Thu. 05/02 – TikTok Can Jam Again

The music is back on TikTok with a new deal struck. Maybe a third of Americans were affected by that Change Healthcare hack. Why are companies suddenly cutting teams you’d think would be sacred cows? Airbnb wants you to stay in the house from the movie Up. And we finally know just how much Google pays Apple for the search default in iOS.Sponsors:Kolide.com/rideLinks:TikTok and Universal Music Group Settle Royalty Dispute With New Licensing Agreement (Variety)UnitedHealthcare CEO says ‘maybe a third’ of US citizens were affected by recent hack (TechCrunch)UnitedHealth CEO tells lawmakers the company paid hackers a $22 million ransom (CNBC)Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico (CNBC)Amazon-backed Anthropic launches iPhone app and business tier to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT (CNBC)In Latest Stunt, Airbnb Lists the ‘Up’ House. It Floats. (NYTimes)Google’s Payments to Apple Reached $20 Billion in 2022, Antitrust Court Documents Show (Bloomberg)Microsoft Concern Over Google’s Lead Drove OpenAI Investment (Bloomberg)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.