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Reddit defends its usage-based API pricing as covering costs, arguing the company “needs to be fairly paid to continue supporting high-usage third-party apps” (Priya Anand/Bloomberg) 06-06-2023

Priya Anand / Bloomberg: Reddit defends its usage-based API pricing as covering costs, arguing the company “needs to be fairly paid to continue supporting high-usage third-party apps”  —  A number of Reddit forums plan to go dark for two days later this month to protest the company’s decision to increase prices for third-party app developers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Counterfeit tech scams run amok on Walmart and eBay because the platforms have failed to properly vet sellers and their products; Amazon has had similar issues (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica) 06-06-2023

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: Counterfeit tech scams run amok on Walmart and eBay because the platforms have failed to properly vet sellers and their products; Amazon has had similar issues  —  If I can spot a fake SSD, why can’t Walmart?  —  Online retailers that host third-party sellers, like Amazon and Walmart … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Enterprise software startup Instabase raised a $45M Series C led by Tribe Capital at a $2B valuation, up from $1.05B for its $105M Series B in October 2019 (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg) 06-06-2023

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: Enterprise software startup Instabase raised a $45M Series C led by Tribe Capital at a $2B valuation, up from $1.05B for its $105M Series B in October 2019  —  Business services startup Instabase Inc. has raised a new round of funding that doubles its valuation to $2 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

FIFA report: 50%+ of soccer players in two 2021 tournaments received abuse on social media, a third of which was racist; some players and clubs demand change (Associated Press) 06-06-2023

Associated Press: FIFA report: 50%+ of soccer players in two 2021 tournaments received abuse on social media, a third of which was racist; some players and clubs demand change  —  Missing penalties in a major international soccer final was bad enough for three Black players on England’s national team. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bermuda-based Meanwhile, which aims to offer life insurance to US citizens with large BTC holdings, raised $19M across two seeds led by Sam Altman and others (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk) 06-06-2023

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Bermuda-based Meanwhile, which aims to offer life insurance to US citizens with large BTC holdings, raised $19M across two seeds led by Sam Altman and others  —  Meanwhile’s target audience is U.S. citizens with large BTC holdings, an audience from which it has “seen a lot of early demand.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Apple appears to have accidentally made the iOS 17 developer beta available to all users, including those without any developer or paid accounts (Stephen Warwick/iMore) 06-06-2023

Stephen Warwick / iMore: Apple appears to have accidentally made the iOS 17 developer beta available to all users, including those without any developer or paid accounts  —  What is going on here?  —  Apple has massively screwed up distributing the iOS 17 developer beta, accidentally making it available to everyone following WWDC 2023, iMore can confirm. Lees verder op Tech Meme