20:16 Het Openbaar Ministerie komt in actie tegen de geplande ingrepen in de pensioenen van magistraten en gerechtspersoneel, onder meer door een maatregel tegen de overbevolking in de gevangenissen naast z…Lees verder op De Tijd
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Indian EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart appears to have suspended service a day after regulators launched a probe into Gensol, which shares its co-founders — BluSmart, India’s all-electric cab-hailing startup that was once seen as an emerging rival to Uber, appears to have suspended service … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Eileen Guo / MIT Technology Review: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms the elimination of R/FIMI, an office aimed at tracking and countering foreign disinformation campaigns — The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is to be eliminated, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio … Lees verder op Tech Meme
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Spotify is back online after an outage on April 16; users reported issues from 8:00am ET, and Spotify said it’s “all clear” just after noon — Spotify posted an ‘all clear’ message just after noon on Wednesday, saying its widespread outage issues are resolved. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press: Sources: the Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ free Direct File tax program, after IRS staff were told in mid-March to stop working on it — The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Sources: Intel told its Chinese clients last week that sales of some AI chips would require a license; Nvidia was blindsided by Trump’s curbs on its H20 chips — US chipmaker reveals $5.5bn impairment, while full hit to China revenues could surpass $10bn — Nvidia has been caught by surprise … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Sensor Tower: Temu and Shein cut their ad spending on platforms including Meta and X an average of 31% and 19%, respectively, so far in April, compared to March — Chinese retailers’ retreat threatens Big Tech advertising revenues — Chinese ecommerce giants Temu and Shein have slashed … Lees verder op Tech Meme