Tech Meme

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: A US appeals court affirms a lower court’s 2021 ruling largely rejecting claims by Epic that Apple’s App Store policy banning third-party app stores was illegal  —  Apple Inc. won an appeals court ruling upholding its App Store’s policies in an antitrust challenge brought by Epic Games Inc. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Kruzel / Reuters: SCOTUS agrees to hear two First Amendment cases about government officials blocking critics on social media, after a similar Donald Trump Twitter case in 2021  —  The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Martine Paris / Forbes: Pop star Grimes tells fans to create AI-generated music using her voice, saying she will split 50% royalties, the same deal as “with any artist I collab with”  —  In the wake of the AI-generated hit Heart on My Sleeve going viral with deepfakes of multi-platinum artists Drake and The Weeknd … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: The trial of Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea PM accused of NFT insider trading, begins this week, one of the first such cases involving digital assets  —  U.S. prosecutors will square off this week against a former employee of OpenSea, the world’s largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Analysts, investors, and founders expect a hard year for tech, including more down rounds; PitchBook says 400+ unicorns, or one-third, haven’t raised since 2021  —  The startup world has had a tough year — plagued by mass layoffs, plummeting venture capital investment and the chaotic collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: to avoid an official antitrust probe by EU regulators, Microsoft agrees to stop bundling Teams with Office, following a complaint from Slack to the EU  —  Tech giant makes concession in an attempt to avoid formal EU antitrust investigation and follows complaint by rival Slack Lees verder op Tech Meme

Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: A look at Alethea, Graphika, and other startups that raised $300M+ from 2018 to 2022 to fight disinformation, charging companies and governments $100K+ per year  —  Shawn Eib was on the case as soon as customers started pulling billions of dollars from Silicon Valley Bank. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: A poll of 1,500 US voters finds that 46% support a nationwide ban of TikTok and 35% oppose it; 62% of Republicans favor a ban, compared to 33% of Democrats  —  Majority of GOP voters support banning Chinese-owned app, compared with 33% of Democrats  —  WASHINGTON—Nearly half … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Research in 2021: 60%+ of undersea internet cable faults are caused by fishing equipment or anchors; repairing one typically costs between $250K and $3M  —  On the evening of Oct. 14, the managing director of Shefa, a Faroese Telecom subsidiary, received a call from one of his technicians … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Super.com, formerly Snapcommerce, raised $60M in equity and $25M via a credit facility to launch a super app for deals, taking its total funding to nearly $200M  —  The current inflation environment has all of us looking for ways to cut costs and save some money. Lees verder op Tech Meme