Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Binance, Kraken, Mexc, KuCoin, and four other crypto exchanges have been pulled from the App Store in India after being flagged for operating “illegally”  —  Apps of as many as eight crypto exchanges including Binance, Kraken, Mexc and Kucoin have disappeared from Apple’s App Store in India … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nguyen Kieu Giang / Bloomberg: Vietnam-based Be Group, which provides ride-hailing, delivery, and digital financial services, raised ~$30M from VPBank, in a bid to take on Grab and GoTo  —  – Be Group expanding its ride, delivery and fintech offerings  — Upstart targets $200 million in gross revenue in two years Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gene Maddaus / Variety: SAG-AFTRA signs a deal with AI voiceover company Replica Studios, requiring consent to create voice replicas for use in video games and safe storage of assets  —  The union announced the deal with Replica Studios on Tuesday at CES in Las Vegas.  Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union’s executive director … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoinDesk: An X post from US SEC Chair Gary Gensler says that the @SECGov’s “twitter account was compromised”, and that the agency has not approved spot bitcoin ETFs  —  The X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is deciding whether to approve bitcoin ETFs, “was compromised,” the regulator told CoinDesk. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Siddharth Cavale / Reuters: At CES 2024, Walmart unveils a generative AI search tool and says it is developing a tool to help InHome users quickly add commonly ordered items to their carts  —  Walmart (WMT.N) on Tuesday unveiled two new AI-powered tools at the CES conference in Las Vegas to help shoppers quickly search … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: X announces new shows with former CNN host Don Lemon, former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and sports commentator Jim Rome, amid a push into video  —  The tech company also announced a 10-show deal with Range Media Partners, and a deal with Tulsi Gabbard. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: Source: Humane laid off 10 employees this week in a cost cutting measure and plans to lower budgets in 2024, as the company reshuffles some executive positions  —  Humane laid off 4 percent of employees this week in a move that was described as a cost cutting measure to those who were impacted … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Sources: Twitch could cut ~500 employees, or ~35% of its staff, as soon as January 10 amid concerns over company losses and after several top executives left  —  Move is designed to stem losses after two rounds of layoffs last year.  —  Amazon.com Inc.’s livestreaming site Twitch is poised … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press: A US federal judge temporarily halts the enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps  —  A federal judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily halting enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: Source: Humane laid off ten employees this week in a cost cutting measure and plans to lower budgets this year, as it reshuffles some of its executive positions  —  Humane laid off 4 percent of employees this week in a move that was described as a cost cutting measure to those who were impacted … Lees verder op Tech Meme