Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Hopin, the struggling virtual conference unicorn, sells events and engagement units to RingCentral — Hopin, the virtual events startup that saw its star (and valuation) rise quickly during the Covid-19 pandemic, is most definitely coming down to earth. Today the company announced … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Sources: US DOJ officials are considering fraud charges against Binance, but worry that an indictment could cause a run on Binance like the one that befell FTX — U.S. Department of Justice officials are considering fraud charges against crypto exchange Binance, but are concerned about the cost … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Slack launches Slack Sales Elevate, offering deeper integration with Salesforce’s Sales Cloud for $60 per user per month on top of Slack’s and Salesforce’s fees — – More Slack editions coming for customer service, marketing — New Slack CEO Lidiane Jones focuses on product updates Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Google delists its AI Test Kitchen app, which let users try out its AI-powered tools, on Android and iOS, moving the service to the web to push updates faster — Once a miniature playground for the public to test Google’s blossoming AI-powered tools, the AI Test Kitchen app has been delisted … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Fortune: A look at Katie Haun’s $1.5B crypto fund, launched in spring 2022 just before the latest crypto crash, which as of June 2023 had deployed ~30% to ~24 startups — On a sunny morning in April, Katie Haun trudged up a winding path around the Stanford Dish in the hills over Palo Alto. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Analysts and executives say the UK risks becoming an also-ran in the global 5G rollout race, despite starting in 2019, due to low investment and banning Huawei — Expansion of high-speed mobile networks hit by factors including limited investment and disruption from ban on Huawei kit Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X now lets X Blue subscribers hide their checkmarks, but warns that “the checkmark may still appear in some places” and “some features may not be available” — Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft now lets Xbox owners stream gameplay from the console to Discord users, rolling out to all Xbox users in the coming months — Microsoft is improving its Xbox and Discord integration with a new streaming gameplay feature. Xbox owners will soon be able to stream their gameplay … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Hopin, the struggling virtual events startup valued at nearly $7.7B in June 2021, sells its Events and Session units to RingCentral for an undisclosed sum — Hopin, the virtual events startup that saw its star (and valuation) rise quickly during the Covid-19 pandemic, is most definitely coming down to earth. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Rest of World: Interviews with people at Worldcoin booths in Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong find many scanned their eyes to receive the sign-up bonuses, an “easy $50” — In Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong, our reporters found lots of people were eager to take the deal. Lees verder op Tech Meme