Cecilia D’Anastasio / Wired:
In its first transparency report, Twitch says it saw a 40% rise in the number of channels in 2020, a 70% drop in reports of harassment via Twitch DMs, and more  —  The decade-old streaming platform has for the first time detailed its efforts to safeguard its user base in one place.

Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:
Mobile ad tech company AppLovin files S-1, revealing a net loss of $126M on $1.45B in revenue in 2020 and reporting its software reached 410M+ DAUs in Q4 2020  —  Applovin, a mobile ad tech company that’s expanded into video game publishing, has filed with the SEC to go public on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol APP.

Michael Novinson / CRN:
Report: TPG Capital to buy privileged access management vendor Thycotic for $1.4B; TPG will merge Thycotic with its recently acquired competitor Centrify  —  The deal between TPG and privileged access management vendor Thycotic was signed Monday but has yet to close.

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Amazon quietly updated its app icon, changing the appearance of the ripped packaging tape after some drew comparisons of it to Adolf Hitler’s mustache  —  The company’s icon gets a less problematic new look  —  Amazon has quietly rolled out a slight update to its new app icon that it debuted …

Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Facebook Oversight Board member told UK Parliament that the panel feels constrained when reviewing decisions on a case-by-case basis, may seek algorithm access  —  Facebook’s so-called “Supreme Court” is reportedly seeking the company’s permission to examine the underlying machine-learning models …