Meta earnings flop, Amazon Prime price hike, NFT celebrity complex  

• Meta Erases $251 Billion in Value, Biggest Wipeout in History.
•  Facebook blames Apple after a historically bad quarter, saying iPhone privacy changes will cost it $10 billion.
•  Meta lost $10 billion on AR and VR in 2021.
•  Zuckerberg Tells Staff to Focus on Video Products as Meta's Stock Plunges.
•  Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian wasn't shocked by Meta's 26% plunge, saying Facebook's ad model 'doesn't cut the mustard' anymore.
•  The EARN IT Act Is Back, and It's More Dangerous Than Ever.
•  Google parent company Alphabet broke $200 billion in annual revenue for the first time.
•  Google's Pixel phones had their best quarter ever.
•  Amazon confronts pandemic costs and raises the price of Prime.
•  Here's The Boat That Won't Bring Jeff Bezos's Hair, Or Wife Back.
•  Joe Rogan Apologizes for 'Shameful' Past Use of Racial Slur.
•  Why is Joe Rogan So Popular?
•  What is the current state of COVID and WFH?
•  GoFundMe removes the donation page for the Canadian trucker protest.
•  Silicon Valley loves mafias and you should, too.
•  Wordle Is Joining The New York Times Games.
•  Apple blasted over a paltry 3% fee reduction for external payments in the Netherlands.
•  Tesla recall: 'Full Self-Driving' software runs stop signs.
•  Mapping the celebrity NFT complex.
•  We Found The Real Names Of Bored Ape Yacht Club's Pseudonymous Founders.
•  Report: Stadia deprioritized as white-label 'Google Stream' aims for Bungie, Capcom deals.
•  North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet.
•  BlackBerry to sell patents related to mobile devices, messaging for $600 million.
•  House OKs bill to boost US chip fabrication and R&D.
•  Car companies stand to make billions by charging you monthly fees for add-on features like heated seats.

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