Tech Meme

Caitlin Harrington / Wired: OSHA investigations and 11 interviews: Amazon’s first aid clinics put warehouse staff at risk by keeping them working instead of referring them to medical care  —  A WIRED investigation and federal citations show how first aid clinics in Amazon warehouses sometimes direct injured employees … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: PayPal plans to “temporarily pause” letting UK users buy crypto from October 1, to work on complying with new regulations, and restart support in “early 2024”  —  Payments giant PayPal (PYPL.O) will stop allowing UK customers to buy cryptocurrencies through its platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Weeks / The Block: Layer 1 blockchain startup ZetaChain raised $27M from Blockchain.com and others and plans to launch its mainnet soon; ZetaChain has 27K+ dApp contracts deployed  —  – Several crypto and trading heavyweights, including Blockchain.com and Jane Street Capital, participated in the fundraise. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: as part of the US DOJ’s two-year Visa investigation, officials are looking at the company charging merchants more for not using its “tokenization” tool  —  – Merchants get charged more if they shun Visa’s tokens  — Long-running probe is now scrutinizing those price differences Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Filing: Samsung sold ~3.55M ASML shares from April to June 2023, more than halving its holding from 1.6% to 0.7%, or 2.75M shares, and reportedly raising ~$2.2B  —  – Firm lowered its holding to 0.7% from 1.6% in the period  — Sale raised about $2.2 billion, Korea Economic Daily reported Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Two directors quit Nextdoor after the DOJ raised concerns over also serving on Pinterest’s board; filing says Leslie Kilgore and Andrea Wishom left on August 1  —  – DOJ is cracking down on directors serving on rival companies Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: PayPal plans to “temporarily” stop letting UK users buy crypto via its platform from October 1 to work with regulators and expects to restart in “early 2024”  —  Payments giant PayPal (PYPL.O) will stop allowing UK customers to buy cryptocurrencies through its platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Vallance / BBC: Sama CEO Wendy Gonzalez says the company will no longer take on harmful content moderation work from Meta and she regrets the work, after staff sue the company  —  A firm which was contracted to moderate Facebook posts in East Africa has said with hindsight it should not have taken on the job. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Epic Games expands its Epic Online Services crossplay tools from PC to PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch, helping developers more easily add crossplay multiplayer  —  The change could mean that developers will be able to more easily bring crossplay multiplayer to their games. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Weeks / The Block: Layer 1 blockchain startup ZetaChain raised $27M from Blockchain.com and others and plans to launch its mainnet soon; the project has 27K+ dApps deployed  —  – Several crypto and trading heavyweights, including Blockchain.com and Jane Street Capital, participated in the fundraise. Lees verder op Tech Meme