Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Reddit begins testing Discord-like chat channels in 25 volunteer subreddits with fewer than 100K members and plans to let moderators manage chat functionality  —  Reddit announced Thursday that it is testing Discord-like chat channels with select subreddits. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: The US sentences ex-Apple worker Dhirendra Prasad to three years and orders him to pay $19M+ for stealing ~$17M from Apple via parts supplier kickbacks and more  —  A former Apple employee has been sentenced to three years in prison and must pay back over $19 million in restitution … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Synergy: enterprise cloud spending in Q1 grew 19% YoY to $63B, down from a 32% growth in Q1 2022; Amazon, Microsoft, and Google accounted for 63% of spending  —  As expected, companies are continuing to cut back on their cloud spend where possible, as tech budgets continue to get careful scrutiny. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: Triller agrees to pay Sony Music $4.5M+ to settle claims that Triller breached a 2016 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

Financial Times: A profile of Sarah Cardell, the UK CMA’s CEO who played a key role in shaping the mergers policy that led to the agency blocking Microsoft’s Activision takeover  —  Former corporate lawyer has attracted the ire of the US group by blocking its $75bn acquisition of Activision Lees verder op Tech Meme