Ticketed Space and Super Follows begin to roll out, and depending on how you slice it, folks stand to make a ton of money… or a ton of money for the app stores. Speaking of, Apple launches a PR campaign defending the App Store on security grounds. Microsoft becomes the second company to reach the $2 trillion dollar club. And you know about phishing scams, but let me introduce you to “brushing” scams.Sponsors:Kraken.com/techmeme or search Kraken in the app storeCybereason.comLinks:Twitter is opening applications to test Ticketed Spaces and Super Follows (The Verge)Apple’s Fight for Control Over Apps Moves to Congress and EU (Wall Street Journal)Microsoft Rises to Join Apple in Exclusive $2 Trillion Club (Bloomberg)Vercel raises $102M Series C for its front-end development platform (Tech Crunch)Brave’s nontracking search engine is now in beta (Tech Crunch)What is the 'brushing' scam and how can you protect yourself? (Yahoo Life)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.