Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta expands its Meta Verified program to businesses on Facebook and Instagram in select markets, for $21.99/month/page for each or $34.99/month/page for both  —  Meta announced today that it is expanding Meta Verified to businesses after first launching it for creators in March. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: An Uber executive says the EU’s Platform Work Directive designating gig workers as employees may result in Uber closing in hundreds of cities and price hikes  —  Prices paid by consumers would also rise if Brussels enacts Platform Work Directive, says Uber’s European chief Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mariam Sunny / Reuters: Neuralink opens enrollment for the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients, expected to take about six years, likely to include <10 people  —  Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday it has received approval … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Matthew Panzarino, who recently stepped down as TechCrunch EIC after 10 years, on the site’s Silicon Valley relationship, the future of media, and more  —  It’s been a rocky and chaotic decade — and now digital media is on the brink of yet another existential crisis thanks to generative AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rest of World: A profile of Japan-based Soramitsu, which helped build Cambodia’s “quasi-digital currency” system and is running CBDC studies in other Southeast Asian countries  —  Soramitsu, a Japanese company riding the wave of blockchain-based products supporting digital payments, has landed several deals with central banks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: A profile of Jeff Yass, whose Susquehanna International Group has a ~15% stake in ByteDance, and is working to prevent a US TikTok ban by donating to lawmakers  —  Financier Jeff Yass made a big bet on the app, and he’s a top donor to lawmakers who support it Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: WhatsApp announces Flows to let merchants build richer shopping experiences like allowing users to pick a flight seat or order a meal without leaving the app  —  WhatsApp is bolstering its shopping experience for both merchants and users through a new feature called Flows … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Meta launches in-chat payments for WhatsApp in India, allowing businesses to accept payments via credit/debit cards, WhatsApp Pay or UPI at no extra cost  —  Parent company Meta seeks to tap its messaging service’s biggest market to boost revenue  —  Hundreds of millions of WhatsApp users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta expands its Meta Verified program to businesses on Facebook and Instagram in select geographies, starting at $21.99 per month per page on either service  —  Meta announced today that it is expanding Meta Verified to businesses after first launching it for creators in March. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: An Uber executive warns the EU’s Platform Work Directive designating gig workers as employees will result in Uber closing in hundreds of cities and price hikes  —  Prices paid by consumers would also rise if Brussels enacts Platform Work Directive, says Uber’s European chief Lees verder op Tech Meme