Tech Meme

Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: UMG and Deezer strike a deal to give more weight to professional artists, who generate at least 1,000 listens a month, when calculating streaming royalties  —  Agreement with Deezer aims to boost royalties for artists and labels and reduce payouts for ‘noise’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Moneycontrol: Google plans to allow real-money games on the Play Store in India that will be approved by self-regulatory bodies once a new regulatory framework is implemented  —  Google plans to allow all types of real-money games on Play Store that will be approved by self-regulatory bodies once … Lees verder op Tech Meme

André Beganski / Decrypt: Story Protocol, a blockchain-based IP ownership network that aims to address creatives’ concerns over AI, raised over $54M led by Andreessen Horowitz  —  Andreessen Horowitz invested in a startup that uses blockchain tech to address problems heightened by artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Tokyo-based Josys, a SaaS startup that helps companies automate corporate IT operations, raised a $93M Series B led by Global Brain and Globis Capital Partners  —  Josys, a startup offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to automate corporate IT software application management … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Pixel Pro 8 appeared online on Google’s 360-degree device simulator, showing the phone in three colors and a new temperature sensor beside the back cameras  —  If you had any remaining questions about what the Pixel 8 Pro looks like, Google is here to answer them. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Paytm, whose “soundbox” is used by 7M+ merchants, launches a $12 model that can accept tap and pay card payments, as rival Pine Labs unveils a similar POS unit  —  Some of India’s biggest fintech startups are making deeper inroads into soundboxes, unveiling a new push … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Hoover / Wired: NYC’s Local Law 18, which imposes registration and other requirements on short-term rentals, goes into force, potentially wiping out thousands of Airbnbs  —  Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Harmonya, which offers software to help retail and consumer packaged goods companies decipher their product data, raised a $20M Series A led by Bright Pixel  —  Like other companies, retailers and consumer packaged goods companies have a lot of data accumulated about their products and consumers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Filing: Apple signed a new deal with Arm for chip technology that “extends beyond 2040”  —  Apple (AAPL.O) has signed a new deal with Arm for chip technology that “extends beyond 2040,” according to Arm’s initial public offering documents filed on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

RT Watson / The Block: MetaMask says its customers in the US, UK, and parts of Europe can now convert ether for traditional fiat currency with a new sell function  —  – Company announces customers can now convert crypto for traditional fiat currency with a new sell function.  — MetaMask customers that choose … Lees verder op Tech Meme