Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: For Europeans, CJEU’s Meta ruling has the potential to end this chapter of surveillance capitalism, which relies on denying users a clear choice about tracking  —  Mark your calendar European friends: July 4th could soon be celebrated as independence-from-Meta’s-surveillance- capitalism-day … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: A judge issues an injunction blocking key Biden admin officials from contacting social media companies, in a case brought by LA and MO AGs over vaccine posts  —  The Trump-appointed judge’s move could upend years of efforts to enhance coordination between the government and social media companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central: OpenAI temporarily pulls the Browse with Bing beta feature from ChatGPT Plus after users discovered requesting a URL’s full text let them bypass some paywalls  —  ChatGPT aided users aiming to bypass paywalls, but OpenAI put a stop to it.  —  What you need to know Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Thierry Breton: Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Samsung, and ByteDance said they meet the EU’s “gatekeeper” criteria of 45M+ MAUs and a €75B+ market cap  —  Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google, Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to apps like Discord and Reddit to make friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma  —  American adults are lonely — and done waiting on friendship to find them IRL  —  On a gloomy June afternoon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: Samsung Display sues BOE in Texas, accusing its Chinese rival of infringing five of its mobile device OLED display patents; Samsung dominates the OLED market  —  South Korea’s Samsung Display has filed a lawsuit against BOE Technology (000725.SZ), accusing the Chinese rival of infringing five … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone says the company is profitable and his goal is to take Yahoo public again; Lanzone joined after Verizon spun out Yahoo in September 2021  —  Yahoo, one of the internet’s oldest and best-known brands that had once been a dotcom stock market darling, is planning to return to the public markets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Goldstein / New York Times: Digital World Acquisition Corp. reaches a tentative US SEC settlement over its planned Trump Media merger, agreeing to pay $18M and to revise some filings  —  Digital World’s settlement with the S.E.C. could clear the way for a merger with Trump Media & Technology Group. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Thierry Breton says Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft notified the EU that they meet the DMA’s gatekeeper status of 45M+ MAUs and a €75B+ market cap  —  Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google, Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan are assessing the fallout from China’s limits on chipmaking chemicals gallium and germanium; Japan imported $203.2M worth in 2022  —  Beijing’s move to impose restrictions follows escalating US controls on technology  —  Trade officials were assessing the fallout … Lees verder op Tech Meme