Tech Meme

Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: Spotify tests “token-enabled playlists”, letting some NFT holders connect their wallets and listen to curated music, starting on Android in select countries  —  Music streaming Spotify is testing a new service called “token-enabled playlists,” which allows holders of non-fungible tokens … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Tran / Morning Consult: A survey of 2,199 US adults: 14% of Gen Z adults reported using TikTok to start researching a major news event, compared to 2% of all adults  —  Media & entertainment analyst Kevin Tran breaks down how publishers can monetize young consumers who are increasingly turning to social platforms for free news Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mozilla Foundation: Analysis of the 40 most popular Android apps on the Google Play Store finds nearly 80% had discrepancies between their privacy policies and Data Safety labels  —  The apps’ privacy policies, however, both explicitly state that they share user information with advertisers, Internet service providers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Luca Bertuzzi / Euractiv: Memo: the European Commission bans TikTok on corporate devices and personal devices using corporate apps, and asks staff to uninstall the app by March 15  —  The EU executive’s IT service has asked all Commission employees to uninstall TikTok from their corporate devices … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: After years of mismanagement and commingling funds, Binance plans to shift to a “semi-automated” model for handling reserves of its so-called B-Tokens  —  Binance Holdings Ltd. is shifting to a “semi-automated” process for handling the reserves that back tokens it issues … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Sisco / Politico: Sources: DOJ officials have met with Google’s competitors and customers for an antitrust lawsuit over Google Maps and location data that could be filed in 2023  —  A lawsuit would be an unprecedented third case against a single company.  —  Justice Department antitrust lawyers are homing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Social media’s emerging “pay-to-play” model turns some features that users expect for free, like security, visibility, and technical support, into premium items  —  You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs.  Now Meta and Twitter want your money, too. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikkei Asia: Sources: China’s Luxshare takes over the Shanghai AR development team for Apple’s headset from Taiwan’s Pegatron; Foxconn will make a cheaper second-gen device  —  Reliance on a Chinese supplier for first-gen gadget a first for iPhone maker  —  TAIPEI — Apple has chosen China’s Luxshare … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: Filings: the SEC and NYDFS oppose Voyager’s plan to sell assets to Binance.US for $1.02B, alleging the sale of unregistered securities, like Voyager’s VGX token  —  A $1.02 billion deal by Binance.US to purchase assets of defunct crypto lender Voyager has been opposed by New York … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David C. Brock / CHM: A profile of Ivan Sutherland, who created Sketchpad, a breakthrough in interactive computer graphics for which he earned his PhD from MIT in 1963  —  IN HIS OWN WORDS  —  Ivan Sutherland has blazed a truly unique trail through computing over the past six decades. Lees verder op Tech Meme