Tech Meme

Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal: Microsoft and Oracle expand their cloud partnership with Oracle Database@Azure, which offers access to Oracle services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in Azure  —  The new level of collaboration reflects how technology and customer demand have fostered more cooperation among software companies Lees verder op Tech Meme

Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: Amazon adds IAP back to Prime Video for Android, letting users buy VOD rentals and more, after removing IAP from its apps in 2022 to avoid Google’s 30% fee  —  Next up: The Kindle app, maybe?  —  Some news from the someone-must-have-struck-a-deal department: Amazon is once again allowing users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Filing: Caesars confirms the casino operator was hacked via a social engineering attack on an outsourced IT support vendor; sources: Caesars paid a ~$15M ransom  —  Caesars is second major casino operator hit by hackers in recent weeks  —  paid roughly half of a $30 million ransom … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: SCOTUS pauses a lower court’s order limiting the White House, FBI, and public health agencies from making social media requests, hours after DOJ filed a request  —  – Administrative stay lets government keep communicating freely  — Alito order comes hours after Justice Department filed request Lees verder op Tech Meme

Neil Long / Mobilegamer.biz: Sources: Unity is offering a 100% Runtime Fee waiver to studios using its LevelPlay mediation platform and 80%-100% waivers to those switching from AppLovin  —  Unity is quietly offering developers a Runtime Fee waiver if they switch to its LevelPlay mediation platform, we’re told. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maria Heeter / The Information: Sources: in H1 2023, Flexport burned ~$300M and its revenue fell nearly 70% to $700M; founder Ryan Petersen, back as the CEO, says Flexport has $1B+ in net cash  —  Flexport’s revenue fell nearly 70% in the first half of the year to $700 million and the company burned through cash, people familiar with the company’s financials said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Filing: Caesars confirms it was hacked via a social engineering attack on an outsourced IT support vendor; sources: the company paid a ransom of ~$15M  —  Caesars is second major casino operator hit by hackers in recent weeks  —  paid roughly half of a $30 million ransom that hackers demanded … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: The Biden administration asks SCOTUS to pause a lower court’s order limiting the White House, FBI, and public health agencies from making social media requests  —  The move comes after a lower court found the White House, FBI and key public health officials probably violated the First Amendment Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta expands Horizon Worlds, previously exclusive to its VR headsets, to the web and Android in early access, and rolling out to iOS “in the coming weeks”  —  Meta is finally bringing Horizon Worlds out of virtual reality.  The 3D social platform has previously been exclusive to its VR headsets … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta expands Horizon Worlds, previously exclusive to its VR headsets, to the web and mobile, starting with some users on Android, with iOS rollout coming soon  —  Meta is finally bringing Horizon Worlds out of virtual reality.  The 3D social platform has previously been exclusive to its VR headsets … Lees verder op Tech Meme