<p>Frederique, Owen, and Zach are back for 2021! This week, we talked about:</p>
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1347693761044701186?s=20">Signal's new signups</a>,</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9134309/WhatsApp-users-ABANDON-app-fears-data-shared-Facebook.html">Facebook data sharing from WhatsApp</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://airmessage.org/">AirMessage</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/your-phone/9nmpj99vjbwv">Your Phone</a> app,</li>
  <li>Twitter buys <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/04/twitter-acquires-social-podcasting-app-breaker-team-to-help-build-twitter-spaces/">Breaker</a> &amp; <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/06/twitter-acquihires-creative-agency-ueno-to-help-design-new-products/">Ueno</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension.html">Trump banned from everything</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://alphabetworkersunion.org/">Alphabet Workers Union</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.bankingdive.com/news/bbva-simple-azlo-PNC/593044/">Simple and Azlo shut down</a>,</li>
  <li>Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/twitterspaces">Spaces</a>,</li>
  <li>Halli's <a href="https://twitter.com/iamharaldur/status/1346291029012574217?s=20">thread about Ueno layoffs</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://transferwise.com/invite/aed/zachg1">TransferWise</a> (referral link),</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.chime.com/">Chime</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/07/alibaba-and-tencent-shares-fall-on-us-blacklist-report.html">App Blacklist</a> (Alipay, WeChat, QQ),</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/12/10/mastercard-cuts-off-pornhub-for-hosting-unlawful-content/">MasterCard/Visa banning porn transactions</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b3a94f55-5e44-417f-a869-a542d0527fe7">Jack Ma</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.alexa.com/topsites">Alexa page rank</a>, and</li>
  <li>Join us in <a href="https://discord.gg/gF75EeZ">Discord</a>!</li>
</ul>

Dinosaur Eraser

Cut through the technology news noise and hear about only the stuff that matters, and what it means. Join your hosts Owen, Frederique and Zach every week to get the lowdown on the biggest stories – including some you might not have heard anything about. We're based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Toronto, Canada, with a different perspective on what's happening in the technology industry.