Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Unity announces the Unity 6 game engine, emphasizing stability, updates, and the ability to support hundreds of players in the same virtual world simultaneously  —  Five months into his tenure as CEO of Unity Software, Matt Bromberg is overseeing his first big product launch as he tries … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: On Apple Pay’s 10th anniversary, Apple adds support for Klarna in the US and UK and plans to expand installment loan options and add reward redemptions  —  On Thursday, Apple celebrated 10 years with Apple Pay and announced how the service will evolve in the future, including the future addition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Klara Durand / Politico: Paris Court of Appeal orders complete blocks of several porn websites, including Xhamster, for their failure to roll out solid age verification systems.  —  The sites have 15 days to implement effective age controls.  —  This article is also available in: French Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Private equity firm Permira acquires Squarespace after raising its bid to $7.2B; Squarespace sells restaurant reservation service Tock to Amex for $400M  —  Website builder Squarespace is no longer a publicly-traded company, after private equity firm Permira procured all remaining common stock in the firm. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Virginia Heffernan / Wired: Q&A with Marissa Mayer on AI, her startup Sunshine, its Shine app, Google News, Yahoo, selling to Verizon, Yahoo Weather, feminism, being a geek, and more  —  She was the 20th hire at Google, then the head of Yahoo, and now the CEO of Sunshine.  For Mayer, geekery supersedes gender. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: last week, Meta fired ~24 staff in LA for using $25 meal credits to buy household items, as it restructures WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs teams  —  The terminations took place last week, just days before the $1.5tn social media company separately began restructuring certain … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the EU warns X that it may calculate fines against X by including Elon Musk’s other companies’ revenue; the DSA can fine 6% of global annual revenue  —  – Commission may base fine on revenue from Musk’s ventures  — Investigators haven’t come to a conclusion about fining X Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Enterprise data security startup Cyera buys data loss startup Trail Security for $162M in cash and stock; sources: Cyera is raising $200M+ at a ~$3B valuation  —  Cyera, the Israel-founded, U.S.-based cybersecurity unicorn that uses artificial intelligence to build what’s known … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Instagram rolls out new settings to fight sextortion, like hiding teens’ follower lists from potential blackmailers; Meta says the crime is becoming more common  —  Scammers are targeting teens by getting hold of their intimate photos.  —  Instagram says it’s rolling out a suite of new settings … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: UK study: employers running grad schemes received an average of 140 applications for each job in 2024, a record and up 59% YoY, as AI makes applying easier  —  Fierce competition for roles has been sharpest in highly paid sectors such as IT and consulting  —  UK graduates face … Lees verder op Tech Meme