Platform Economy

The desk’s Platform Economy file

• Nov 2, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  Binance Reopens Withdrawals After $6.3 Billion Hack, Coin by Coin

  The first phase covers 15 networks, and Binance says it has replaced 95% of the stolen crypto. The last 5% is in harder-to-buy tokens.

• Oct 30, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  Binance Halts Withdrawals After Hackers Take a Record $6.3 Billion

  Binance says it has set aside $6.34 billion of its own money to cover every loss, and about $3 billion is already frozen.

• Oct 29, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  Alexa Can Now Skip Your Amazon Deliveries and Change Where They Go

  Amazon says Alexa for Shopping, free in its U.S. app, now handles more than 100 everyday tasks, from registries to billing questions.

• Oct 29, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  DoorDash Agrees to Buy Instacart for $17 Billion and Keep Its App

  Instacart shareholders would get $65 a share, and the deal isn't expected to close until late 2027 or the first half of 2028.

• Oct 28, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  TikTok Takes On Yelp With a Restaurant Guide Built From Its Videos

  The new Must Eat section, built from 40 million posts and comments, lets users review, map and book restaurants in L.A.

• Oct 27, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  Evernote Now Charges Some Users $250 a Year. Canceling Won't Erase Notes

  Evernote Free keeps old notes but blocks new ones past 50 notes or one notebook, the company's help pages say.

• Oct 21, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  Spotify's New Audi App Runs Without Your Phone or CarPlay

  It's a free download from Audi's own app store for model-year 2026 cars, but a Spotify account is still required.

• Oct 19, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  TikTok Says Suspending 'Musk' Documentary's Ad Account Was an Error

  Distributor Bleecker Street couldn't buy TikTok ads just as Alex Gibney's film widened to more than 470 North American theaters.

• Oct 8, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  Amazon's New Kids Tablets Get Google Play. Parents Approve Every App.

  The 8.7-inch model starts at $229.99 with a free year of Kids+, which then costs Prime members $7.99 a month.

• Oct 5, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  Grindr Agrees to Pay $250 Million to Bring HIV Prevention Into Its App

  The West Hollywood dating app agreed to buy Freddie, a Canadian online PrEP provider expecting over $80 million in revenue this year.

• Sep 12, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  A Waymo Called Police on Its Own Riders. The Same Fleet Drives L.A.

  San Francisco police say officers found a loaded AR-style rifle in the robotaxi and took two juvenile passengers to juvenile hall.

• Sep 12, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  LG Says Its TVs Don't Record You. Researchers Found Logs.

  The company says its content-recognition and voice features are optional, off by default, and that wake-word detection stays on the set.

• Sep 1, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  Carmakers Added a Screen for the Front Passenger. A Third of Owners Have Never Tried It.

  Smart ignition scored highest in the 2026 study, at 2.4 problems per 100 vehicles, in a survey of 68,084 new-car owners taken after 90 days of ownership.

• Aug 27, 2026 · PLATFORMS

  X Corp. sued to block the name "Twitter." A startup launched Twitter.now anyway.

  Operation Bluebird, whose founding team includes former Twitter trademark counsel Stephen Coates, is charging $20 for early access while a Delaware judge's abandonment question sits unanswered.

• Aug 24, 2026 · TECH POLICY

  The FTC's Proposed Zillow Settlement Would Make Redfin Restart the Rental Ads It Shut Down.

  The Federal Trade Commission's proposed settlement would require Redfin to restart the rental-listings advertising business it shut down under its 2025 Zillow partnership, The Verge reported. No duration and no payment are stated in the available materials.

• Aug 10, 2026 · Tech Policy

  Judge Orders Meta to Pay $567M for Youth Mental Health Care — $420M of It Treatment

  A New Mexico court found Meta's platforms are a "significant contributing cause" of a teen mental health crisis and set a five-year abatement fund, on top of $375 million a jury already ordered. Meta says it will appeal.