Tech Meme

Alfred Ng / Politico: Frustrated by failures on Capitol Hill, tech privacy advocates are turning to legislation at state level to bolster online privacy, including in Illinois and NY  —  Tech privacy advocates frustrated by failures on Capitol Hill are looking to mine state capitals for legislative victories. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Two years after announcing its HiFi lossless music service, Spotify has yet to launch the new tier, offering no new information and falling behind rivals  —  At this point, it’s fair to assume that something went wrong with Spotify HiFi.  Two years ago today, during the company’s Stream On event … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: Source: Meta plans more layoffs, possibly in the thousands, including by flattening the company’s hierarchy and via more traditional cuts to projects and jobs  —  The Facebook parent company plans to push some leaders into lower-level roles, flattening layers of management at the social media giant Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: A look at Amazon India’s miniTV, a free, ad-supported streaming service in its shopping app, aimed at those between 18 and 25 who can not afford a subscription  —  If the e-commerce giant cracks the ad-free, shop-as-you-watch code in the country, nothing stops it from rolling miniTV out internationally. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNN: A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Twitter v. Taamneh, brought by the family of a victim of an ISIS attack in Istanbul in 2017  —  What we’re covering  —  Justice Gorsuch is still under the weather  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch remains ill and will be absent from the courtroom … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Endicott / Windows Central: Microsoft releases an updated Bing app on iOS and Android in preview, adds chatbot support to Edge on mobile and Skype, and says 64% of searches are on mobile  —  Microsoft just expanded the new Bing to Android, iOS, Edge mobile, and Skype.  —  What you need to know Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Tome, which uses AI to help build pitch decks, raised a $43M Series B, a source says at a $300M valuation, up from $175M in 2021 and claims over 1M users  —  Now valued at $300 million while still pre-revenue, per a source, Tome says it’s the fastest productivity software maker to ever reach 1 million users since its September release. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Ahead of its Stream On event, Spotify launches an AI-powered feature called DJ, offering curated music and spoken commentary in a “stunningly realistic voice”  —  Ahead of Spotify’s upcoming Stream On event, where the company is expected to announce a redesigned home feed and other updates … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael del Castillo / Forbes: A profile of Alexis Ohanian, a Reddit co-founder, Serena Williams’ husband, and early investor in Coinbase and ETH, who owns 700+ NFTs and raised $500M in 2022  —  Alexis Ohanian’s ancestors perished during the Armenian genocide and had their assets seized. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Turkey’s telecoms watchdog BTK blocks access to Eksi Sozluk, one of the country’s biggest social media sites; pro-government media celebrated the move  —  Turkey’s media watchdog fined three TV channels over their coverage of this month’s earthquakes, the latest move by the state to influence the narrative around the disaster. Lees verder op Tech Meme