Reuters: Senegal blocks TikTok amid protests over dissolving the main opposition party and detaining its leader, after restricting access to internet services on July 31 — Senegalese authorities on Wednesday blocked access to social media app TikTok, widening a clampdown on dissent days … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Charlotte Hughes-Morgan / Bloomberg: Uber paid £386M, or $490M, to UK tax authorities as part of a dispute over how its ride hailing app applies VAT to UK trips, but plans to appeal the decision — – HMRC is challenging Uber’s use of Tour Operators Margin Scheme — Uber said it will appeal the VAT assessment in UK Court Lees verder op Tech Meme
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple says Apple Card’s high-yield savings account offered by Goldman Sachs has topped over $10B in deposits since launching in April — Apple today announced that its high-interest savings account for Apple Card has topped over $10 billion in deposits. Early indicators suggested … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kif Leswing / CNBC: Qualcomm reports Q3 revenue down 23% YoY to $8.44B, vs. $8.5B est., handset chip sales down 25% YoY to $5.26B, and net income down 52% YoY to $1.8B — – Qualcomm reported third-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations, but revenue and guidance for the fourth quarter came up short. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: DoorDash reports Q2 revenue up 33% YoY to $2.13B, vs. $2.06B est., net loss down 35% YoY to $172M, above est., and orders up 25% YoY to 532M; DASH jumps 5%+ — Consumers spent on deliveries despite restaurant reopenings and inflation — DoorDash reported stronger-than-expected results for last quarter … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Shopify reports Q2 revenue up 31% YoY to $1.7B, vs. $1.62B est., and GMV up 17% YoY to $55B, vs. $53.34B est. — Canada’s Shopify (SHOP.TO), beat Wall Street estimates for revenue in the second quarter on Wednesday, as more merchants used its online tools and targeting services to attract customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Alex Ross / New Yorker: Apple failed to save classical music with iTunes and fails again with Apple Music Classical, an oddly clumsy point of entry that falls short of its competitors — As classical listeners shift to streaming, Apple’s bespoke app falls short of its smaller-scale competitors. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Emilia David / The Verge: Meta releases AudioCraft, an open-source AI tool that lets users create music and sounds via text prompts, consisting of MusicGen, AudioGen, and EnCodec models — It consists of three AI models, all tackling different areas of sound generation. MusicGen takes text inputs to generate music. Lees verder op Tech Meme
David Pierce / The Verge: Google updates its generative AI-powered Search experience with supplementary multimedia, faster responses, and more context for links in its summary box — Google’s AI-powered Search Generative Experience is getting a big new feature: images and video. If you’ve enabled the AI-based SGE feature … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Charlotte Hughes-Morgan / Bloomberg: Uber paid £386M, or $490M, to UK tax authorities as part of a dispute over how its ride hailing app applies VAT to UK trips, but plans to appeal the decision — – HMRC is challenging Uber’s use of Tour Operators Margin Scheme — Uber said it will appeal the VAT assessment in UK Court Lees verder op Tech Meme