Amazon is planning to launch an ad-supported tier for Prime Video, joining every other streaming service in running ads. According to cnet.com, no details have been leaked about how much a Prime Video plan with ads might cost, or what you would get with a more expensive ad free version. Up to now, Prime Video has just been a freebie included with your $139 a year Prime membership. It seems likely that Amazon will start running ads in the included plan with your Prime membership, and then charge extra for the ad-free version. Most other streamers charge between $5 and $10 a month for ad free…so it’s likely Amazon will have a fee in that range for theirs. 

Twitch announced new roles for how streamers could display ads…which caused a large and immediate uproar from streamers and content creators. Now, theverge.com reports they have rolled back those changes. Twitch apologized for the rollout, explaining that it would rewrite the rules for greater clarity. Now it seems that rewrite has turned into a full rescinding of the rules totally. The new rules would have been potentially devastating for creators, charities, esports broadcasts, and brands. Now, what seemed like another attempt to take a portion of streamer earnings has backfired.

As Apple’s WWDC continues, more new features get announced. Appleinsider.com says Apple Music will get a Collaborative Playlist feature that lets family and friends create mixtapes together. for Apple Cash, users will be able to set up regular payments. For example, parents can set a regular allowance for kids, or friends can pay one another back for regular payments like a share of the rent. A real plus in Apple Maps for electric vehicle users…Maps will be able to show “real-time charging station availability filtered by charging network, plug type, and more.”  Users will also be able to specify which charging network they prefer. Apple Maps will now be available offline. While still online, there will be an option to “easily select an area,” and then download it with a tap.

Meta has established a task force after the press and researchers found its systems in Instagram helped “connect and promote a vast network of accounts devoted to underage-sex content.” Instagram not only hosts such activities but promotes them via its algorithms. The company acknowledged enforcement problems and has taken actions including restricting its systems from recommending searches associated with sex abuse. Meta claims to have taken down 27 pedophile networks in the last 2 years, and is working to remove more. The Wall Street Journal said in an article that it is disturbing. Meta’s “former security chief Alex Stamos said That a team of three academics with limited access could find such a huge network should set off alarms at Meta.” 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.