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Airbnb agrees to pay €576M to Italian authorities to end a long-running tax dispute, covering 2017 to 2021, that led to the country seizing funds in November (Financial Times) 13-12-2023

Financial Times: Airbnb agrees to pay €576M to Italian authorities to end a long-running tax dispute, covering 2017 to 2021, that led to the country seizing funds in November  —  Judge accused the platform of failing to withhold rental income from hosts for levy  —  Airbnb has agreed to pay €576mn … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Microsoft's head of Japan partnerships Mena Kato, as she tries to make inroads in a Sony and Nintendo dominated market and reverse years of failure (Bloomberg) 13-12-2023

Bloomberg: A profile of Microsoft’s head of Japan partnerships Mena Kato, as she tries to make inroads in a Sony and Nintendo dominated market and reverse years of failure  —  – Japanese studios need to go beyond PlayStation, Mena Kato says  — Sony and Nintendo command country’s video game market Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: ByteDance cancels an upcoming VR headset from its Pico subsidiary, the Pico 5, after Pico 4 sales fell far short of expectations and the VR market sags (Juro Osawa/The Information) 13-12-2023

Juro Osawa / The Information: Sources: ByteDance cancels an upcoming VR headset from its Pico subsidiary, the Pico 5, after Pico 4 sales fell far short of expectations and the VR market sags  —  Chinese tech giant ByteDance might have set Facebook owner Meta Platforms on its heels with its hugely popular TikTok app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Axel Springer signs a multiyear licensing deal with OpenAI, which will pay to use content from Politico, Business Insider, and others to train its AI models (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal) 13-12-2023

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: Axel Springer signs a multiyear licensing deal with OpenAI, which will pay to use content from Politico, Business Insider, and others to train its AI models  —  Generative-AI company reaches multiyear pact with owner of Politico, Business Insider and major European properties Lees verder op Tech Meme

Worldcoin now supports World ID integrations with Minecraft, Reddit, Telegram, Shopify, and Mercado Libre, expanding on Discord and others, part of World ID 2.0 (Jacquelyn Melinek/TechCrunch) 13-12-2023

Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: Worldcoin now supports World ID integrations with Minecraft, Reddit, Telegram, Shopify, and Mercado Libre, expanding on Discord and others, part of World ID 2.0  —  Expands offer eye-scanning verification services to Mexico and Singapore  —  Worldcoin, a crypto project co-founded by Sam Altman … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Airbnb agrees to pay €576M to Italian authorities to end a long-running tax dispute, covering 2017 to 2021, that led to the country seizing funds in November (Financial Times) 13-12-2023

Financial Times: Airbnb agrees to pay €576M to Italian authorities to end a long-running tax dispute, covering 2017 to 2021, that led to the country seizing funds in November  —  Judge accused the platform of failing to withhold rental income from hosts for levy  —  Airbnb has agreed to pay €576mn … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A Pew survey of US adults finds ~38% support a federal TikTok ban, down from 50% in March 2023; Republicans' support of a ban dropped from 60% to 50% (Drew Harwell/Washington Post) 13-12-2023

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: A Pew survey of US adults finds ~38% support a federal TikTok ban, down from 50% in March 2023; Republicans’ support of a ban dropped from 60% to 50%  —  A new Pew survey suggests that the Republican-led push to ban the app will face a huge challenge in persuading voters, many of whom use the app themselves Lees verder op Tech Meme