Tue. 01/11 – YC Ups The Ante

Moxie Marlinspike is stepping down as CEO of Signal, and Brian Acton is stepping up. For now. Y Combinator is getting more generous with the investment it makes in its cohort companies. Carriers aren’t pleased with Apple’s iCloud Private Relay service. And another day, another headline like: the Associated Press is getting into NFTs.

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Links:

• Moxie Marlinspike has stepped down as CEO of Signal (The Verge)
• Y Combinator’s New Deal Sparks Fear in Seed Investors (The Information)
• T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in the US [U] (9to5Mac)
• Apple Highlights Services in 2021, Recaps Upcoming Features Like IDs on iPhone (MacRumors)
• The Associated Press is starting its own NFT marketplace for photojournalism (The Verge)

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