![Techmeme: Amazon launches a battery-powered portable Echo speaker in India with an enclosed 4,800mAh battery, claims up to 10 hours of continuous music playback (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) Techmeme: Amazon launches a battery-powered portable Echo speaker in India with an enclosed 4,800mAh battery, claims up to 10 hours of continuous music playback (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/amazon_portable_speaker.jpg?w=568)
Techmeme: Amazon launches a battery-powered portable Echo speaker in India with an enclosed 4,800mAh battery, claims up to 10 hours of continuous music playback (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
![Techmeme: Sources: Twitter is building subscription products to ease its dependence on ads, including “tipping” for exclusive content and charging for TweetDeck (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg) Techmeme: Sources: Twitter is building subscription products to ease its dependence on ads, including “tipping” for exclusive content and charging for TweetDeck (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)](https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNi9HO.R8si4/v0/1200x800.jpg)
Techmeme: Sources: Twitter is building subscription products to ease its dependence on ads, including “tipping” for exclusive content and charging for TweetDeck (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
Stephen M. Apatow on LinkedIn: Hamas Calls On The Entire Islamic Nation To Join The Jihad Against Israel,…
![Techmeme: Apptopia: TikTok's IAP revenue has grown for seven straight quarters, earning $205M more than Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter combined so far in 2023 (John Koetsier/Forbes) Techmeme: Apptopia: TikTok's IAP revenue has grown for seven straight quarters, earning $205M more than Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter combined so far in 2023 (John Koetsier/Forbes)](https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/63ffab157a171521b9baf4c7/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=1200)
Techmeme: Apptopia: TikTok's IAP revenue has grown for seven straight quarters, earning $205M more than Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter combined so far in 2023 (John Koetsier/Forbes)
Stephen M. Apatow on LinkedIn: #gotyoursix #bethechange #ussocom #natospecialforces #usasoc #usacapoc…
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Techmeme: Meta confirms taking “enforcement actions” against The OG App, which offers ad-free Instagram feeds, as developer UN1feed says Apple removed the App Store app (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
Stephen M. Apatow on LinkedIn: #gotyoursix #bethechange #ussocom #natospecialforces #usasoc #usacapoc…
![Techmeme: A look at Fuck You Pay Me, a Glassdoor-like service where creators can review brands they have worked with and share ad rates (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times) Techmeme: A look at Fuck You Pay Me, a Glassdoor-like service where creators can review brands they have worked with and share ad rates (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times)](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/07/29/business/00fyoupayme/00fyoupayme-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Techmeme: A look at Fuck You Pay Me, a Glassdoor-like service where creators can review brands they have worked with and share ad rates (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times)
![Techmeme: Amazon announces new Alexa emotions for developers to let Alexa respond to questions from US users with a “happy/excited” or a “disappointed/empathetic” tone (Jay Peters/The Verge) Techmeme: Amazon announces new Alexa emotions for developers to let Alexa respond to questions from US users with a “happy/excited” or a “disappointed/empathetic” tone (Jay Peters/The Verge)](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/LlC23TElBufwBFUotGnSjboq4oo=/0x292:2040x1360/fit-in/1200x630/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19298922/cwelch_191016_3739_0004.jpg)
Techmeme: Amazon announces new Alexa emotions for developers to let Alexa respond to questions from US users with a “happy/excited” or a “disappointed/empathetic” tone (Jay Peters/The Verge)
![Techmeme: Cloudflare belatedly dropping Kiwi Farms demonstrates the “stochastic terrorism loophole”, offering groups cover so long as no one explicitly calls for murder (Casey Newton/Platformer) Techmeme: Cloudflare belatedly dropping Kiwi Farms demonstrates the “stochastic terrorism loophole”, offering groups cover so long as no one explicitly calls for murder (Casey Newton/Platformer)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1200,h_600,c_limit,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8c563d5-428c-4bbd-9577-67294209c54d_1024x683.jpeg)
Techmeme: Cloudflare belatedly dropping Kiwi Farms demonstrates the “stochastic terrorism loophole”, offering groups cover so long as no one explicitly calls for murder (Casey Newton/Platformer)
Stephen M. Apatow on LinkedIn: IDF confirms Gaza hospital blast caused by Islamic Jihad rocket misfire
![Techmeme: Internal memo: two of Amazon's top Black executives, SVP of logistics warehouses Alicia Boler Davis and VP of transportation services Dave Bozeman, are leaving (Bloomberg) Techmeme: Internal memo: two of Amazon's top Black executives, SVP of logistics warehouses Alicia Boler Davis and VP of transportation services Dave Bozeman, are leaving (Bloomberg)](https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in6AX6ItOmCg/v0/1200x592.jpg)