Engaget Summary (2023-04-26 01PM)

Source: Amazon will shut down its Halo health service on July 31st

Summary
Amazon is closing its health brand Halo and will stop supporting all Halo devices and accessories, with the Halo companion app to stop functioning from August 1, 2023. Amazon will refund all purchases made within the last 12 months, and Halo users can download or delete their data from the software’s Settings menu.

Fact

💔 Amazon will stop supporting its Halo division, refund all purchases, and erase remaining data on August 1, 2023, due to “significant headwinds, including an increasingly crowded segment and an uncertain economic environment.”

💸 Amazon is also laying off an unspecified number of employees as part of the shutdown.

📉 Late to the health and fitness sector, Amazon marked its entrance in mid-2020 with the Halo Band, which arrived without much fanfare due to some controversial features.

Source: Twitter may soon tell users with a free Blue subscription how to cancel it

Summary
Twitter is reportedly adding a page to its app that tells users with a complimentary Twitter Blue subscription, how to cancel it by contacting Twitter support.

Fact

🚫 Twitter plans to add a page to its app that directs users with a complimentary Twitter Blue subscription, how to cancel it by contacting support.

🧾 Twitter had removed checkmarks from all of the accounts that were verified through the previous system, but many users still had them, including deceased people.

🤔 Twitter owner Elon Musk’s decision to add the blue checkmark back to certain accounts has been called into question, as it could be considered a violation of the Lanham Act against false endorsement.

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