Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: WordPress.com launches paid newsletters, with the option available to all WordPress.com blogs, even those on the free plan — WordPress.com is taking on Substack and others with today’s news that its Newsletter product will now support paid subscriptions and premium content. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: DeFi lending protocol MakerDAO’s community votes to ditch $500M of the Paxos Dollar stablecoin from its reserves, impacting roughly half of the token’s supply — The result is a significant blow for Paxos as MakerDAO currently holds roughly half of USDP’s total supply. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite: The Daily Wire claims that Twitter canceled a deal to premiere What Is a Woman and threatened to “throttle” the documentary over two instances of “misgendering” — Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing tore into Elon Musk and Twitter for allegedly threatening … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Investigation: of the 14 laptops with trackers given to UK retailers to recycle, 10 were recycled correctly; others were sold, stolen, or took long journeys — Every year about 30,000 tonnes of electronic waste is illegally shipped out of Britain. Much is destined for developing countries … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: FSB claims Apple helped NSA hack Russian diplomats’ iPhones; Kaspersky: unknown malware successfully targeted iPhones up to iOS 15.7 with zero-click exploits — Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is accusing U.S. intelligence of hacking “thousands of Apple phones” to spy on Russian diplomats. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: DeFi lending protocol MakerDAO’s community votes to ditch $500M of the Paxos Dollar stable from its reserves, impacting half of the token’s supply — The result is a significant blow for Paxos as MakerDAO currently holds roughly half of USDP’s total supply. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jessica Bursztynsky / Fast Company: Match Group announces gay dating app Archer, initially launching in NYC, followed by LA and DC in the coming months, the company’s first app for queer men — Dating giant Match Group announced its latest app, called Archer. — The app, initially launching in the New York City area, is a … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: LA- and Bengaluru-based hyperspectral orbital imagery startup Pixxel raised a $36M Series B led by Google after launching three demonstration satellites in 2022 — Hyperspectral imagery startup Pixxel has closed $36 million in funding as it prepares to roll out new remote sensing and analytics capabilities to customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: As ASML reaches a ~€275B market cap, twice that of Intel, a look at the fundamental limits on making ever-smaller chips, which could finally end Moore’s Law — For decades, ever-tinier semiconductors have allowed huge leaps in computing progress. Not for much longer, warn experts Lees verder op Tech Meme
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Some Apple Savings Account users have had trouble transferring money from their accounts; Goldman representatives have given differing responses on what to do — Some customers said it has taken weeks to withdraw their money, and that the bank’s instructions have differed Lees verder op Tech Meme