Shifts in Tech: From Gaming Consoles to Editorial Changes

You can now use Bitcoin to buy a Tesla. You can now DM anyone on Slack. Intel is now doing what Ben Thompson has been telling them to do for years. What Medium is doing to journalists is dumb. What Verizon is doing with Yahoo+ is dumb. And is the Chief Impact Officer title a real role, or is it… dumb?

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Links:

• Elon Musk says people can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin (CNBC)
• WhatsApp for work: Slack is turning into a full-on messaging app (Protocol)
• Trading App Robinhood Says It Filed Confidentially for IPO (Bloomberg)
• Intel invests $20 billion into new factories, will produce chips for other companies (The Verge)
• Exclusive: Qualcomm is planning an Android-powered Nintendo Switch knockoff (Android Police)
• Medium Tells Journalists to Feel Free to Quit After Busting Union Drive (Motherboard)
• Verizon to center media arm around new subscription platform Yahoo+ (Axios)
• Amazon hires former executive Adam Selipsky to run AWS (CNBC)
• Prince Harry Is Taking on a New Job Title: Chief Impact Officer at BetterUp (WSJ)

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