Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Apple acquires Sweden-based BIS Records, founded in 1973, and plans to fold the classical music label into Apple Music Classical and Apple’s A&R label Platoon  —  More than 80% of the music we listen to today is delivered over streaming, according to figures from last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wes Davis / The Verge: Amazon will now charge $1.99 per delivery for in-garage deliveries that used to be free if the date is outside a customer’s designated weekly “Amazon Day”  —  / Now there’s an extra $1.99 fee to have Amazon drop packages off in your garage outside of your specified ‘Amazon Day.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple says visionOS beta will include the App Store this fall and, by default, iPad and iPhone apps will be published automatically on the Vision Pro app store  —  As developers continue to work on bringing their apps to Vision Pro, Apple has shared a new update via its website with details on the Vision Pro’s App Store. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: Email: Genesis Global Trading plans to close its US-focused spot crypto trading platform on September 18 and all remaining open accounts by September 30’s end  —  The subsidiary had escaped parent company Genesis Global’s lending-induced bankruptcy.  —  Genesis’ U.S.-focused spot crypto trading business … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: over half of the 14 authors of Meta’s original Llama research paper from February 2023 quit due to a compute resources feud, AI talent demand, and more  —  Meta Platforms’ releases of its large-language models, Llama and Llama 2, in the past six months have won the company praise for offering free … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft rolls out a new Xbox dashboard that lets users stream Xbox gameplay one-way to anyone on Discord, a tool for reporting Xbox voice chat clips, and more  —  Microsoft is rolling out a new Xbox dashboard for September that includes the ability to stream your Xbox gameplay to Discord friends … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vishal Chawla / The Block: Visa expands its USDC stablecoin settlements to Solana and has partnered with Worldpay and Nuvei for pilots that have already moved millions of USDC via VisaNet  —  – Visa expanded its USDC stablecoin settlement capabilities to Solana, forming partnerships with Worldpay and Nuvei for pilot programs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google refreshes Android’s logo and releases updates to its mobile app and services, including its “At a Glance” widget and its visual accessibility app Lookout  —  Google is releasing a grab bag of updates to its mobile apps and services, including an At a Glance Google Assistant widget … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Margrethe Vestager is stepping down as the EU’s competition chief to run for a job at the EIB, and justice commissioner Didier Reynders will now assume the role  —  Belgian politician appointed while incumbent Margrethe Vestager targets top job at European Investment Bank Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google releases a refreshed Android logo and grab bag of updates for its mobile app and services, including the At a Glance widget and Lookout app  —  Google is releasing a grab bag of updates to its mobile apps and services, including an At a Glance Google Assistant widget … Lees verder op Tech Meme