Thu. 07/15 – Oh Yeah. It Definitely Looks Like Netflix Is Getting Into Gaming.

Netflix hires a big name gaming executive. Twitter retires Fleets. Facebook wants to make it rain for creators. TSMC says the chip shortage is starting to ease. Amazon launches serialized storytelling. And one of the biggest unicorns in the world, just 6x’d in less than a year. Sponsors: WealthFront.com/techmeme Canva.me/techmeme Links: Netflix Plans to Offer Video Games in Push Beyond Films, TV (Bloomberg) Twitter is shutting down Fleets, its expiring tweets feature (The Verge) Facebook plans to pay creators $1 billion to use its products. (NYTimes) TSMC Expects Auto-Chip Shortage to Abate This Quarter (WSJ) Amazon launches its mobile-first Kindle Vella serialized story platform (Engadget) Revolut confirms a fresh $800M in funding at a $33B valuation (TechCrunch)