Jordan Novet / CNBC: The US Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit denies the FTC’s appeal for an injunctive relief to stop Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard from closing  —  In a victory for Microsoft, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit late on Friday denied the Federal Trade Commission’s appeal … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kaya Yurieff / The Information: Creator monetization platform Fanhouse agrees to be acquired by Passes, a rival platform that only launched in beta in December 2022 and raised a $9M seed  —  A startup that rode the pandemic-era frenzy around OnlyFans is selling to a rival.  Fanhouse, which operates a website … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brendan Pierson / Reuters: A US appeals court temporarily blocks a lower court order that sharply limited US government officials’ and agencies’ contacts with social media companies  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court order that had sharply limited certain Biden administration officials … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lora Kolodny / CNBC: In a Twitter Spaces chat, Elon Musk says xAI plans to collaborate with Tesla on silicon and AI software, use public tweets for AI training, and more  —  – During a live audio session on Twitter, owner and chairman Elon Musk said his new AI startup, xAI, will use Twitter data for training the … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Binder / Mashable: Some Reddit users report disappearance of their private messages from before 2023; Reddit says the move was announced on June 22 and is effective since June 30  —  Many Redditors were caught off guard by the removal of their chat and message history.  —  The Reddit blackout protests … Lees verder op Tech Meme