Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft lets Xbox Insiders stream gameplay from their console to Discord users, available to all Xbox Series X, Series S, and One owners in the coming months  —  Microsoft is improving its Xbox and Discord integration with a new streaming gameplay feature. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Sources: US DOJ officials are weighing fraud charges against Binance but worry that an indictment could cause a run on the exchange like the one that befell FTX  —  U.S. Department of Justice officials are considering fraud charges against crypto exchange Binance, but are concerned about the cost … Lees verder op Tech Meme

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