Reuters: Twitter sues four unnamed entities in Texas for “unlawfully scraping data” and seeks $1M+ in relief; Elon Musk links the move to recent rate limit rules  —  Twitter has filed a lawsuit against four unnamed entities in Texas for data scraping last week, a move that showed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Honor unveils Magic V2, a foldable phone that is 9.9mm thick when folded, weighs 231g, and is thinner and lighter than the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Pixel Fold  —  If there’s one thing Honor wants you to know about its new Magic V2, it’s how thin and light it is. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: China unveils the final version of its generative AI guidelines, which omits some restrictions from its April 2023 draft, signaling more flexible regulations  —  China has loosened some of the guardrails it proposed for ChatGPT-style services months ago, as it acknowledges the need to compete … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: After the US court ruling, Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp resume XRP trading on their US exchanges and Gemini is exploring listing the token  —  U.S. federal court ruled on Thursday that sale of XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit plans to sunset its current coins and awards systems used to show post appreciation by September 12, 2023; no new coins can be purchased starting now  —  Reddit is sunsetting its current coins and awards systems, meaning you soon won’t be able to thank a kind stranger for giving you Reddit Gold for one of your posts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: Twitter’s creators program makes its first payouts, including to far-right influencers like Andrew Tate, who made over $20K, Ian Miles Cheong, and Benny Johnson  —  The platform is paying high profile creators, including Andrew Tate, thousands of dollars for posting to the app Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Schulman / New Yorker: Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black was an early indicator of how lopsided the streaming economy would be, as 10 actors from the show detail tiny residual incomes  —  The innovative and daring show was a worldwide hit for Netflix, but some of the actors say that they were never fairly compensated. Lees verder op Tech Meme