Tue. 03/02 – iPhone 13 To Go Notch-Less?

Is the iPhone about to lose the notch and join the hole-punch universe? Whole bunch of new features for Microsoft Teams, and also a new Microsoft smart-speaker. Instacart has a monster raise. Grimes has a monster NFT sale. Discovery+ is an interesting dark-horse in the streaming wars. Oh. And “fly” drones. Sponsors: Fundrise.com/techmeme Grammarly.com/techmeme Links: Kuo: iPhone 13 series to feature smaller notch, 120Hz display, larger batteries, more (9to5Mac) All 270 US Apple Stores are open for the first time since March 2020 (9to5Mac) Microsoft to add new shared channels, encryption for calls, webinar features to Teams (ZDNet) Microsoft’s new Intelligent Speakers deliver its promised meeting room of the future (The Verge) Instacart’s valuation doubles to $39 billion (CNBC) Grimes made $5.8 million in under 20 minutes selling crypto-based artwork (Insider) How a 10-second video clip sold for $6.6 million (Reuters) Forget ‘Succession.’ You Can Watch ‘90 Day Fiancé’ for 100 Hours Straight. (NYTimes) Researchers introduce a new generation of tiny, agile drones (MIT News) Tonight's Clubhouse Experiment