Toyota is to slash worldwide vehicle production by 40% in September because of the global microchip shortage. The world’s biggest carmaker had planned to make almost 900,000 cars next month, but has now reduced that to 540,000 vehicles.

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58266794

As part of its ongoing effort to improve Stories interaction, Instagram is making a change to the way that external links are shared within Stories frames, with the current ‘Swipe up’ links to be removed from the process entirely, and replaced by its new ‘Link’ sticker option instead.

Link: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-is-removing-swipe-up-links-for-stories-replacing-the-function-wi/605437/

I’m on my couch, scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. As I scan my Netflix page, which rectangular tiles leap to the forefront of my attention? Well, there’s What Lies Below, with its promotional photo of an impossibly hunky man emerging, dripping, from the surface of a lake.

Link: https://slate.com/culture/2021/08/netflix-top-10-movies-shows-clickbait.html

One email about a $15 million gift, suspected of phishing, sat unopened for a month. Several others about a $20 million pledge went ignored by an assistant, who thought the nondescript sender was fake.

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-mackenzie-scott-donations/