New Instagram Insights make its TikTok competitor Reels more appealing

Instagram has added a slew of features to help independent creators make a living, including Insights for Reels and Live on its Professional Dashboard, giving businesses and creators essential data about the reach of their content. These tools will help Reels catch up with its competitor TikTok, which already offers users detailed analytics.

Analysis: How the Mobile World Congress hopes to reboot conferences post COVID

Next month’s Mobile World Congress is shaping up as an early test of how quickly the global business events industry will bounce back from the pandemic, with a range of hi-tech solutions being rolled out to try to keep visitors safe. There will be regular rapid COVID-19 tests, a digital badge that will give access to the venue, and a contact-tracing app if there are any infections.

Elon Musk and Bitcoin miners say they want to address crypto’s sustainability problem

After a weekend meeting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and “leading Bitcoin miners in North America,” the group has agreed to form a Bitcoin Mining Council, “to promote energy usage transparency [and] accelerate sustainability initiatives worldwide” The group included representatives from Argo Blockchain, Blockcap, Core Scientific, Galaxy Digital, Hive Blockchain Technologies, and Marathon Digital Holdings, and Riot Blockchain Technologies.