TechCrunch: India plans to levy a 28% indirect tax on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing, denying a distinction between a “game of skill” and a “game of chance” — India plans to impose a significant tax on the fund that online gaming firms collect from consumers in a major blow … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: Discord finally debuts parental supervision tools after feedback from parents and experts; parents can’t see message content, cannot add time limits, and more — Freewheeling platform popular with gamers now offers child-monitoring tools—but not time limits Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Sources: on July 12, the European Commission plans to accept Broadcom’s concessions in its $69B VMware acquisition; the US and UK still need to approve the deal — UK and US remain among holdouts to one of the biggest tech acquisitions as they continue to probe competition concerns Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Maurer / Wall Street Journal: Accounting firm KPMG plans to invest $2B in AI and cloud services globally over the next five years through an expanded partnership with Microsoft — Expanded partnership with Microsoft is expected to bring in $12 billion in revenue for KPMG over five years, the Big Four accounting firm says Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andy Greenberg / Wired: A US court sentences Roger Thomas Clark, Silk Road’s second-in-command behind Ross Ulbricht, to 20 years, after his extradition from Thailand in June 2018 — Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, will spend much of the rest of his life in prison for his key role in building the world’s first dark web drug market. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta now lets users don avatars on Instagram and Messenger video calls and adds ways to share animated avatar stickers on Instagram, Messenger, and Facebook — Meta announced today that users can now use their avatars to answer and make video calls on Instagram and Messenger. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: The US DOJ arrests a security engineer on wire fraud and money laundering charges for “fraudulently” taking $9M in crypto from a DEX by faking pricing data — The DOJ alleged that Shakeeb Ahmed stole $9 million from a crypto exchange that operates on Solana, through a flash loan attack last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Hachman / PCWorld: Intel plans to stop making its Next Unit of Compute (NUC) products, primarily known for small form factor PCs, ceding the market to its ecosystem partners — Intel’s belt-tightening continues as it hands off small-form-factor PC development to Lian Li, Cooler Master, and others. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft and the UK CMA agree to a “stay of the litigation” to negotiate a restructured Activision Blizzard deal, after a US court denied the FTC an injunction — Microsoft and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have both agreed to pause their legal battle … Lees verder op Tech Meme
TechCrunch: India’s Goods and Services Tax Council agrees to levy a 28% indirect tax on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing, rejecting that they are “games of skill” — India plans to impose a significant tax on the fund that online gaming firms collect from consumers in a major blow … Lees verder op Tech Meme