Fri. 12/11 - Disney+ Is About to Get a Bit More Expensive

Disney+ is about to get a bit more expensive, but you’re also gonna get a lot more stuff to watch. Are we in a tech IPO bubble? X64 emulation comes to Windows. Apple whispers that it will likely be dropping Qualcomm like it dropped Intel. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Disney Plus is increasing its price to $8 a month starting in March 2021 (The Verge)
• ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Pinocchio’ and More as Disney Leans Sharply Into Streaming (NYTimes)
• Airbnb skyrockets 112% in public market debut, giving it a market cap of $86.5 billion (CNBC)
• x64 emulation has come to Windows on ARM (The Verge)
• Apple Starts Work on Its Own Cellular Modem, Chip Chief Says (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Social Strikes Back (A16Z)
• “A damn stupid thing to do”—the origins of C (Ars Technica)
• 7 Rejections (Brian Chesky)
• Facebook Sees WhatsApp As Its Future, Antitrust Suit or Not (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• Who’s Behind the Fight Between Warner Bros. and Hollywood? It’s AT&T (NYTimes)
• Inside the Human Science of Spotify’s New Music Friday Playlist (Variety)
• How eBird Changed Birding Forever (Outside)