Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple now lets third-party browsers add web apps to an iPhone’s Home Screen using their own custom engine in the EU in iOS 18.2 beta 1  —  Apple last year introduced the ability for third-party web browsers to add web apps to the iOS Home Screen, a feature that was previously exclusive to Safari. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Apple SVP Greg Joswiak says “we have an exciting week of announcements ahead, starting on Monday morning”; rumors suggest new M4-powered Macs  —  Apple may not be doing a formal product event this October, but the company is teasing a “week” of Mac announcements starting Monday morning. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Finix, a “payments infrastructure” startup that became a payment processor like Stripe in 2023, raised a $75M Series C, bringing its total funding to $208M  —  Finix has been slowly chipping away at Stripe – which handles payments with millions of businesses – for years now. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple now lets third-party browsers add web apps to an iPhone’s Home Screen using their own custom engine in the EU in iOS 18.2 beta 1  —  Apple last year introduced the ability for third-party web browsers to add web apps to the iOS Home Screen, a feature that was previously exclusive to Safari. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian Curran / The Irish Times: The Irish Data Protection Commission fines LinkedIn €310M over using personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted ads under GDPR, after a 2018 complaint  —  Penalty relates to social media platform’s processing of its members’ data for targeted advertising Lees verder op Tech Meme

FinSMEs: Nimble, which helps companies automate their warehouses using logistics robots, raised a $106M Series C led by FedEx at a $1B valuation  —  Nimble, a San Francisco, CA-based AI robotics and autonomous e-commerce fulfillment technology company, raised $106M in Series C funding at a $1 billion valuation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Taylor / The Guardian: Apple adds an iMessage child safety feature in iOS 18.2 beta 1 in Australia that will let children report nudity material sent to them to Apple  —  Change is part of a beta release in Australia that expands on existing detection defaulted for under-13 users Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian Curran / The Irish Times: The Irish Data Protection Commission fines LinkedIn €310M over using personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted ads under GDPR, after a 2018 complaint  —  Penalty relates to social media platform’s processing of its members’ data for targeted advertising Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: The EU’s Court of Justice sides with Intel over a once-record €1.06B antitrust fine, ruling that regulators failed to prove it gave illegal rebates to PC makers  —  – Top court sides with chipmaker in landmark EU competition case  — Separate appeal over a revised EU penalty is still ongoing Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: How the US and Nigeria wrestled over Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan’s detention in February 2024, which US officials said hurt the two allies’ relationship  —  The United States and Nigeria often collaborate.  But the arrest of an American worker strained their diplomatic relations. Lees verder op Tech Meme