EP-217 Tiktok’s U.s. Comeback 📲, Jiohotstar’s Streaming Surge 🎬, Apple’s Next Big Thing 🍏

i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for friday, february 14th. here's what we've got lined up:

• tiktok returns: back on the u.s. app store and play store after over 25 days due to national security law issues, amidst ongoing u.s. sales demands and rising competition from new vertical video platforms by rivals like x and bluesky.
• streaming merger in india: hotstar and jiocinema join forces to create jiohotstar, aiming at a 500 million user base with disney and warner bros content, post-reliance's $8.5 billion acquisition of disney's indian assets.
• apple’s upcoming release: ceo tim cook hints at new products, likely the iphone se, featuring face id and a generative ai-capable chip, poised to bolster apple’s standing in markets like china and india.
• arm’s chip venture: with meta as a major customer, arm plans to debut its own chip this summer, marking a new strategic direction and entering the data center cpu market.
• discord at meta: cto andrew bosworth tells upset employees to quit if they disagree with new policies, amidst ongoing company changes and layoffs, spotlighting internal tensions.

that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow!