Tech Meme

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws and says before going offline in Louisiana, age gating cut traffic there by ~80%  —  Pornhub is now blocking people in Mississippi and Virginia from visiting its website over laws that would require the service to verify their age. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Sweden’s privacy watchdog says that “companies must stop using Google Analytics” and fines local online retailer CDON less than $30K and telco Tele2 over $1.1M  —  Sweden’s data protection watchdog has issued a couple of fines in relation to exports of European users’ data via Google Analytics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marc Schneider / Billboard: Tidal plans to increase its HiFi tier by $1 to $11/month and its family tier by $2 to $17/month in the US starting on August 1; HiFi Plus’ pricing is unchanged  —  The trend of music streamers increasing their rates continues.  Next up: Spotify?  —  Following similar moves by Apple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: BlackRock refiles for its spot bitcoin ETF through Nasdaq, saying Coinbase will provide market surveillance to address the US SEC’s insufficient info objection  —  BlackRock Inc. has refiled paperwork with US regulators through Nasdaq to add new details to its proposal for a exchange-traded fund that invests directly in Bitcoin. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg: London-based Revolut plans to stop offering Solana, Cardano, and Polygon for US customers on September 18, after its provider Bakkt decided to delist the tokens  —  UK-based fintech app Revolut will stop offering Solana, Cardano and Polygon’s tokens for US customers after its provider Bakkt … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Scarcella / Reuters: Apple plans to ask SCOTUS to revisit an Epic case ruling that Apple cannot stop developers from providing links in apps to payment options outside the App Store  —  Apple (AAPL.O) said on Monday it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to a judge’s order in an antitrust case brought by … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Instagram’s Twitter competitor Threads is expected to launch on iOS on July 6, 2023 according to a pre-order listing in the App Store  —  Instagram’s rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US.  The app will be called Threads, and according to App Store data, is expected to launch on July 6. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Instagram’s Twitter competitor Threads is expected to launch on July 6, 2023 according to a pre-order listing on the iOS App Store in the US  —  Instagram’s rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US.  The app will be called Threads, and according to App Store data, is expected to launch on July 6. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marc Schneider / Billboard: Tidal to increase prices of its base HiFi tier by $1 to $11/month and family tier by $2 to $17/month in the US starting August 1; HiFi Plus pricing is unchanged  —  The trend of music streamers increasing their rates continues.  Next up: Spotify?  —  Following similar moves by Apple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

@twittersupport: Twitter says in 30 days users must be Verified to access TweetDeck, as it updates TweetDeck with support for full composer functionality, Spaces, and more  —  We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck. All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ by selecting “Try the new TweetDeck” in the bottom left menu. Some notes on getting started and the future of the product… https://twitter.com/… Lees verder op Tech Meme