Tech Meme

Makena Kelly / The Verge: New York City bans TikTok from city-owned devices and requires agencies to remove the app within the next 30 days, after a review by the NYC Cyber Command  —  New York City is banning TikTok from city-owned devices and requiring agencies to remove the app within the next 30 days. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Sources: Foxconn’s plant in Tamil Nadu, India plans to deliver iPhone 15 units weeks after Chinese factories; output previously lagged by six to nine months  —  – Apple is diversifying iPhone supply chain away from China  — India’s push to become a manufacturing hub is bearing fruit Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The UK plans to host an AI summit in November 2023 with “like-minded” countries, academics, and executives from DeepMind, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and more  —  ‘Like-minded’ states to be asked to Bletchley Park along with tech executives and academics Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Documents: Amazon plans to impose a new 2% fee per sale on merchants who ship products themselves, on top of the ~15% fee they already pay, starting in October  —  – The new levy comes even with an FTC antitrust suit looming  — Merchant fees generate revenue as online sales growth slows Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Filing: Leslie Kilgore and Andrea Wishom stepped down from Nextdoor’s board on August 1 after the US DOJ raised concerns they were also on Pinterest’s board  —  – DOJ is cracking down on directors serving on rival companies Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Vallance / BBC: Sama CEO Wendy Gonzalez says the company no longer plans to take harmful content moderation work from Meta and she regrets the work, after some staff sued Sama  —  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

Alexandra Alter / New York Times: The Authors Guild, the American Booksellers Association, and the Open Markets Institute urge the DOJ and the FTC to investigate Amazon’s book market “monopoly”  —  The online retailer’s size and sway affects the free exchange of ideas, the groups argue. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yuvraj Malik / Reuters: JD.com reports Q2 revenue up 7.6% YoY to ~$39.7B, vs. ~$38.27B est., and retail sales up 2.5% YoY, vs. 4.5% YoY est. and slowing from 3.1% YoY in June 2023  —  Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com (9618.HK), beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as its focus … Lees verder op 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