Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Reddit begins testing Discord-like chat channels with 25 volunteer subreddits that have under 100K members and will give moderators control in managing chats — Reddit announced Thursday that it is testing Discord-like chat channels with select subreddits. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: Solana’s SOL is up about 125% since December 31, outperforming bitcoin’s 78% rally, as the blockchain tries to move past its association with Sam Bankman-Fried — The SOL token of the Solana blockchain has more than doubled this year, outperforming Bitcoin, as the project tries to move past … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: A profile of Sarah Cardell, the UK CMA’s Chief Executive, who played a key role in shaping the policy that led to Microsoft’s Activision takeover being blocked — Former corporate lawyer has attracted the ire of the US group by blocking its $75bn acquisition of Activision Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mickey Djuric / Canadian Press: Canada’s Online Streaming Act passes a final Senate vote; the law will require streamers to support Canadian content and gives the CRTC regulatory power — OTTAWA – A federal bill that will force digital platforms like Netflix and YouTube to contribute financially to Canadian content is on the cusp of becoming law. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Steve Dent / Engadget: Sony reports 6.3M PS5 sales in Q4 2022, up from 2M in Q4 2021, taking FY 2022 to 19.1M and 38.4M since launch, and $29B revenue for FY 2022, up from $19.9B YoY — Now that it’s solved its supply shortages, Sony is seeing a lot of pent-up demand for PlayStation 5 consoles. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: The New York City MTA ends its Twitter service alerts, saying the platform is “no longer reliable” and that Twitter demanded $50K per month for API access — New York City’s mass-transit system is ending its real-time service alerts on Twitter for subway, train and bus riders … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Viola Zhou / Rest of World: A profile of Liu Xiaoping, a dog food seller on Pinduoduo who coaches Chinese merchants on using legal action to fight Pinduoduo’s refund-without-return policy — A dog food seller known as “Lawsuit Bro” is leading the fight. — A dog food seller on Pinduoduo has emerged as an unlikely hero … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Blake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: Triller agrees to pay Sony Music $4.5M+ to settle claims that Triller breached a contract covering its use of musicians’ songs on the platform — TikTok rival Triller Inc has agreed to pay Sony Music Entertainment (6758.T) more than $4.5 million to resolve claims that Triller breached … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Echo Wang / Reuters: iLearningEngines, which supplies companies with personalized training materials using AI tools, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.4B valuation — Training software company iLearningEngines Inc agreed to go public through a merger with blank check company Arrowroot Acquisition Corp … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: A US federal judge orders South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading’s CEO to pay $3.4B after CFTC charged the company with a $1.7B fraud in 2022 — A US judge has ordered a South African executive to pay more than $3.4 billion in restitution and fines for a fraud scheme involving Bitcoin … Lees verder op Tech Meme