Matthew Keys / Fierce Wireless: Amazon will require streaming services on Fire TV to give 30% of their ad impressions to Amazon, or in certain countries share 30% of ad revenue, from Sept. 1  —  Amazon will soon require international app developers who offer ad-supported streaming video services available to Fire TV users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Airalo, which offers affordable eSIM roaming packages for travelers, raised a $60M Series B led by e& Capital at a $250M post-money valuation  —  Travel is back on the agenda after a Covid-19 hiatus, and today a mobile startup out of Canada is announcing a healthy round of funding to capitalize on that. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Decrypt: SEC charges Hex crypto project founder Richard Heart with conducting unregistered securities offerings, including Hex, PulseChain, and PulseX, that raised $1B+  —  The SEC has charged Richard Heart, the founder of the crypto project Hex, with allegedly conducting unregistered securities offerings that raised more than $1 billion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Neeta Lal / Nikkei Asia: Some Indian broadcasters are using lifelike AI anchors to deliver news, weather reports, and more, raising job loss fears and questions about media credibility  —  Virtual anchors mean no ‘ego hassles’ in newsrooms, but will they kill jobs?  —  A screenshot from Odisha TV’s YouTube channel shows Lisa … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: A consortium led by PE firms Francisco and TPG agrees to take observability software company New Relic private in an offer valuing the company at ~$6.5B  —  – A private-equity consortium will take software provider New Relic private at $87 a share, the company announced Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme