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- 0:01SPEAKER_00: Good morning.
- 0:02SPEAKER_00: It's Monday,
- 0:03SPEAKER_00: Joel 7th,
- 0:03SPEAKER_00: and you are listening to Newslit Daily,
- 0:06expertly curated news bits on what is happening around us to
- 0:09supercharge your
- 0:10SPEAKER_00: mornings.
- 0:12In today's edition,
- 0:14Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used
- 0:17desktop OS.
- 0:19SPEAKER_00: Windows 11 now holds the largest share of the desktop OS market,
- 0:23reaching 52% as Windows 10 approaches its end of support
- 0:27deadline in October.
- 0:30SPEAKER_00: Inside the media's traffic apocalypse,
- 0:33publishers are rethinking how they reach audiences as traffic
- 0:36from Google and
- 0:37SPEAKER_00: social platforms fades,
- 0:38SPEAKER_00: turning to direct engagement,
- 0:41SPEAKER_00: subscriptions,
- 0:41SPEAKER_00: and content tailored for loyal readers.
- 0:45SPEAKER_00: Meta's grand WhatsApp fintech experiment in India has fizzled.
- 0:49SPEAKER_00: Despite early expectations,
- 0:51SPEAKER_00: WhatsApp Pay saw limited growth in India due to regulatory delays,
- 0:55SPEAKER_00: minimal user incentives,
- 0:57and strong competition from entrenched players like Google Pay
- 1:00and PhonePay.
- 1:02SPEAKER_00: As Trump pushes Apple to make iPhones in the US,
- 1:05Google's brief effort building smartphones in Texas 12 years
- 1:08ago offer critical
- 1:10SPEAKER_00: lessons.
- 1:11Google's short-lived Moto X factory in Texas sheds light on the
- 1:15hurdles Apple could
- 1:16SPEAKER_00: face if forced to bring iPhone production back to the US.
- 1:21SPEAKER_00: TikTok reportedly developing new version of app ahead of planned US sale.
- 1:26SPEAKER_00: A new TikTok app is set to launch in the US this September.
- 1:30with the current version expected to shut down by March as part
- 1:33of an upcoming investor deal.
- 1:36SPEAKER_00: That's it for today.
- 1:38SPEAKER_00: See you tomorrow.