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Telly begins shipping its free, ad-supported, dual-screen 4K TV as part of its public beta program; users must submit demographic info, viewing habits, and more (Todd Spangler/Variety) 13-07-2023

Todd Spangler / Variety: Telly begins shipping its free, ad-supported, dual-screen 4K TV as part of its public beta program; users must submit demographic info, viewing habits, and more  —  Start-up says it received more than 250,000 sign-ups from U.S. consumers … The start-up, which plans to ship some 500,000 free … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A US judge says Ripple's XRP sales to sophisticated investors violated securities law but that sales on exchanges were not offers of securities; XRP jumps 50%+ (Tom Hals/Reuters) 13-07-2023

Tom Hals / Reuters: A US judge says Ripple’s XRP sales to sophisticated investors violated securities law but that sales on exchanges were not offers of securities; XRP jumps 50%+  —  U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres said Ripple Labs Inc’s institutional sales of its XRP digital token violated federal law … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sony plans to release its PS5 accessibility controller on December 6, with preorders starting July 21, for $90 in the US, £80 in the UK, and €90 in Europe (Kris Holt/Engadget) 13-07-2023

Kris Holt / Engadget: Sony plans to release its PS5 accessibility controller on December 6, with preorders starting July 21, for $90 in the US, £80 in the UK, and €90 in Europe  —  The highly customizable Access controller comes with several button and stick caps.  —  Sony has revealed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University files a lawsuit challenging Texas' TikTok ban on state devices, for limiting research and teaching (Sapna Maheshwari/New York Times) 13-07-2023

Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University files a lawsuit challenging Texas’ TikTok ban on state devices, for limiting research and teaching  —  A lawsuit filed on Thursday says that Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban is compromising research and teaching at public universities. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A Stability AI co-founder sues the startup over being duped into selling his 15% stake for $100 to CEO Emad Mostaque months before Stability hit a $1B valuation (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg) 13-07-2023

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: A Stability AI co-founder sues the startup over being duped into selling his 15% stake for $100 to CEO Emad Mostaque months before Stability hit a $1B valuation  —  A Stability AI Ltd. co-founder has sued the company, claiming he was tricked into selling his stake for $100 months … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adobe: US shoppers spent $12.7B during Amazon's Prime Day, up 6.1% YoY but below estimates of 9.5% growth; an increasing share of customers used BNPL services (Bloomberg) 13-07-2023

Bloomberg: Adobe: US shoppers spent $12.7B during Amazon’s Prime Day, up 6.1% YoY but below estimates of 9.5% growth; an increasing share of customers used BNPL services  —  US shoppers spent $12.7 billion online during Amazon.com Inc.’s 48-hour Prime Day, up 6.1% from a year ago but short of estimates for 9.5% growth, according to Adobe Inc. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A writer details using AI startup Writer's LLM to generate text in his writing style and says that most of the tool's “insights” felt hollow or approximated (Kyle Chayka/New Yorker) 13-07-2023

Kyle Chayka / New Yorker: A writer details using AI startup Writer’s LLM to generate text in his writing style and says that most of the tool’s “insights” felt hollow or approximated  —  A new wave of artificial-intelligence startups is trying to “scale language” by automating the work of writing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The US arrests and charges former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky with six counts, including wire fraud; the SEC, CFTC, and FTC sue Mashinsky and the crypto company (Bloomberg) 13-07-2023

Bloomberg: The US arrests and charges former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky with six counts, including wire fraud; the SEC, CFTC, and FTC sue Mashinsky and the crypto company  —  Alex Mashinsky, the former chief executive officer of Celsius Network Ltd., was accused by prosecutors of orchestrating … Lees verder op Tech Meme