Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Brydge, an iPad, Mac, and Surface accessory maker, is shutting down; sources: Brydge has neither paid its staff salaries nor fulfilled orders since January 2023  —  Brydge, a once thriving startup making popular keyboard accessories for iPad, Mac, and Microsoft Surface products, is ceasing operations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Theo Wayt / The Information: Amazon is working on AI tools to generate photos and videos for merchants’ ad campaigns on its platform, as the company seeks to build a broader ad business  —  Amazon is building a team to work on artificial intelligence tools that will generate photos and videos for merchants to use … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eric Berger / Ars Technica: Airbus, Eutelsat, SES, Thales, and other European satellite companies plan to bid for the IRIS² satellite constellation, to rival SpaceX’s Starlink in the EU  —  The bid includes large players such as Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, and SES.  —  A consortium of nearly every major … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Strohm / Bloomberg: Sources: the US DOJ is investigating if Binance was used to let Russians skirt US sanctions, alongside a probe into its alleged use to evade sanctions on Iran  —  The Justice Department is investigating whether Binance Holdings Ltd. was used illegally to let Russians skirt US sanctions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Binder / Mashable: Out of the ~150K early Twitter Blue subscribers in November 2022, just ~68,157 were still subscribed on April 30, meaning Blue has an abnormally high churn rate  —  The early birds cancel their subscriptions.  —  Twitter Blue’s struggles since its launch nearly six months ago are more severe … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eric Berger / Ars Technica: Airbus, Eutelsat, SES, Thales, and other European satellite companies plan to bid for the IRIS² satellite constellation, to rival SpaceX’s Starlink in the EU  —  The bid includes large players such as Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, and SES.  —  A consortium of nearly every major … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Binder / Mashable: Out of ~150,000 early subscribers to Twitter Blue in November, just ~68,157 were still subscribed as of April 30, showing Blue has an abnormally high churn rate  —  The early birds cancel their subscriptions.  —  Twitter Blue’s struggles since its launch nearly six months ago are more severe … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eric Berger / Ars Technica: Airbus, Eutelsat, SES, Thales, and other European satellite companies plan to bid for the IRIS² satellite constellation, to rival SpaceX’s Starlink in the EU  —  The bid includes large players such as Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, and SES.  —  A consortium of nearly every major … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: A judge sentences former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan to three years of probation, after his October 2022 conviction for covering up a 2016 data breach from regulators  —  The first corporate executive convicted of a crime related to a data breach by outsiders is sentenced to probation and fined Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: Coinbase plans to try a novel defense against a potential US SEC enforcement action by arguing the regulator bears some responsibility for approving its IPO  —  Crypto exchange says regulators’ lawsuit threat is undermined by clearance of IPO  —  With the Securities and Exchange Commission preparing … Lees verder op Tech Meme