Financial Times: Analysis: crypto and digital payments companies paid $5.8B in fines in 2023, including Binance’s $4.3B, more than the $835M paid by TradFi companies, a first  —  Penalties for lax controls in 2023 exceed those on traditional finance groups for the first time Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters: Dutch online grocery store Picnic raised €355M from the Gates Foundation, Germany’s largest supermarket group Edeka, and others to expand in France and Germany  —  Dutch online grocery store Picnic has raised 355 million euros ($388.02 million) from its investors and plans to further expand … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Amazon announces Matter Casting, an Apple AirPlay-like feature to send video from different platforms to Amazon devices, initially supporting Echo Show devices  —  Amazon.com Inc. introduced a new feature that mimics Apple Inc.’s AirPlay while working across different platforms … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: Meta plans to start automatically restricting teen Instagram and Facebook accounts from harmful content, including posts about self-harm, in the coming weeks  —  Efforts to curb harmful material and reduce unwanted interactions with teen social-media accounts come as states sue parent company Meta Lees verder op Tech Meme

Olaf Storbeck / Financial Times: Berlin-based Robinhood rival Trade Republic reported a “solid double-digit million euro” net profit in the year to September, a first, up from a €145M loss YoY  —  Berlin-based start-up hails results as proof of business model, even as it forecasts return to losses Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple releases new visionOS developer guidelines, asking developers to refer to Apple Vision Pro apps as “spatial computing apps”, not AR, VR, XR, or MR apps  —  Apple on Monday finally confirmed that Vision Pro will arrive in stores early next month. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat: Second Dinner, the developer behind Marvel Snap, raised a $100M Series B led by Griffin Gaming Partners to build out its popular mobile collectible card game  —  Second Dinner, the developer behind Marvel Snap, announced today that it has secured $100 million in Series B investment funding led by Griffin Gaming Partners. Lees verder op Tech Meme