Tech Meme

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: How Apple’s standalone classical music app fixes the genre’s biggest problem of search and discovery with better metadata created by Dutch company Primephonic  —  Forget the metaverse.  The future is metadata.  It’s how the world’s most valuable company built a better way of listening to Mozart and Beethoven. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Japan plans to restrict exports of 23 types of chip manufacturing equipment starting July 2023, amid the US push to curb China’s ability to make advanced chips  —  Japan’s government on Friday said it plans to restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitter: Twitter launches its Verified Organizations program, which allows companies to get a verified checkmark for $1,000/month and their affiliates for $50/month each Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Insiders say crypto firms are struggling to access banking services and facing lengthy application procedures amid bank collapses and regulatory scrutiny  —  US banks, already hesitant to work with crypto customers, are now even warier of providing services to the industry after a string … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meir Orbach / CTech: env0, which develops Infrastructure as Code workflow automation and management software, raised $18.1M led by Venture Guides, bringing Series A total to $35.1M  —  The env0 platform enables users and teams to collaborate and provide self-service cloud deployments Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: South Korea passes the K-Chips Act to boost the country’s semiconductor industry by increasing tax credits for companies investing in manufacturing facilities  —  South Korea’s parliament easily approved a bill Thursday to boost the country’s powerhouse semiconductor industry by giving firms tax breaks to spur investments. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manya Saini / Reuters: Memo: Block says 44M of its 51M+ Cash App MAUs were verified via its IDV program as of December 2022, after Hindenburg claimed Block overstated user numbers  —  Block Inc (SQ.N) said on Thursday 44 million of its more 51 million monthly active customers on Cash App were verified through its identity program as of Dec. 31. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Microsoft fixed an Azure vulnerability after researchers found that the flaw could have let anyone alter Bing search results and access users’ Office 365 data  —  A dangerous vulnerability was detected in Microsoft’s Bing search engine earlier this year that allowed users to alter search results … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: E3 2023 has been canceled … E3 has been canceled.  Gaming’s big summer show was set to return in person in Los Angeles for the first time since 2019, but it’s been called off after huge gaming companies like Nintendo, Microsoft, and Ubisoft all said they wouldn’t be participating in the event. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebekah Valentine / IGN: ESA cancels E3 2023, after Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and Ubisoft announced they would not attend the event originally scheduled for June 13 to June 16  —  The show “did not garner the sustained interest necessary”  —  Almost a year after announcing its return, the Entertainment Software … Lees verder op Tech Meme