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Ahead of its Stream On event, Spotify launches an AI-powered feature called DJ, offering curated music and spoken commentary in a “stunningly realistic voice” (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 22-02-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Ahead of its Stream On event, Spotify launches an AI-powered feature called DJ, offering curated music and spoken commentary in a “stunningly realistic voice”  —  Ahead of Spotify’s upcoming Stream On event, where the company is expected to announce a redesigned home feed and other updates … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Alexis Ohanian, a Reddit co-founder, Serena Williams' husband, and early investor in Coinbase and ETH, who owns 700+ NFTs and raised $500M in 2022 (Michael del Castillo/Forbes) 22-02-2023

Michael del Castillo / Forbes: A profile of Alexis Ohanian, a Reddit co-founder, Serena Williams’ husband, and early investor in Coinbase and ETH, who owns 700+ NFTs and raised $500M in 2022  —  Alexis Ohanian’s ancestors perished during the Armenian genocide and had their assets seized. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Turkey's telecoms watchdog BTK blocks access to Eksi Sozluk, one of the country's biggest social media sites; pro-government media celebrated the move (Bloomberg) 22-02-2023

Bloomberg: Turkey’s telecoms watchdog BTK blocks access to Eksi Sozluk, one of the country’s biggest social media sites; pro-government media celebrated the move  —  Turkey’s media watchdog fined three TV channels over their coverage of this month’s earthquakes, the latest move by the state to influence the narrative around the disaster. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Securities lawyers say the SEC may struggle to win a lawsuit over stablecoins, such as Paxos' BUSD, because owners do not expect profits, part of the Howey test (Dave Michaels/Wall Street Journal) 22-02-2023

Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: Securities lawyers say the SEC may struggle to win a lawsuit over stablecoins, such as Paxos’ BUSD, because owners do not expect profits, part of the Howey test  —  Agency investigates whether the cryptocurrencies’ issuance violated investor-protection laws  —  Washington’s battle to rein in crypto has a new front: stablecoins. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The SEC has now issued dozens of enforcement actions to crypto companies, moves critics say let the agency shape crypto without a direct system of regulations (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) 22-02-2023

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: The SEC has now issued dozens of enforcement actions to crypto companies, moves critics say let the agency shape crypto without a direct system of regulations  —  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler thinks the cryptocurrency industry is playing a game with his agency. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Finch, which helps companies connect to HR apps, services, and systems, raised a $40M Series B co-led by General Catalyst and Menlo, taking its funding to $68M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 22-02-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Finch, which helps companies connect to HR apps, services, and systems, raised a $40M Series B co-led by General Catalyst and Menlo, taking its funding to $68M  —  Finch, a platform that helps companies connect to various HR apps, services and systems, today announced that it raised $40 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

TSMC staff express doubts over the company's decision to build a $40B factory in Arizona, arguing the project distracts from R&D, showing TSMC's tricky position (New York Times) 22-02-2023

New York Times: TSMC staff express doubts over the company’s decision to build a $40B factory in Arizona, arguing the project distracts from R&D, showing TSMC’s tricky position  —  Employee doubts are rising about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s $40 billion investment in an Arizona factory. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Turkey's telecoms watchdog BTK blocks access to Eksi Sozluk, one of the country's biggest social media sites; pro-government media celebrated the move (Ugur Yilmaz/Bloomberg) 22-02-2023

Ugur Yilmaz / Bloomberg: Turkey’s telecoms watchdog BTK blocks access to Eksi Sozluk, one of the country’s biggest social media sites; pro-government media celebrated the move  —  Turkey blocked access to one of the country’s most popular social media websites, Eksi Sozluk, its latest move against platforms that it accuses of spreading disinformation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Uber launches a redesigned version of its app globally, including adding a simpler homescreen, a Services tab, and live tracking on iOS 16 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) 22-02-2023

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Uber launches a redesigned version of its app globally, including adding a simpler homescreen, a Services tab, and live tracking on iOS 16  —  Uber is releasing an updated version of its app that aims to simplify and personalize the experience for customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft appears to be injecting ads for Edge on a Google.com website when users download Chrome using the latest Edge Canary preview on Windows (Abner Li/9to5Google) 22-02-2023

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Microsoft appears to be injecting ads for Edge on a Google.com website when users download Chrome using the latest Edge Canary preview on Windows  —  Microsoft sees its browser as an important aspect and entry point for the new Bing.  Microsoft Edge on Windows is now showing a rather aggrieve ad … Lees verder op Tech Meme