Tech Meme

Mickey Djuric / Canadian Press: Canada’s Online Streaming Act passes a final Senate vote; the law will require streamers to support Canadian content and gives the CRTC regulatory power  —  OTTAWA – A federal bill that will force digital platforms like Netflix and YouTube to contribute financially to Canadian content is on the cusp of becoming law. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The New York City MTA ends its Twitter service alerts, saying the platform is “no longer reliable” and that Twitter demanded $50K per month for API access  —  New York City’s mass-transit system is ending its real-time service alerts on Twitter for subway, train and bus riders … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Dent / Engadget: Sony reports 6.3M PS5 sales in Q4 2022, up from 2M in Q4 2021, taking FY 2022 to 19.1M and 38.4M since launch, and $29B revenue for FY 2022, up from $19.9B YoY  —  Now that it’s solved its supply shortages, Sony is seeing a lot of pent-up demand for PlayStation 5 consoles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Viola Zhou / Rest of World: A profile of Liu Xiaoping, a dog food seller on Pinduoduo who coaches Chinese merchants on using legal action to fight Pinduoduo’s refund-without-return policy  —  A dog food seller known as “Lawsuit Bro” is leading the fight.  — A dog food seller on Pinduoduo has emerged as an unlikely hero … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: Triller agrees to pay Sony Music $4.5M+ to settle claims that Triller breached a contract covering its use of musicians’ songs on the platform  —  TikTok rival Triller Inc has agreed to pay Sony Music Entertainment (6758.T) more than $4.5 million to resolve claims that Triller breached … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Echo Wang / Reuters: iLearningEngines, which supplies companies with personalized training materials using AI tools, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.4B valuation  —  Training software company iLearningEngines Inc agreed to go public through a merger with blank check company Arrowroot Acquisition Corp … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: A US federal judge orders South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading’s CEO to pay $3.4B after CFTC charged the company with a $1.7B fraud in 2022  —  A US judge has ordered a South African executive to pay more than $3.4 billion in restitution and fines for a fraud scheme involving Bitcoin … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: Robinhood introduces Connect, which allows users to fund their Web3 wallets without having to leave a decentralized app or be in their Robinhood Crypto accounts  —  The feature, Robinhood Connect, is already available on several decentralized apps, with more to onboard in the coming months. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Google TV rolls out its free built-in channels to all US users and adds offerings from Plex, Haystack News, and Tubi, for a total of 800+ free channels  —  After being announced earlier this month, Google TV is now widely rolling out its free, built-in streaming channels to all users alongside free channels from other providers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The New York City MTA ends its Twitter service alerts, saying the platform is “no longer reliable”; MTA: Twitter demanded $50K per month for API access  —  New York City’s mass-transit system is ending its real-time service alerts on Twitter for subway, train and bus riders … Lees verder op Tech Meme