Tech Meme

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: The Hollywood Professional Association, which includes Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Sony, urges the AMPTP, the WGA, and SAG-AFTRA to find a resolution  —  “Organizations indispensable to the creation of media are cutting staff… and in some cases, even risk closing,” the Hollywood Professional Association writes Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fortesa Latifi / Teen Vogue: Illinois passes the US’ first law protecting child influencers, entitling influencers under age 16 and kids featured by influencers to a percentage of earnings  —  Illinois has officially passed the nation’s first legislation aimed at protecting child influencers, in a move advocates … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cam Thompson / CoinDesk: A look at friend.tech, a decentralized social media app built on Base whose August 10 invite-only beta drove 4,400 ETH in trading volume in less than 24 hours  —  The new social app has driven 4,400 ETH ($8.1 million) in trading volume in less than 24 hours since its launch, far surpassing OpenSea’s in the same time frame. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manya Saini / Reuters: Chindata Group plans to go private in a $3.16B deal with investor Bain Capital, ending months of uncertainty about the Chinese data center operator’s future  —  Chindata Group said on Friday it would go private in a sweetened $3.16 billion deal with investor Bain Capital … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Liz Lindqwister / The San Francisco Standard: Some Cruise car riders say they’ve had sex in the driverless vehicles in SF over recent months; Waymo and Cruise permit eating in their cars but not drinking  —  An Illustration generated by the artificial intelligence program Midjourney depicts two people making out in an autonomous vehicle. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Oliver Barnes / Financial Times: How SCOTUS overturning the sports betting ban in 2018 transformed the sector into a high-growth tech business; many fear a surge in gambling addiction is coming  —  Americans have bet $245bn on sporting events since restrictions were loosened in 2018.  But many fear a surge in gambling addiction is coming Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: Amazon is removing or reducing packaging to speed up deliveries, cut costs, and meet climate goals, amid concerns that visible products could lead to issues  —  The retail giant is reducing packaging on millions of deliveries  —  Millions of Amazon orders are arriving on doorsteps across the U.S. without any extra packaging. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: ION Group, which sells trading, analytics, and other financial market tools, plans to acquire Italian credit management company Prelios, sources say for €1.35B  —  U.S. hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management (DK) said on Friday it had agreed to sell Prelios to fintech firm ION Group … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: ION Group, which sells trading, analytics, and other financial market tools, plans to acquire Italian credit management company Prelios, sources say for €1.35B  —  U.S. hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management (DK) said on Friday it had agreed to sell Prelios to fintech firm ION Group … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: ION Group, which sells trading, analytics, and other financial market tools, plans to acquire Italian credit management company Prelios, sources say for €1.35B  —  U.S. hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management (DK) said on Friday it had agreed to sell Prelios to fintech firm ION Group … Lees verder op Tech Meme