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Documents: Amazon plans to impose a new 2% fee per sale on merchants who ship products themselves, on top of the ~15% fee they already pay, starting in October (Bloomberg) 16-08-2023

Bloomberg: Documents: Amazon plans to impose a new 2% fee per sale on merchants who ship products themselves, on top of the ~15% fee they already pay, starting in October  —  – The new levy comes even with an FTC antitrust suit looming  — Merchant fees generate revenue as online sales growth slows Lees verder op Tech Meme

The UK plans to host an AI summit in November 2023 with “like-minded” countries, academics, and executives from DeepMind, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and more (Financial Times) 16-08-2023

Financial Times: The UK plans to host an AI summit in November 2023 with “like-minded” countries, academics, and executives from DeepMind, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and more  —  ‘Like-minded’ states to be asked to Bletchley Park along with tech executives and academics Lees verder op Tech Meme

Perioden zon en vrijwel overal droog KNMI : 16-08-2023

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Perioden zon en vrijwel overal droog Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen er zijn geen waarschuwingen Vanavond is het vooral in het zuidoosten bewolkt. Elders zijn er opklaringen. Mogelijk valt er een bui in het zuidoosten. Er staat een zwakke tot matige wind uit het noordoosten. Komende nacht is er in de zuidoostelijke helft plaatselijk een bui mogelijk. Elders blijft het droog. De minimumtemperatuur ligt tussen plaatselijk 10°C in het noorden en 17°C in het zuidoosten. De wind komt uit het noordoosten en is zwak tot matig. Morgenochtend is er af en toe zon. Het blijft vrijwel overal droog. De… Lees verder »Perioden zon en vrijwel overal droog KNMI : 16-08-2023

Filing: Samsung sold ~3.55M ASML shares from April to June 2023, more than halving its holding from 1.6% to 0.7%, or 2.75M shares, and reportedly raising ~$2.2B (Bloomberg) 16-08-2023

Bloomberg: Filing: Samsung sold ~3.55M ASML shares from April to June 2023, more than halving its holding from 1.6% to 0.7%, or 2.75M shares, and reportedly raising ~$2.2B  —  – Firm lowered its holding to 0.7% from 1.6% in the period  — Sale raised about $2.2 billion, Korea Economic Daily reported Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: as part of the US DOJ's two-year Visa investigation, officials are looking at the company charging merchants more for not using its “tokenization” tool (Bloomberg) 16-08-2023

Bloomberg: Sources: as part of the US DOJ’s two-year Visa investigation, officials are looking at the company charging merchants more for not using its “tokenization” tool  —  – Merchants get charged more if they shun Visa’s tokens  — Long-running probe is now scrutinizing those price differences Lees verder op Tech Meme

Layer 1 blockchain startup ZetaChain raised $27M from Blockchain.com and others and plans to launch its mainnet soon; ZetaChain has 27K+ dApp contracts deployed (Ryan Weeks/The Block) 16-08-2023

Ryan Weeks / The Block: Layer 1 blockchain startup ZetaChain raised $27M from Blockchain.com and others and plans to launch its mainnet soon; ZetaChain has 27K+ dApp contracts deployed  —  – Several crypto and trading heavyweights, including Blockchain.com and Jane Street Capital, participated in the fundraise. Lees verder op Tech Meme

PayPal plans to “temporarily pause” letting UK users buy crypto from October 1, to work on complying with new regulations, and restart support in “early 2024” (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters) 16-08-2023

Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: PayPal plans to “temporarily pause” letting UK users buy crypto from October 1, to work on complying with new regulations, and restart support in “early 2024”  —  Payments giant PayPal (PYPL.O) will stop allowing UK customers to buy cryptocurrencies through its platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

OSHA investigations and 11 interviews: Amazon's first aid clinics put warehouse staff at risk by keeping them working instead of referring them to medical care (Caitlin Harrington/Wired) 16-08-2023

Caitlin Harrington / Wired: OSHA investigations and 11 interviews: Amazon’s first aid clinics put warehouse staff at risk by keeping them working instead of referring them to medical care  —  A WIRED investigation and federal citations show how first aid clinics in Amazon warehouses sometimes direct injured employees … Lees verder op Tech Meme