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In court, Satya Nadella says he'd love to end “exclusives on consoles”; Bobby Kotick says making CoD exclusive would cause “revolt” and “reputational damage” (Kellen Browning/New York Times) 29-06-2023

Kellen Browning / New York Times: In court, Satya Nadella says he’d love to end “exclusives on consoles”; Bobby Kotick says making CoD exclusive would cause “revolt” and “reputational damage”  —  In federal court, Satya Nadella and Bobby Kotick opposed an attempt by the F.T.C … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Celestial AI, which offers optical interconnect tech for compute, memory, and data transmission, raised a $100M Series B, bringing its total funding to $165M+ (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 29-06-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Celestial AI, which offers optical interconnect tech for compute, memory, and data transmission, raised a $100M Series B, bringing its total funding to $165M+  —  David Lazovsky and Preet Virk, technologists with backgrounds in semiconductor engineering and photonics, came … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Internal messages: Reddit tells protesting mods that their communities won't remain private beyond the timeframe set for this week to confirm reopening plans (Jay Peters/The Verge) 29-06-2023

Jay Peters / The Verge: Internal messages: Reddit tells protesting mods that their communities won’t remain private beyond the timeframe set for this week to confirm reopening plans  —  / ‘This community will not remain private beyond the timeframe we’ve allowed for confirmation of plans here.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Visa plans to acquire São Paulo-based payments infrastructure startup Pismo for $1B in cash by the end of 2023; Pismo had raised $118M through October 2021 (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch) 28-06-2023

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Visa plans to acquire São Paulo-based payments infrastructure startup Pismo for $1B in cash by the end of 2023; Pismo had raised $118M through October 2021  —  Want more fintech news in your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Brazilian payments infrastructure startup Pismo … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Phone monitoring app LetMeSpy, used to spy on thousands of Android users, says a hacker stole the messages, call logs, and locations the spyware had intercepted (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch) 29-06-2023

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Phone monitoring app LetMeSpy, used to spy on thousands of Android users, says a hacker stole the messages, call logs, and locations the spyware had intercepted  —  A data breach reveals the spyware is built by a Polish developer  —  A hacker has stolen the messages, call logs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple aims to sell its US business; CEO Cheng Lu says the plan is not the result of pressure due to CFIUS' review of the company (Alan Ohnsman/Forbes) 29-06-2023

Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: Autonomous trucking company TuSimple aims to sell its US business; CEO Cheng Lu says the plan is not the result of pressure due to CFIUS’ review of the company  —  The company’s CEO says there’s no firm buyer lined up and that the plan to separate U.S. operations doesn’t arise from pressure related to a CFIUS review. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sony accidentally spilled confidential PlayStation information and its Call of Duty revenue by redacting a court document with a Sharpie, revealed after a scan (The Verge) 28-06-2023

The Verge: Sony accidentally spilled confidential PlayStation information and its Call of Duty revenue by redacting a court document with a Sharpie, revealed after a scan  —  Sony has just revealed lots of highly confidential information about its PlayStation business by mistake. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Visa plans to acquire São Paulo-based payments infrastructure startup Pismo for $1B in cash by the end of 2023; Pismo had raised $118M through October 2021 (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch) 28-06-2023

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Visa plans to acquire São Paulo-based payments infrastructure startup Pismo for $1B in cash by the end of 2023; Pismo had raised $118M through October 2021  —  Want more fintech news in your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Brazilian payments infrastructure startup Pismo … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Proton launches its E2E encrypted open-source password manager Proton Pass, available for free on iOS, Android, and browsers Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Brave (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch) 28-06-2023

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Proton launches its E2E encrypted open-source password manager Proton Pass, available for free on iOS, Android, and browsers Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Brave  —  A couple of months after unveiling Proton Pass, Proton — the company behind end-to-end encrypted email service Proton Mail … Lees verder op Tech Meme

NYC-based Slang.ai, which sells an AI-powered phone answering service for restaurants, retailers, and hospitality groups, raised a $20M Series A led by Homebrew (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat) 28-06-2023

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: NYC-based Slang.ai, which sells an AI-powered phone answering service for restaurants, retailers, and hospitality groups, raised a $20M Series A led by Homebrew  —  Slang.ai, an AI-powered phone answering product for the restaurant industry founded by two former Spotify data scientists … Lees verder op Tech Meme