Apple's digital car key feature could soon be available on Hyundai cars. A report claims Hyundai and Genesis will support Apple CarKey "by the summer" The feature is currently only available on a handful of BMW models. It's not certain which models would provide the option, but some trim levels of the Ioniq 5 include NFC.
Twitter is now letting all Android and iOS users record Twitter Spaces. Users will be able to choose to record a Space when they’re setting one up. The recording will be available for public playback for 30 days after the Space has ended. You can see how it all works in this tweet from Twitter’s support account.
iPhone maker hasn’t disclosed its plan for the virtual world, but many are betting the company will introduce extended-reality devices Apple Inc. may not have triggered the current buzz about the metaverse, but the company is reaping the benefit. Excitement about how the iPhone maker could gain from a broad embrace of digital alternate realities has been a central facet of the rise in its share price in recent months, according to investors and analysts.
TikTok stars are dancing their way to the bank. Some are making more than America’s top chief executives. Charli D’Amelio, who started posting videos of herself dancing on TikTok in 2019, brought in $17.5 million last year, according to Forbes, which recently ranked the highest-earning TikTok stars of 2021. With 133 million followers on TikTok, she makes her money from a clothing line and promoting products in TikTok videos and other ads.
App Annie's State of Mobile report predicts 230 billion apps downloaded in 2021. $170bn (£125bn) was spent on apps, with TikTok the most downloaded. Average time spent on mobile apps is up 30% to four hours and 48 minutes. YouTube was the most popular video streaming app worldwide, clocking up more than a million downloads.
Moody's Investors Service says El Salvador's Bitcoin trades add to its credit outlook. The government's Bitcoin holdings "certainly add to the risk portfolio," analyst Jaime Reusche says. President Nayib Bukele has said he buys the cryptocurrency using his phone, though the government doesn't publish data.
Last year, the market capitalization of cryptocurrencies reached $3 trillion USD. DeFi now has a total value locked (TVL) of $100 billion USD on alone. NFTs have been the most surprising, flanked by complementary areas like metaverse and GameFi.
Fortnite is back on iOS, though it's not yet available on the App Store. The game is being streamed to iPhone and iPad owners through Nvidia's GeForce Now service. Nvidia and Epic Games are beta testing a new version of the game that's optimized for mobile.
Facebook, Google, Twitter and Reddit have been subpoenaed by a Congressional select committee. The committee is looking for records related to users’ activity on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Reddit and Google. The companies have been given a deadline of January 27th to turn over documents.