Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: ‘Fortnite’ Maker Epic Games Is Cutting About 16% of Staff — Company was ‘spending way more than we earn,’ CEO said in memo — Fortnite Creator content program is ‘lower-margin business’ … “For a while now, we’ve been spending way more money than we earn,” Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney wrote … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: Apple asks SCOTUS to revisit the 2021 Epic Games ruling regarding alternative IAP payment options, a day after Epic separately asked SCOTUS to take up the case — – IPhone maker wants to avoid allowing an end run around store — Fortnite maker has separately asked high court to take up case Lees verder op Tech Meme
RT Watson / The Block: Coinbase says the crypto exchange has gained approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority to offer non-US retail users perpetual futures trading — – Coinbase has gained approval to offer non-U.S. retail users perpetual futures trading from the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google opens up Search Generative Experience to teens aged 13-17 in the US and adds a new feature to give people context about how a response was generated — Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Yogita Khatri / The Block: IYK, which lets brands, musicians, and creators build “digi-physical experiences”, including through NFTs, raised a $16.8M seed led by A16z Crypto — – IYK has raised $16.8 million in seed funding led by A16z Crypto. — The startup helps brands like Adidas create digi-physical experiences for their customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Songtradr: Music licensing marketplace Songtradr acquires Bandcamp and says it will keep running Bandcamp as a marketplace and community with an artist-first revenue share — Los Angeles) – Songtradr, a music licensing platform and marketplace company supporting artists, labels and publishers … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tony Stubblebine / The Medium Blog: Medium plans to block AI companies from training on posts published on Medium until the company can get concessions regarding credit, compensation, and consent — Fair use in the age of AI: Credit, compensation and consent are required. … We’re in an exciting moment for artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jason Koebler / 404 Media: Email: Serve Robotics, used by Uber Eats in Los Angeles, shared video filmed by one of its food delivery robots to the LAPD as part of a criminal investigation — This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public service. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Carly Page / TechCrunch: Google patches a Chrome zero-day that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor, just two days after Google’s Threat Analysis Group informed the Chrome team — Google has rushed to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: NYC-based Transfr, which sells VR tools for training and career development, raised a $40M Series C led by ABS Capital, bringing its total funding to $90M — Transfr, a startup creating VR tools for training and career development, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series C round led … Lees verder op Tech Meme