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Amazon hikes the price of Music Unlimited for Prime subscribers, up $1/month to $9.99 for individual plans and family plans up $1/month to $16.99 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter) 16-08-2023

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Amazon hikes the price of Music Unlimited for Prime subscribers, up $1/month to $9.99 for individual plans and family plans up $1/month to $16.99  —  Amazon previously raised the prime of Amazon Music Unlimited for non-Prime members earlier this year.  —  Amazon Music Unlimited … Lees verder op Tech Meme

GOP House Financial Services Committee lawmakers demand that SEC Chair Gary Gensler explain how Prometheum won its unique approval as a broker-dealer for crypto (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) 16-08-2023

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: GOP House Financial Services Committee lawmakers demand that SEC Chair Gary Gensler explain how Prometheum won its unique approval as a broker-dealer for crypto  —  Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, rounded up all of his panel’s Republicans to question … Lees verder op Tech Meme

At a White House roundtable, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau touts Fair Credit Reporting Act rules to crack down on harmful data broker practices (Chelsey Cox/CNBC) 15-08-2023

Chelsey Cox / CNBC: At a White House roundtable, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau touts Fair Credit Reporting Act rules to crack down on harmful data broker practices  —  – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau touted a slated of proposed new rules at a White House roundtable on data brokerage practices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

WhatsApp beta for Android now lets a limited group of testers use generative AI to create custom stickers; inappropriate stickers can be reported to Meta (WABetaInfo) 15-08-2023

WABetaInfo: WhatsApp beta for Android now lets a limited group of testers use generative AI to create custom stickers; inappropriate stickers can be reported to Meta  —  WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.17.14.  —  What’s new in this update? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drones, cameras, apps, robots, and ML are helping speed up huge construction projects; one company expects to cut up to 5% off a UK railroad project's $11B cost (Patrick Sisson/New York Times) 15-08-2023

Patrick Sisson / New York Times: Drones, cameras, apps, robots, and ML are helping speed up huge construction projects; one company expects to cut up to 5% off a UK railroad project’s $11B cost  —  Developers are embracing artificial intelligence tools like drones, cameras, apps and robots, which can reduce the timelines … Lees verder op Tech Meme

X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks (Washington Post) 15-08-2023

Washington Post: X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks  —  The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Binance's early and rapid growth, aided by the haze of regulatory uncertainty, and how the company may have blown its chance to rule crypto post-FTX (Scott Chipolina/Financial Times) 15-08-2023

Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: A look at Binance’s early and rapid growth, aided by the haze of regulatory uncertainty, and how the company may have blown its chance to rule crypto post-FTX  —  The exchange that looked best placed to benefit from last year’s collapse of FTX has instead found itself beset by regulatory setbacks Lees verder op Tech Meme

Binance plans to shut down its fiat-to-crypto service Binance Connect, formerly known as Bifinity, that supported payment methods including Visa and Mastercard (Helene Braun/CoinDesk) 15-08-2023

Helene Braun / CoinDesk: Binance plans to shut down its fiat-to-crypto service Binance Connect, formerly known as Bifinity, that supported payment methods including Visa and Mastercard  —  The service was rolled out in March last year, in an effort to make traditional financial companies “crypto-ready.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Analysis: X adds a five-second delay on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Elon Musk often attacks (Washington Post) 15-08-2023

Washington Post: Analysis: X adds a five-second delay on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Elon Musk often attacks  —  The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times … Lees verder op Tech Meme