Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: EvaluAgent, which is developing quality assurance testing software for call centers, raised a $20M Series A led by PeakSpan, bringing its total funding to $21M  —  After spending more than a decade in the customer experience industry, three friends, Jaime Scott, Michelle Dinsmore and Alex Richards … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cory Weinberg / The Information: Sources: Reddit’s revenue rose 38% YoY to ~$670M in 2022, a steep drop from 2021’s 100%+ growth, adding to IPO uncertainties and suggesting a $3.3B+ valuation  —  A stark business reality faced Reddit before a user uprising engulfed its site this month: slowing sales growth. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Internal records undercut claims that Twitter censored pro-Trump views before the Capitol riot and show a reluctance to suspend Trump’s account until January 8  —  In the internal video call from Jan. 5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled incitements to violence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: JPMorgan expands its JPM Coin, launched in 2019 for USD transactions, to euro payments; the bank has used the token to process ~$300B in transactions to date  —  JPMorgan Chase & Co. expanded one of the most high-profile projects to bring blockchain technology to traditional banking … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: A look at the Apple Vision Pro’s features in the visionOS SDK, including a “Moving at Unsafe Speed” alert, a “Travel Mode” for airplanes, and a “Guest Mode”  —  Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC 2023.  But even so, there are still a lot of details … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anand J / Moneycontrol: Sources: Apple is in talks to launch Apple Card in India, and has met with HDFC and the RBI; a source says Apple is holding Apple Pay discussions with the NPCI  —  This comes in the wake of Apple’s decision to stop card payments in India on its App Store and for its iCloud services. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Thierry Breton says he sees a “strong willingness” from Twitter to comply with the EU’s DSA and that the company was the first to undergo the law’s stress test  —  Social-media platform did voluntary stress test as a dry run before law takes effect late August Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ethan Millman / Rolling Stone: Over 100 artists including Tom Morello call for a live event facial recognition ban and pledge to boycott venues using the tech, citing privacy and bias risks  —  The artists are among 100 other performers and venues calling for the ban of facial recognition technology at live events Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal: The Biden administration broadens eligibility for federal Chips Act subsidies to include companies providing tools, chemicals, and other semiconductor supplies  —  Biden administration expands eligibility for federal subsidies to semiconductor factory suppliers Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: A look at Apple Vision Pro features based on the visionOS SDK, including a “Moving at Unsafe Speed” alert, a “Travel Mode” for airplanes, and a “Guest Mode”  —  Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC 2023.  But even so, there are still a lot of details … Lees verder op Tech Meme