Consumer Sentiment and Innovations in Tech

TikTok launches Spotlight. Meta’s budget kills a VR studio. Why did everyone think Logitech was going to create a mouse you had to pay a subscription to use? And did you know how big Anime is? I did not.

Links:

• TikTok adds in-app hubs for videos about movies and TV shows (The Verge)
• Exclusive: Meta is closing a beloved first-party Quest studio (AndroidConnect)
• UK regulator launches formal probe into Amazon’s $4bn Anthropic deal (Financial Times)
• Humane’s daily returns are outpacing sales (The Verge)
• Logitech Insists It’s Not Making a Mouse With a Subscription Fee (Gizmodo)
• Anduril now valued at $14 billion, set to build autonomous weapons factories (Axios)
• Crunchyroll Passes 15 Million Monthly Paid Subscribers (The Wrap)
• Crunchyroll Is Thriving Thanks to Gen Z and Appointment Anime Viewing, COO Says (The Wrap)

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