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• Yes, you are getting lots of robocalls again -After a year of relief, robocalls are back up to pre-pandemic levels.
  
  
• T-Mobile is a consumer favorite. Now it's trying to break into the business world -T-Mobile has been popular with consumers, but an underdog when it comes to serving businesses. The "Uncarrier" wants to change that with the rollout of 5G.
  
  
• Square to acquire majority stake in music service Tidal for $297 million -Jay-Z has 99 problems but figuring out a buyer for his struggling music streaming service is no longer one.
  
  
• YouTube CEO says Trump's account will be restored when risk of violence recedes -Former President Donald Trump's YouTube account will eventually be restored in accordance with the platform's current policies, the company's CEO, Susan Wojcicki, said Thursday.
  
  
• UK launches antitrust probe into Apple -The United Kingdom's competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Apple after app developers complained that they're being forced to use the company's payment systems and distribute their products via its App Store.
  
  
• This 'snake robot' can fix pipelines on the ocean floor -Eelume is a six-meter-long, snake-like robot that will maintain oil and gas pipelines deep beneath the sea.
  
  
• SpaceX Mars prototype rocket nails landing for the first time, but explodes on pad -A SpaceX rocket prototype, known as SN10, soared over South Texas during test flight Wednesday before swooping down to a pinpoint landing near its launch site. Approximately three minutes after landing, however, multiple independent video feeds showed the rocket exploding on its landing pad.
  
  
• Facebook to lift its ban on political advertising -Facebook said it plans to lift a moratorium on US political advertising this Thursday, ending a ban that had been in place since the November elections.
  
  
• Microsoft says a group of cyberattackers tied to China hit its Exchange email servers -Microsoft says that a sophisticated group of hackers linked to China has exploited its popular email service that allowed them to gain access to computers.
  
  
• Instagram accidentally hid likes for some users -An Instagram bug briefly hid likes from some of its users on Tuesday, after the company accidentally expanded a long-running test of the feature.
  
  
• Japanese billionaire invites 8 people to join SpaceX mission around the Moon -Japanese fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa, who first announced his intention in 2018 to take a group of artists with him on a six-day trip around the Moon, said Tuesday that he's inviting the public to apply to fill eight open seats on the mission now slated to take off in 2023.
  
  
• Right-wing misinformation on Facebook is more engaging than its left-wing counterpart, research finds -By now it's well known that Facebook has a misinformation problem. The company has tried to address it in various ways, from labeling false claims to reducing its visibility in users' feeds. But a new study from researchers at New York University finds that not all misinformation on Facebook is created equal when you factor in political ideology.
  
  
• TikTok empowered these plus-sized women, then took down some of their posts. They still don't know why -After losing her marketing job due to the pandemic and then gaining 40 pounds, Remi Bader, 25, began spending more time on TikTok. She built up a following by posting about clothing items not fitting her correctly and her struggle to find larger sizes in New York City stores.
  
  
• Watch out, PayPal. Square just launched its own bank -Square, the financial payments firm run by Jack Dorsey, launched an in-house bank that it says will allow it to "operate more nimbly" in an increasingly crowded fintech market.
  
  
• Inside the complicated business of disguising 5G equipment -For years, artificial cacti have lined the sandy roadsides of North Scottsdale, Arizona. They look real at first glance but tucked inside are antennas and radio equipment that provide 4G LTE wireless connectivity to the area. Large concealment structures like this, which in this case are about 24 feet tall, have become so good it's sometimes hard to tell the real cacti from the fakes.
  
  
• Volvo to go fully electric by 2030 -By the end of the decade, the only Volvo you'll be able to purchase will be electric. And you'll only be able to buy it online.
  
  
• Amazon quietly changed its app icon after some unfavorable comparisons -Amazon has quietly changed the design of its new app icon, replacing the blue ribbon on top that drew some unfavorable comparisons.
  
  
• Instacart doubles its valuation for the second time since pandemic began -For the second time since the the pandemic began, Instacart has doubled its valuation as a privately-held startup.
  
  
• Top European media outlet refuses to join Facebook News -Facebook is launching its news product in Germany without media giant Axel Springer, which publishes the country's most popular daily newspaper and says it won't participate due to the "inappropriately low remuneration" offered for journalistic content.
  
  
• Biden throws support behind Amazon workers holding milestone union vote -President Joe Biden on Sunday night lent his support to Amazon workers who are pushing to unionize ? and appeared to warn Amazon not to deter them.