Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Mozilla acquires NYC-based Fakespot, which helps users identify fake or unreliable reviews, and plans to introduce Fakespot functionality to Firefox over time  —  Mozilla announced today that it has acquired Fakespot, a startup that offers a website and browser extension that helps users identify fake or unreliable reviews. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: TikTok announces Pulse Premiere, which lets select publishers, such as Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, and NBC, sell ads alongside their posts and keep 50% of the revenue  —  New product will let publishers sell ads alongside their posts and take home half the revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Thrasio, Razor, Perch, and other Amazon “aggregators” that raised $16B in mostly debt are struggling under rising rates, higher costs, and cooling online demand  —  During the pandemic, Wall Street banks and private equity firms invested billions of dollars in startups rolling … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Newman / Financial Times: Apple’s investors should be worried that China controls the company’s factories, workforce, and local market access, all of which could be quickly taken away  —  What happens when the SEC, auditors and investors wake up?  —  Jay Newman was a senior portfolio manager at Elliott Management. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Tobin / Reuters: The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal rejects the CMA’s appeal to a ruling that the regulator cannot investigate Apple’s mobile browser and cloud gaming services  —  Britain’s antitrust regulator was on Wednesday refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it had no power to open … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Pando, which develops supply chain management software, raised a $30M Series B led by Iron Pillar and Uncorrelated Ventures, bringing its total funding to $45M  —  Signaling that investments in the supply chain sector remain robust, Pando, a startup developing fulfillment management technologies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: TikTok announces Pulse Premiere, which lets select publishers such as Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, and NBC sell ads alongside their posts and keep 50% of the revenue  —  New product will let publishers sell ads alongside their posts and take home half the revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Conger / New York Times: Jack Dorsey has posted an average of 59 times per day on Nostr since January 31, 2023, often talking about crypto and open source while criticizing Elon Musk  —  The Twitter co-founder has posted prolifically on two new social networks, Nostr and Bluesky, which he also backed financially. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok opens its revamped Creativity Program Beta creator fund to all US-based creators over 18 with over 10K followers and over 100K views in the past 30 days  —  TikTok announced today that it’s opening up its revamped creator fund, called the “Creativity Program Beta,” to all eligible creators in the United States. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: TSMC is in talks to spend between €7B and €10B to build a chip plant in Saxony, subsidized by Germany and in partnership with NXP, Bosch, and Infineon  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is in talks with partners to spend as much as €10 billion ($11 billion) … Lees verder op Tech Meme