Tech Meme

CoinDesk: BitGo ends its deal to buy rival Prime Trust, which halts all deposits and withdrawals; a judge dismissed BitGo’s lawsuit over the failed Galaxy Digital deal  —  Prime Trust has been losing clients and deposits to competitors for weeks amid mounting concerns over its business, a source at one former client told CoinDesk. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The US and the EU both agree that Google’s ad tech dominance must end and call for a breakup; Margrethe Vestager hailed “close and fruitful” work with the DOJ  —  European Union and US antitrust regulators may have gone their separate ways of late. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amrita Khalid / The Verge: As Spotify’s podcast strategy of focusing on exclusives and celebrity hosts continues to falter, the company seems to be shifting its attention to selling ads  —  The company is entering the ‘next phase’ of its podcast strategy — but will it learn from its mistakes? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Politico: EU Commissioner Thierry Breton starts a two-day California trip to push DSA in meetings with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and others  —  Thierry Breton flies to US to warn Twitter’s Elon Musk and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to fall in line with EU law. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Acryl Data, which offers a data catalog service built on DataHub open source framework, raised a $21M Series A led by 8VC, bringing its total funding to $30M  —  With the explosion of different kinds of data, companies are struggling to realize meaningful value from their stored data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The US and the EU both agree that Google’s adtech dominance must end and call for a breakup; Margrethe Vestager hailed “close and fruitful” work with the DOJ  —  European Union and US antitrust regulators may have gone their separate ways of late. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Utah-based Limble, which helps companies track “dumb” and unconnected physical assets, raised a $58M Series B from Goldman Sachs at a $450M post-money valuation  —  Advances in Internet of Things technologies promise to give organizations and us ordinary people an unprecedented view … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Motorola Razr Plus review: a useful large cover screen, all-day battery, and a fun form factor, but only splash-resistant and the cover screen setup is fiddly  —  June 22, 2023 … The Motorola Razr Plus is the first folding phone that makes me genuinely excited for what’s ahead. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Stability AI launches SDXL 0.9, a model that uses a higher number of parameters to produce more photorealistic images than its SDXL beta from April, on Clipdrop  —  Artificial intelligence startup Stability AI is releasing a new model for generating images that its says can produce pictures … Lees verder op Tech Meme

SemiAnalysis: A look at Intel’s history as the chip industry’s only major Integrated Design Manufacturer and why the position is both a structural advantage and disadvantage  —  Foundry Cost, Hot Lots, Steppings, Tool Utilization, Test & More: Path to Operational Efficiency?  —  ∙ Paid Lees verder op Tech Meme