Tech Roundup: Dubsmash Shutdown, Spotify Discover & More

[A recurring feature on the latest in Science & Technology.]

• E.U. lawmakers approve measures in the draft Digital Markets Act, including mandating messaging or social app interoperability and banning ad targeting to minors, in a landmark move that could impact major U.S. and European tech companies.
• Reddit announces plans to shut down Dubsmash on February 22, 2022, almost a year after acquiring the TikTok-like video platform for an undisclosed sum in December 2020; rolls out new video creation and editing tools in its namesake app, with options to change recording speeds, set timers, Upload videos in landscape mode, trim multiple clips, apply filters, add voice overs and new first-party lenses.
• Mozilla to discontinue Firefox Lockwise, its dedicated password manager app, on December 13, weeks after the browser maker added autofill support to its browser.
• Music streaming service Spotify debuts Netflix Hub, collecting official soundtracks, playlists, and podcasts for top Netflix content, in seven countries including the U.S., U.K. and India; retires Car View and tests a TikTok-like vertical video feed, dubbed Discover, in its app that presents a scrollable list of music videos.
• Sustainable smartphone manufacturer Fairphone releases a beta version of Android 10 for the six-year-old Fairphone 2, a device that originally launched with Android 5 in 2015, with plans to release a stable version early next year.
• Chinese tech giant Xiaomi reports Q3 revenue of $12.2B, up 8% YoY, as net income drops 84% YoY to $123.5M, driven by component shortages and growing competition in the country.

• Italy's antitrust regulator, the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM), fines Amazon and Apple a total of more than US$ 225 million for alleged anti-competitive collusion to sell Apple and Beats products.
• Russian government demands companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, and TikTok to open offices within the country by the end of 2021 or face possible advertising, data collection and money transfer restrictions, or outright bans.
• Shazam, the popular music recognition service that Apple acquired in 2018, updates its iPhone and iPad app with the ability to find more songs by analysing the audio that is playing for a longer period before offering a result.
• Meta-owned WhatsApp to update its privacy policy with more information on the data it collects and how it's used following a huge €225 million data protection fine issued in September by the Irish data protection watchdog for violating data protection rules on transparency about sharing users' data with its sister companies Facebook, Instagram, and others.
• Apple delays plans for its digital identification feature that enables users to add their driver's license or state ID to iPhone and Apple Watch in participating U.S. states until early 2022; files a lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group to hold it accountable for illegally surveilling its users by leveraging never-before-seen flaws in its operating system.