Tech Meme

Theo Wayt / The Information: Amazon is working on AI tools to generate photos and videos for merchants’ ad campaigns on its platform, as the company seeks to build a broader ad business  —  Amazon is building a team to work on artificial intelligence tools that will generate photos and videos for merchants to use … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eric Berger / Ars Technica: Airbus, Eutelsat, SES, Thales, and other European satellite companies plan to bid for the IRIS² satellite constellation, to rival SpaceX’s Starlink in the EU  —  The bid includes large players such as Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, and SES.  —  A consortium of nearly every major … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Strohm / Bloomberg: Sources: the US DOJ is investigating if Binance was used to let Russians skirt US sanctions, alongside a probe into its alleged use to evade sanctions on Iran  —  The Justice Department is investigating whether Binance Holdings Ltd. was used illegally to let Russians skirt US sanctions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Binder / Mashable: Out of the ~150K early Twitter Blue subscribers in November 2022, just ~68,157 were still subscribed on April 30, meaning Blue has an abnormally high churn rate  —  The early birds cancel their subscriptions.  —  Twitter Blue’s struggles since its launch nearly six months ago are more severe … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eric Berger / Ars Technica: Airbus, Eutelsat, SES, Thales, and other European satellite companies plan to bid for the IRIS² satellite constellation, to rival SpaceX’s Starlink in the EU  —  The bid includes large players such as Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, and SES.  —  A consortium of nearly every major … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Binder / Mashable: Out of ~150,000 early subscribers to Twitter Blue in November, just ~68,157 were still subscribed as of April 30, showing Blue has an abnormally high churn rate  —  The early birds cancel their subscriptions.  —  Twitter Blue’s struggles since its launch nearly six months ago are more severe … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eric Berger / Ars Technica: Airbus, Eutelsat, SES, Thales, and other European satellite companies plan to bid for the IRIS² satellite constellation, to rival SpaceX’s Starlink in the EU  —  The bid includes large players such as Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, and SES.  —  A consortium of nearly every major … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: Coinbase plans to try a novel defense against a potential US SEC enforcement action by arguing the regulator bears some responsibility for approving its IPO  —  Crypto exchange says regulators’ lawsuit threat is undermined by clearance of IPO  —  With the Securities and Exchange Commission preparing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Amazon expands Inspire, its TikTok-like video and photo feed in the Shopping app that lets users buy from influencer and brand content, to all US customers  —  Amazon’s in-app TikTok-like shopping feed is now available to all customers in the United States, according to the company’s website. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Ant’s restructuring has been held up for over a year by China reshuffling its regulatory system; the final step is a financial-holding-company license  —  Powerful new regulator will have to approve the fintech giant’s application to become a financial-holding company Lees verder op Tech Meme