Weekly roundup

Social media verifications, climate change's economic effects, gaming and cannabis careers.

Here are ten headlines that caught our eye this week:

Following Twitter's lead, Instagram and Facebook are introducing paid-for verification to "improve security and authenticity," via the BBC.
Instagram will launch a public, one-to-many message feature called "Channels" for creators to better engage with followers, via TechCrunch.
Spotify announced plans to introduce a vertical-feed feature similar to TikTok's on its homepage in an effort to attract more gen Z listeners, via Bloomberg.
Climate change is making tampons (and other things) more expensive, via The New York Times.
Microsoft's Bing announces plans for AI advertisements, via Reuters.
Barnes & Noble announced a new $40 annual membership program to compete with Amazon, via the Wall Street Journal.
Helsinki, the capital of Finland and host to Netflix's internal gaming studio, is becoming the mobile gaming capital of the world, via the BBC.
The cannabis industry anticipates over 63,000 jobs in New York by 2025, via The New York Times.
Indian tech firm SoftGrid is forcing its staff to go home on time everyday, via the BBC.
Target is betting on e-commerce with a $100 million investment in delivery services, via CNBC.

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