Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: A California-based law firm launches a class-action suit against OpenAI, claiming the company violated millions of internet users’ rights by scraping their data  —  A California law firm says the company’s use of scraped data from the web violates the rights of millions of internet users Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian Allison / CoinDesk: Mastercard is testing tokenized bank deposits through its “Multi-Token Network” in beta in the UK, with plans to explore CBDCs and regulated stablecoins later  —  The card giant is launching what it calls a Multi-Token Network (MTN), which will begin by testing tokenized bank deposits … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Larry Ellison says Oracle will spend “billions” on Nvidia GPUs and “three times” that on Ampere and AMD CPUs this year, as the company grows its cloud services  —  Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) is spending “billions” of dollars on chips from Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Sources: Linda Yaccarino plans to launch full-screen, sound-on video ads on Twitter’s short-video feed and is wooing celebrities in the hope of selling more ads  —  New CEO hits the ground running with plans for new ads offering and tells staff to get ready for ‘hand-to-hand combat’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Visa plans to acquire São Paulo-based payments infrastructure startup Pismo for $1B in cash by the end of 2023; Pismo had raised $118M through October 2021  —  Want more fintech news in your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Brazilian payments infrastructure startup Pismo … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Burns / The Lever: As US landlords increasingly turn to AI tools to screen tenants, housing and privacy advocates warn of opaque algorithms heightening errors and discrimination  —  Landlords are using AI to screen their tenants, heightening errors and discrimination.  —  When Chris Robinson applied to move … Lees verder op Tech Meme