Tech Meme

Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: TikTok admits that it’s funding the TikTok creators’ lawsuit in Montana challenging the state’s ban of the app, but says it’s not paying the creators directly  —  The popular video service had deflected questions about its involvement in the creators’ lawsuit for more than a month. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: Adalytics: ~80% of Google’s video ad placements on third-party sites violated the company’s promised standards between 2020 and 2023; Google disputes the claims  —  About 80% of Google’s video-ad placements on third-party sites violated promised standards, new research shows; Google disputes claims Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Heaney / UploadVR: Report: Google canceled its “Iris” AR glasses project earlier in 2023 and is now focused on creating AR software platforms to license to headset manufacturers  —  Google reportedly killed its glasses hardware project.  —  Business Insider’s Hugh Langley cites … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Issie Lapowsky / Fast Company: SCOTUS rules 7-2: for an alleged cyberstalker to be a “true threat”, a court must prove they recklessly disregarded that their words might be seen as threats  —  The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that in order to find someone guilty of making a “true threat” courts must first determine … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Heaney / UploadVR: Report: Google has canceled its “Iris” AR glasses project and is now focused on creating software platforms for AR, to license to headset manufacturers  —  Google reportedly killed its glasses hardware project.  —  Business Insider’s Hugh Langley cites “three people familiar with the matter” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger: Tel Aviv-based Anzu, which offers in-game ad tools across mobile, PC, and consoles, raised a $48M Series B led by Emmis, bringing its total funding to $65M  —  Investors are betting on the growth of video games as an advertising channel.  —  On Tuesday, in-game ad company Anzu announced … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Faros AI, which offers an analytics dashboard for software engineering teams, raised a $20M Series A led by Lobby Capital, bringing its total funding to $36M  —  Three years ago, Vitaly Gordon, one of the founding members of Salesforce’s Einstein research division, started Faros AI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Internal memo: SiriusXM plans to shut down its Stitcher podcast app on August 29 and move subscribers to its flagship SXM app, where podcasts will include ads  —  Sirius XM Holdings Inc., the satellite radio and audio company owned by Liberty Media Corp., plans to shut down its Stitcher podcast app … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Axios: Betr, a sports micro-betting app co-founded by boxer Jake Paul, raised $35M at a $300M pre-money valuation, in an extension to its $50M Series A in August 2022  —  Betr, a media and sports micro-betting platform co-founded by social media star and boxer Jake Paul, on Tuesday said it’s secured $35 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: AI investors are snapping up privately held startup shares on marketplaces like EquityZen and Rainmaker; some Anthropic bidders are paying up to a 25% premium  —  The buzz around artificial intelligence has investors snapping up shares of startups on alternative venues … Lees verder op Tech Meme