Tech Meme

Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Source: Spotify removed ~7% of tracks uploaded by AI music startup Boomy, or “tens of thousands” of songs, over suspicion of bots posing as human listeners  —  Platform cracks down on bots posing as listeners as flood of content rattles music industry Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Analysis: of the 76 coins the SEC considers securities, 16 can be traded on major US crypto exchanges; tokens labeled as securities in 2022 almost tripled YoY  —  Number of tokens regulator has labeled as securities almost tripled in 2022  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: WhatsApp partners with Stripe to let Singapore-based users pay some businesses within the app, following the launch of merchant payments in India and Brazil  —  After India and Brazil, WhatsApp is launching the ability to pay businesses within a chat in Singapore. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers file pretrial motions to dismiss most criminal charges against him, but not charges tied to securities fraud and money laundering  —  Bankman-Fried did not move to dismiss charges tied to securities fraud or money laundering.  —  FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Google’s passkey offering is refined and comprehensive enough to recommend, but the ecosystem is incomplete, despite PayPal, Kayak, and others using passkeys  —  The passkey ecosystem is far from complete, but Google’s implementation is now ready to use.  —  By now, you’ve likely heard … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lynn Doan / Bloomberg: Nick Clegg reiterates that Meta will end news content in Canada if C-18 passes, says he pulled out of a scheduled committee hearing after a session title change  —  Meta Platforms Inc. said it would end news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if lawmakers pass legislation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post: The Cyberspace Administration of China has launched a rare on-site inspection of Wuhan-based DouYu, the Nasdaq-listed game streaming platform backed by Tencent  —  China’s internet watchdog has launched a rare on-site inspection of video game live-streaming platform operator Douyu International Holdings … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: LinkedIn to cut 716 jobs and shut down InCareer, its local jobs app in China, by August 9, citing fierce competition and a challenging macroeconomic climate  —  LinkedIn, the social media network owned by Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) that focuses on business professionals, said on Monday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Ripple’s CEO says the company will have spent $200M fighting SEC’s lawsuit that accuses him, a co-founder, and Ripple of selling XRP as an unregistered security  —  – Ripple will have spent $200 million by the time its legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is over, CEO Brad Garlinghouse said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Palantir Q1: revenue up 18% YoY to $525M, vs. $506M est., and says its Artificial Intelligence Platform for private datasets is coming in May; PLTR jumps 23%+  —  – Shares of Palantir rose as much as 28% in extended trading Monday after the company released first-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates on top and bottom lines. Lees verder op Tech Meme