Tech Meme

Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: A New York state judge rejects a bid by Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub to block NYC’s law setting a minimum pay of $17.96/hour for app-based delivery workers  —  A New York state judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N), DoorDash Inc and other gig economy firms to block … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out ChromeOS 117 with a Material You redesign, adaptive charging, a new camera and microphone privacy indicator, an improved clipboard, and more  —  Google is rolling out ChromeOS 117, and it’s a very big update for Chromebooks that adds Material You, as well as other usability enhancements. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google opens its Search Generative Experience to US teens, adds a feature to contextualize how a response was generated, and improves offensive query detection  —  Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: NYC-based IYK, which lets brands, musicians, and creators build “digi-physical experiences”, including through NFTs, raised a $16.8M seed led by A16z Crypto  —  – IYK has raised $16.8 million in seed funding led by A16z Crypto.  — The startup helps brands … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Songtradr: Music licensing marketplace Songtradr acquires Bandcamp and plans to keep operating Bandcamp as a marketplace and community with an artist-first revenue share  —  Los Angeles) – Songtradr, a music licensing platform and marketplace company supporting artists, labels and publishers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: ‘Fortnite’ Maker Epic Games Is Cutting About 16% of Staff  — Company was ‘spending way more than we earn,’ CEO said in memo  — Fortnite Creator content program is ‘lower-margin business’ … “For a while now, we’ve been spending way more money than we earn,” Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney wrote … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: Apple asks SCOTUS to revisit the 2021 Epic Games ruling regarding alternative IAP payment options, a day after Epic separately asked SCOTUS to take up the case  —  – IPhone maker wants to avoid allowing an end run around store  — Fortnite maker has separately asked high court to take up case Lees verder op Tech Meme

RT Watson / The Block: Coinbase says the crypto exchange has gained approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority to offer non-US retail users perpetual futures trading  —  – Coinbase has gained approval to offer non-U.S. retail users perpetual futures trading from the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google opens up Search Generative Experience to teens aged 13-17 in the US and adds a new feature to give people context about how a response was generated  —  Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: IYK, which lets brands, musicians, and creators build “digi-physical experiences”, including through NFTs, raised a $16.8M seed led by A16z Crypto  —  – IYK has raised $16.8 million in seed funding led by A16z Crypto.  — The startup helps brands like Adidas create digi-physical experiences for their customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme