Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: A US judge denies Terraform Labs’ motion to dismiss an SEC lawsuit, saying the SEC made a “plausible claim” that UST and LUNA may have violated securities law — Terraform Labs argued that there was no contract in the sale of UST to retail investors. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Anissa Gardizy / The Information: Sources: Nvidia has asked some cloud provider startups for their customers’ names; it also ensures some upstart cloud providers get early shipments of new chips — Nvidia plays favorites with its newest, much-sought-after chips for artificial intelligence, steering them to small cloud providers … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ina Fried / Axios: Internal email: Google is revamping Assistant to focus on using generative AI, starting with the mobile version, and is reorganizing related teams — Google plans to overhaul its Assistant to focus on using generative AI technologies similar to those that power ChatGPT and its own Bard chatbot … Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: How popular gaming platforms like Minecraft and Roblox are being used to promote Russia’s war narrative, influencing some young and Russian-speaking audiences — Propaganda is appearing in Minecraft and other popular games and discussion groups as the Kremlin tries to win over new audiences. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: Ampere Analysis: ad tiers from Netflix, Disney, and others have collectively crossed 100M users in the US; 90%+ of Hulu subscribers are on its ad-supported tier — London-based research firm Ampere Analysis estimates that ad tiers from Netflix, Disney and others have collectively surpassed 100 million users Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Airalo, which offers affordable eSIM roaming packages for travelers, raised a $60M Series B led by e& Capital at a $280M post-money valuation — Travel is back on the agenda after a Covid-19 hiatus, and today a mobile startup out of Canada is announcing a healthy round of funding to capitalize on that. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sheila Dang / Reuters: X says Elon Musk will lead product and engineering teams, CEO Linda Yaccarino will lead teams including legal and sales, and both will oversee trust and safety — X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, said on Monday that owner Elon Musk will lead the product and engineering teams … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matthew Keys / Fierce Wireless: Amazon will require streaming services on Fire TV to give 30% of their ad impressions to Amazon, or in certain countries share 30% of ad revenue, from Sept. 1 — Amazon will soon require international app developers who offer ad-supported streaming video services available to Fire TV users … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Twitter is now “X” in the App Store, seemingly via an exception to Apple’s rule that requires app names to have two or more characters — After weeks of changes to its social handles, branding on its interface, a redirect on the web, and lots of chatter from its owner … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Airalo, which offers affordable eSIM roaming packages for travelers, raised a $60M Series B led by e& Capital at a $250M post-money valuation — Travel is back on the agenda after a Covid-19 hiatus, and today a mobile startup out of Canada is announcing a healthy round of funding to capitalize on that. Lees verder op Tech Meme