fund dedicated to cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies, Axios reports.