Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: Counterfeit tech scams run amok on Walmart and eBay because the platforms, despite their resources, have failed to properly vet sellers and products  —  If I can spot a fake SSD, why can’t Walmart?  —  Online retailers that host third-party sellers, like Amazon and Walmart, have extensive, competitively priced electronics selections. Lees verder op Tech Meme

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

Austin Weinstein / Bloomberg: The SEC sues Coinbase, alleging the exchange has acted as an unregistered broker since at least 2019 and broke rules by offering “staking”; COIN drops 15%+  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Coinbase Global Inc. in federal court in New York on Tuesday, alleging the crypto firm for years broke its rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Apple Vision Pro is incredibly compelling as a product and for its potential use cases; what the device says about society, though, is a bit more pessimistic  —  It really is one of the best product names in Apple history: Vision is a description of a product, it is an aspiration for a use case … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Curri, a last-mile logistics service for the construction industry, raised a $42M Series B, taking its funding to $48.2M, and launches an API to book vehicles  —  In 2018, Matt Lafferty and Brian Gonzalez co-founded Curri, a tech platform focused on last-mile logistics for the construction industry. Lees verder op Tech Meme