Strategic Partnerships

• Online abortion pill interest soars after the demise of Roe v. Wade -With safe, legal abortion access in the United States being restricted in numerous states after last week's Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion-seekers are increasingly turning to online resources to seek medical care.
  
• SpaceX gets approval to bring Starlink internet to airplanes -
  
• Technoblade, Minecraft YouTuber watched by millions, dead at 23 -Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade has died at the age of 23 following a year-long battle with cancer, his family announced Friday.
  
• Google will pay US app developers $90 million in a settlement over app store policies -US Android app developers will be able to claim money from a new $90 million fund Google will establish as part of a wider settlement with app makers over the tech giant's app store practices, the company said Thursday.
  
• Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds -Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc (META) has cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30% this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday, as he warned them to brace for a deep economic downturn.
  
• AI made these stunning images. Here's why experts are worried -A million bears walking on the streets of Hong Kong. A strawberry frog. A cat made out of spaghetti and meatballs.
  
• Daily Harvest hit with lawsuits from people who say they had their gallbladders removed after consuming its product -Days after meal-kit service Daily Harvest announced the voluntary recall of one of its products, the company has been hit with two lawsuits from individuals who said they had their gallbladders removed after consuming it.
  
• Pioneering NASA official on aerospace industry: 'Bro-culture' is bad for business -Lori Garver spearheaded the NASA program that paved the way for SpaceX to return human spaceflight to the United States after a decade-long wait. In her new book and in a recent interview she reflects on that success, the controversial cast of characters driving this new space race, and the cultural issues that permeate the aerospace industry at large.
  
• Uber releases safety data: 998 sexual assault incidents including 141 rape reports in 2020 -Even as its ridership was decimated by the pandemic in 2020, Uber recorded 141 reports of rape on its platform in the United States, the company disclosed in its safety report released Thursday.
  
• FCC commissioner calls on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores -A member of the Federal Communications Commission is renewing calls for Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing national security concerns surrounding TikTok's Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance.
  
• Xerox CEO John Visentin dies at 59 -Printer maker Xerox Holdings Corp said on Wednesday Chief Executive Officer John Visentin, 59, has died due to complications from an ongoing illness.
  
• The newest content moderation minefield for tech platforms: abortion posts -In the wake of the Supreme Court's controversial decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, people have flooded social media platforms with information about how to access in-person or medication abortions to help those in states that have outlawed the procedure or could soon do so. But the situation could create a new set of challenges for the tech platforms.
  
• Pinterest CEO steps down, Google executive to take over in e-commerce push -Pinterest said long-time Chief Executive Officer Ben Silbermann would step down, handing over the reins of the social media platform to Google commerce executive Bill Ready.
  
• A big question for tech companies post-Roe: How to respond to law enforcement requests for data? -In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, privacy advocates have expressed renewed concerns about how tech platforms may handle requests from law enforcement for user data in states that outlaw abortion. But whether tech companies intend to hand over data on abortion-seekers to governments is a question the industry is seemingly unprepared to answer for now.
  
• Airbnb makes its ban on parties permanent -Airbnb said Tuesday it will make permanent a ban on parties originally implemented in the early months of the pandemic, citing its effectiveness at curbing unauthorized gatherings.
  
• SpaceX says 5G expansion would make Starlink 'unusable' for most Americans -SpaceX, Dish Network and other 5G providers are locked in a heated battle over radio frequencies, which SpaceX says it needs for its orbital internet service, Starlink, and which Dish says it needs for its own customers.
  
• 'I've never experienced pain like that': Influencers recount harrowing experiences with Daily Harvest crumbles, blast company's handling of recall -Instagram-friendly meal kit service Daily Harvest is facing a firestorm of online backlash over the voluntary recall of one of its products, after a slew of people who consumed it reported becoming ill with mysterious symptoms, including extremely elevated liver enzymes.
  
• A reporter tried the AI Instagram wants to use to verify age. Here's what it found -Instagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users' ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is.
  
• These US companies will cover travel costs for employees who need an abortion -After the Supreme Court ruled on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, corporate giants from a range of industries pledged to provide support and financial assistance for employees ? and, in some cases, their dependents ? seeking abortions in states that outlaw the procedure.
  
• 'Watchdog moms' on TikTok are trying to keep minors safe -Seara Adair, a mother of two young daughters from Atlanta, revealed in a TikTok video last year that she was sexually abused by a family member as a child. In the next few weeks, her follower count grew by tens of thousands, many of whom appeared to be minors.