Sylvia Varnham O’Regan / The Information: Amazon reaches a deal with Snap that lets users buy Amazon products directly from ads on Snapchat, resembling Amazon’s deal with Meta announced on November 9  —  Amazon has reached a deal with Snap that will let people buy Amazon products directly from ads on the Snapchat app, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Casey Newton / Platformer: Internal conversations reveal how Etsy struggled to develop moderation policies and manage employees’ feelings around the Israel-Hamas war  —  The company secretly banned the phrase “from the river to the sea” on sellers’ wares.  Some employees aren’t happy Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nathan Grayson / Aftermath: Amazon restructures its games division to focus on free streaming games offered with Prime and cuts ~180 jobs, the unit’s second round of layoffs in 2023  —  Video game workers just can’t catch a break  —  Video game layoff season – an extension of what has basically at this point become … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: London-based Fnality, which is developing a blockchain-based wholesale payment system, raised a £77.7M Series B led by Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas  —  – Other investors include Euroclear, Nomura, Wisdom Tree  —  Fnality International Ltd., which is developing a blockchain-based … Lees verder op Tech Meme