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Hollywood, Florida-based ClassWallet, which offers a digital wallet-based purchasing and reimbursement service for public funds, raised $95M led by Guidepost (PYMNTS.com) 16-08-2023

PYMNTS.com: Hollywood, Florida-based ClassWallet, which offers a digital wallet-based purchasing and reimbursement service for public funds, raised $95M led by Guidepost  —  ClassWallet has raised $95 million to grow its digital wallet-based purchasing and reimbursement platform for public funds. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Users of XPro, previously TweetDeck, report encountering paywalls to use the service; X said on July 3 that “in 30 days” XPro would be a subscriber-only feature (Jay Peters/The Verge) 16-08-2023

Jay Peters / The Verge: Users of XPro, previously TweetDeck, report encountering paywalls to use the service; X said on July 3 that “in 30 days” XPro would be a subscriber-only feature  —  X, the social network formally known as Twitter, appears to be finally following through on its promise to make TweetDeck a paid service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon hikes the price of Music Unlimited for Prime subscribers, up $1/month to $9.99 for individual plans and family plans up $1/month to $16.99 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter) 16-08-2023

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Amazon hikes the price of Music Unlimited for Prime subscribers, up $1/month to $9.99 for individual plans and family plans up $1/month to $16.99  —  Amazon previously raised the prime of Amazon Music Unlimited for non-Prime members earlier this year.  —  Amazon Music Unlimited … Lees verder op Tech Meme

GOP House Financial Services Committee lawmakers demand that SEC Chair Gary Gensler explain how Prometheum won its unique approval as a broker-dealer for crypto (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) 16-08-2023

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: GOP House Financial Services Committee lawmakers demand that SEC Chair Gary Gensler explain how Prometheum won its unique approval as a broker-dealer for crypto  —  Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, rounded up all of his panel’s Republicans to question … Lees verder op Tech Meme

At a White House roundtable, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau touts Fair Credit Reporting Act rules to crack down on harmful data broker practices (Chelsey Cox/CNBC) 15-08-2023

Chelsey Cox / CNBC: At a White House roundtable, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau touts Fair Credit Reporting Act rules to crack down on harmful data broker practices  —  – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau touted a slated of proposed new rules at a White House roundtable on data brokerage practices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

WhatsApp beta for Android now lets a limited group of testers use generative AI to create custom stickers; inappropriate stickers can be reported to Meta (WABetaInfo) 15-08-2023

WABetaInfo: WhatsApp beta for Android now lets a limited group of testers use generative AI to create custom stickers; inappropriate stickers can be reported to Meta  —  WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.17.14.  —  What’s new in this update? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drones, cameras, apps, robots, and ML are helping speed up huge construction projects; one company expects to cut up to 5% off a UK railroad project's $11B cost (Patrick Sisson/New York Times) 15-08-2023

Patrick Sisson / New York Times: Drones, cameras, apps, robots, and ML are helping speed up huge construction projects; one company expects to cut up to 5% off a UK railroad project’s $11B cost  —  Developers are embracing artificial intelligence tools like drones, cameras, apps and robots, which can reduce the timelines … Lees verder op Tech Meme

X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks (Washington Post) 15-08-2023

Washington Post: X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks  —  The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Binance's early and rapid growth, aided by the haze of regulatory uncertainty, and how the company may have blown its chance to rule crypto post-FTX (Scott Chipolina/Financial Times) 15-08-2023

Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: A look at Binance’s early and rapid growth, aided by the haze of regulatory uncertainty, and how the company may have blown its chance to rule crypto post-FTX  —  The exchange that looked best placed to benefit from last year’s collapse of FTX has instead found itself beset by regulatory setbacks Lees verder op Tech Meme