Reuters: Sources: Shein, which was valued at $66B in May 2023, has registered with the SEC for a US IPO, which could come before the end of 2023 — Shein, the Chinese online fashion retailer worth more than $60 billion that is under scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers over its labor practices … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jay Peters / The Verge: Narwhal, MultiTab, and other third-party Reddit apps plan to continue operating after July 1, but will increase their subscription prices to cover new API costs — Many Reddit users are mourning the June 30th shutdowns of third-party apps like Apollo for Reddit, rif is fun for Reddit (RIF) … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Marc Andreessen on “Public Intellectual Marc”, software and the physical world, his essay on AI, COVID-19, China, a16z, crypto investments, and more — Today’s Stratechery Interview — and the last Interview of the summer — is with Marc Andreessen. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Microsoft adds AI-powered shopping tools, including GPT-generated buying guides in the US, to its Bing search engine and the Bing AI chatbot in Edge’s sidebar — Microsoft today announced a slew of new AI-powered shopping tools for its new Bing search engine and the Bing AI chatbot in the Edge sidebar. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Vienna-based One Trading, formerly called Bitpanda Pro, raised a €30M Series A led by Valar Ventures, as the digital asset exchange separates from Bitpanda — The crypto exchange has split from Bitpanda and now operates as One Trading. — Austria-based One Trading … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Austria-based One Trading, the digital asset exchange formerly called Bitpanda Pro, raised a €30M Series A led by Valar Ventures, as it separates from Bitpanda — The crypto exchange has split from Bitpanda and now operates as One Trading. — Austria-based One Trading … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sara Fischer / Axios: Snap announces that Snapchat+, which lets users access experimental and pre-released features for $3.99 per month, reached 4M paid subscribers in its first year — Snapchat on Thursday will announce that its subscription service, Snapchat+, has reached 4 million paid subscribers in its first year, executives told Axios. Lees verder op Tech Meme
The Citizen Lab: An analysis of WeChat’s tracking ecosystem using reverse engineering: the app records and tracks user behavior when executing Mini Programs, a privacy risk — Key findings — This work performs the first analysis of WeChat’s tracking ecosystem. Using reverse engineering methods … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Hema Parmar / Bloomberg: Sources: Tiger Global refused hundreds of bids for its private assets in recent months for being too low; on January 1, Tiger managed $51B, including $37B in VC — Tiger Global Management turned down hundreds of bids for its private assets in recent months because it felt the offers were too low … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matt Burgess / Wired: Activists and researchers file a GDPR complaint against Pornhub in Italy, claiming the company is “illegally” handling users’ data; the process could take years — Complaints filed in the European Union claim the porn site fails to follow basic data-collection policies under GDPR. Lees verder op Tech Meme