Tech Meme

John Perrino / Tech Policy Press: Six US senators reintroduce a bipartisan bill to improve social media transparency, requiring companies to share ad libraries, moderation stats, and more  —  John Perrino is a policy analyst at the Stanford Internet Observatory.  —  The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: Chris Cox showed Meta’s staff its “response to Twitter”, an Instagram-based text app integrated with ActivityPub; documents say the app could be called Threads  —  One of Meta’s top executives showed employees a preview of the company’s upcoming Twitter competitor during … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: At an all-hands, Mark Zuckerberg addressed Apple’s Vision Pro, saying “that could be the vision of the future of computing” but “not the one that I want”  —  / Zuckerberg directly addressed Apple’s Vision Pro unveiling in a meeting with Meta employees today … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Markup: A database on Microsoft’s Xandr containing 650K+ “audience segments” shows how data brokers classify consumers by surveilling their online and offline activity  —  A spreadsheet on ad platform Xandr’s website revealed a massive collection of “audience segments” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rahat Sandhu / Reuters: Binance.US suspends USD deposits and notifies customers that their banking partners are preparing to pause fiat withdrawal channels as early as June 13  —  Binance.US on Thursday said the company is suspending USD deposits while notifying customers that their banking partners are preparing to pause fiat … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: DocuSign reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $661.4M, vs. $642M est., subscription revenue up 12% YoY, and net profit of $539K, vs. a $27.4M net loss a year ago  —  Shares of the e-signature company DocuSign Inc. are trending higher today after it delivered a solid first quarter earnings … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Granica, which helps data-centric AI companies optimize their cloud object storage in Amazon S3 and Google Cloud, raised $45M from NEA, Bain, and others  —  Data management is under the spotlight again as companies seek to out-innovate competitors with large language models Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A group of about 120 Google contract workers from Accenture is seeking to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union, saying Alphabet is a “joint employer”  —  A group of Alphabet Inc. contract workers are launching a unionization campaign, saying they need a greater voice … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: EvenUp, which uses AI to generate legal documents for personal injury cases, raised a $50.5M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners at a $325M valuation  —  Millions of personal injury cases are settled in the U.S. every year, as few go to trial — but the vast majority are kept under wraps. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Perrino / Tech Policy Press: Six US senators reintroduce a bipartisan bill to boost social network transparency, requiring companies to share ad libraries, content moderation stats, more  —  John Perrino is a policy analyst at the Stanford Internet Observatory.  —  The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act … Lees verder op Tech Meme