Associated Press: Study: social media companies collectively made nearly $11B in US ad revenue from minors in 2022; YouTube derived the most from users 12 and under, at $959.1M  —  Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Apple resumed Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in some physical US stores on December 27; online sales are set to resume on December 28 by 3PM ET  —  You can once again buy the latest Apple Watches straight from Apple.  The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will be available again … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Tiger, Coatue, Vision Fund, a16z, Insight, Accel, Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Index together invested in 44 unicorns in 2023, down from 213 in 2022 and 471 in 2021  —  Funding to the unicorn class of companies — those private startups valued at $1 billion or more — has fallen dramatically in 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: Study: social media companies collectively made ~$11B in US ad revenue from minors in 2022; from users 12 and under, Instagram earned $801M and Facebook $137M  —  Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Sources: India pressed Apple to come up with alternative explanations for warning Indian journalists and opposition politicians of state-sponsored iPhone hacks  —  NEW DELHI — A day after Apple warned independent Indian journalists and opposition party politicians in October that government hackers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Tiger, Coatue, Vision Fund, a16z, Insight, Accel, Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Index together invested in 44 unicorns in 2023, down from 213 in 2022 and 471 in 2021  —  Funding to the unicorn class of companies — those private startups valued at $1 billion or more — has fallen dramatically in 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme