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A US appeals court temporarily blocks a lower July 6 court order sharply limiting US government officials' and agencies' contacts with social media companies (Brendan Pierson/Reuters) 15-07-2023

Brendan Pierson / Reuters: A US appeals court temporarily blocks a lower July 6 court order sharply limiting US government officials’ and agencies’ contacts with social media companies  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court order that had sharply limited certain Biden administration officials … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Creator monetization platform Passes, founded in 2022, plans to acquire rival Fanhouse, founded in 2020; some creators are worried and one Fanhouse founder quit (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch) 15-07-2023

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Creator monetization platform Passes, founded in 2022, plans to acquire rival Fanhouse, founded in 2020; some creators are worried and one Fanhouse founder quit  —  The creator monetization platform Fanhouse announced yesterday that it was acquired by Passes, a similar startup that only launched in beta in December. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Foxconn is in talks with TSMC and Japan-based TMH to build chip factories in India, days after ending its $19.5B chip and display venture with Vedanta (The Economic Times) 15-07-2023

The Economic Times: Sources: Foxconn is in talks with TSMC and Japan-based TMH to build chip factories in India, days after ending its $19.5B chip and display venture with Vedanta  —  Foxconn is likely to soon finalise the details of the partnership to manufacture both advanced and legacy node chips, a source close to the development told ET. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Some Etsy sellers say it started imposing a 45 day reserve on 75% of their income with no warning, as part of its Purchase Protection program to cover refunds (Sky News) 15-07-2023

Sky News: Some Etsy sellers say it started imposing a 45 day reserve on 75% of their income with no warning, as part of its Purchase Protection program to cover refunds  —  Sellers say the online marketplace is imposing a temporary reserve on their sales under its new ‘purchase protection programme’ … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elon Musk says Twitter's cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load (Jahnavi Nidumolu/Reuters) 15-07-2023

Jahnavi Nidumolu / Reuters: Elon Musk says Twitter’s cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load  —  Elon Musk said Twitter’s cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load.  —  “Need to reach positive cash flow … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The UK CMA pushes back a deadline to block Microsoft's Activision deal from July 18 to August 29, which could let Microsoft complete the merger within weeks (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times) 15-07-2023

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: The UK CMA pushes back a deadline to block Microsoft’s Activision deal from July 18 to August 29, which could let Microsoft complete the merger within weeks  —  New timetable from Competition and Markets Authority means $75bn transaction could be closed within weeks Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Sony-owned Crunchyroll, which has 100M+ registered members, including 11M paid subscribers, as the anime streaming service looks to India for growth (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg) 15-07-2023

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: A look at Sony-owned Crunchyroll, which has 100M+ registered members, including 11M paid subscribers, as the anime streaming service looks to India for growth  —  – President says new anime markets like India will drive growth  — Global expansion helps owner Sony boost entertainment content Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft's disclosures about Chinese hackers accessing US government email accounts try to obscure the role of Microsoft's own vulnerabilities in the breach (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica) 15-07-2023

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Microsoft’s disclosures about Chinese hackers accessing US government email accounts try to obscure the role of Microsoft’s own vulnerabilities in the breach  —  Critics also decry Microsoft’s “pay-to-play” monitoring that detected intrusions.  —  On Friday, Microsoft attempted to explain … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Study: ChatGPT helped writers complete tasks, such as writing press releases or reports, 40% faster and produce work that assessors scored 18% higher in quality (Rhiannon Williams/MIT Technology Review) 15-07-2023

Rhiannon Williams / MIT Technology Review: Study: ChatGPT helped writers complete tasks, such as writing press releases or reports, 40% faster and produce work that assessors scored 18% higher in quality  —  People who use ChatGPT to help with writing tasks are more productive and produce higher-quality work than those who don’t, a study found. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitter could descend into irrelevance if the trends driving Threads' early success, including network effects and Elon Musk's self-inflicted wounds, persist (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal) 15-07-2023

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: Twitter could descend into irrelevance if the trends driving Threads’ early success, including network effects and Elon Musk’s self-inflicted wounds, persist  —  Threads, from Instagram, has many distinct qualities that make it the first credible threat to Elon Musk’s vision of what a social network should be Lees verder op Tech Meme