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Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft increases the prices in most markets for its Xbox Series X and, for the first time, Xbox Game Pass; Xbox Series X pricing remains the same in the US  —  Microsoft is increasing its Xbox Series X prices in most countries in August apart from the US, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nate Bek / GeekWire: Seattle-based DexCare, whose tools help health systems manage capacity and patient appointments, raised a $75M Series C, bringing its total funding to $146M  —  Seattle health-tech startup DexCare announced Wednesday that it raised $75 million in fresh cash to boost the development of its healthcare patient demand and access platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft increases the prices of Xbox Series X and, for the first time, Xbox Game Pass in most markets; Xbox Series X pricing will remain the same in the US  —  Microsoft is increasing its Xbox Series X prices in most countries in August apart from the US, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scott Wong / NBC News: US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unveils an AI regulatory framework and says that “Congress must join the AI revolution” before it’s too late to regulate  —  The Senate majority leader released his long-awaited framework for regulating artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Holmes / The Information: Google files a US FTC complaint alleging Microsoft used Office 365 licensing terms to lock clients into Azure contracts; Microsoft changed its EU terms in 2022  —  After years of publicly alleging that Microsoft used its dominant position in enterprise software to push customers toward … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg: Intel plans to sell a ~20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication to Bain in a deal valuing IMS at $4.3B; Intel invested in IMS in 2009 and acquired the company in 2015  —  Intel Corp. agreed to sell a roughly 20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication GmbH to Bain Capital in a deal that values the company at $4.3 billion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Annie Palmer / CNBC: The US FTC files a lawsuit alleging Amazon used “dark patterns” to steer customers to enroll in Prime without consent and “sabotaged” their attempts to cancel  —  – The FTC on Wednesday sued Amazon, alleging it tricked customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg: Intel agrees to sell a ~20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication to Bain in a deal that values IMS at $4.3B; Intel invested in IMS in 2009 before an acquisition in 2015  —  Intel Corp. agreed to sell a roughly 20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication GmbH to Bain Capital in a deal that values the company at $4.3 billion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zosha Millman / Polygon: Ali Selim, the director and executive producer of Marvel’s Secret Invasion, says Method Studios used AI to design the opening credits scene  —  ‘It just came right out of the shape-shifting, Skrull world identity’  —  The world of Secret Invasion is decidedly sketchy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: Patreon adds a free membership tier for the first time and plans to let creators sell one-off downloadable products such as videos and podcasts, taking a 5% cut  —  Patreon built a user base with creators who wanted to charge a fee for the content they create. Lees verder op Tech Meme