Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Binance completes integrating the Bitcoin Lightning Network, enabling faster and cheaper bitcoin transactions, after setting up Lightning nodes in June 2023  —  – Binance has completed the integration of the Bitcoin Lightning Network.  — The news means Binance users can now deposit and withdraw bitcoin via the Layer 2 network. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Singapore-based fintech Thunes, which provides a cross-border B2B payment service, raised a $72M Series C led by Marshall Wace at a $900M+ valuation  —  Thunes, a Singapore and London-based fintech that has built a payments platform for businesses to send money to each other internationally … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: next week, the European Commission plans to open an investigation into Microsoft for bundling Teams with Office, after deeming concessions insufficient  —  Investigation will centre on claims US tech giant is unfairly linking its videoconferencing app with popular software Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: The Norwegian Data Protection Authority orders Meta to stop showing users personalized ads for three months starting August 4 or face a daily fine of €89,500  —  Meta’s social media platforms will be barred from behavioral advertising in August.  —  3 MINUTES READ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Gabriel Simon / Bloomberg: Brussels-based telecom operator Proximus Group plans to acquire a 58% stake in Mumbai-based cloud communication service provider Route Mobile for ~$721M  —  – Proximus to make open offer for further 26% stake in Route  — Route founders to reinvest $336 million in Proximus Unit Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Feiner / CNBC: In a letter, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan asks Meta to provide documents about content moderation on Threads as part of a probe of tech platforms’ policies  —  – House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to hand over documents about content moderation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: The Norwegian Data Protection Authority orders Meta to stop showing users personalized ads for three months starting August 4 or face a daily fine of €89,500  —  Meta’s social media platforms will be barred from behavioral advertising in August.  —  3 MINUTES READ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft plans to sunset Games with Gold on September 1 and to replace Xbox Live Gold with Xbox Game Pass Core, which includes 25+ games, on September 14  —  Microsoft is launching a new Xbox Game Pass Core subscription to replace Xbox Live Gold.  This new Game Pass Core offering will include … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Millions of sensitive emails have been missent to Mali’s .ML domain due to people mistyping the US military’s .MIL domain; .ML control reverts to Mali July 17  —  Common spelling error has misdirected sensitive Pentagon messages to a company running Mali’s internet domain Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: The Norwegian Data Protection Authority orders Meta to stop showing users personalized ads for three months starting August 4 or face a daily fine of €89,500  —  Meta’s social media platforms will be barred from behavioral advertising in August.  —  3 MINUTES READ Lees verder op Tech Meme