Kelsey Lewin / Polygon: An excerpt from a book on Animal Crossing: New Horizons details how Nintendo localized the game for Western players; the game has 46M+ in all-time Switch sales  —  Read a full chapter from Boss Fight Books’ recent Animal Crossing book  —  Credit the COVID-19 pandemic, social media … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Brazilian nonprofit Legal Games Institute estimates betting apps draw over $23B in wagers annually, nearly 10 times the Mafia-run animal lottery in the country  —  Digital gambling could spell the end for a lottery run by criminal gangs that has been a fixture of Brazilian life for decades. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: The Netherlands tightens export control rules, requiring ASML and ASM International to seek licenses from the Dutch government for some chipmaking tools  —  The Netherlands tightened export control rules to make ASML Holding NV apply for licenses with the Dutch government instead of Washington for some of its tools. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Nelly, whose SaaS lets medical practices digitally onboard new patients, accept payments, and more, raised a €50M Series B led by Cathay Innovation  —  Nelly wants to become the biggest fintech startup in the healthcare industry.  The Berlin-based startup is already working … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steven J. Horowitz / Variety: Drake withdraws petition accusing UMG and Spotify of inflating Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” with bots and payola; the diss track accused Drake of pedophilia  —  Drake has withdrawn his petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group after accusing the entities of launching an illegal … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Court filing: Meta says it may have to “roll back or pause” some features in India after a CCI directive banned WhatsApp data sharing with Meta for ad purposes  —  Meta may have to “roll back or pause” some features in India due to an antitrust directive which banned … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bradley Hope / Wired: A profile of Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan, the chess-obsessed intelligence chief who oversees UAE’s $1.5T sovereign wealth and wants to make UAE an AI superpower  —  Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan—the UAE’s chess-obsessed, jiujitsu-loving intelligence chief—controls vast sums of sovereign wealth. Lees verder op Tech Meme