Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: Investigation: Amazon backs three advocacy groups working to thwart Microsoft’s government cloud contracts; an Amazon executive wrote a public FTC comment  —  Amazon is the driving force behind a trio of advocacy groups working to thwart Microsoft’s growing ambition to become … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: Proton Mail CEO Andy Yen announces Key Transparency, a blockchain-based tool build on Proton’s private chain to verify email addresses, in beta  —  Proton Mail, the leading privacy-focused email service, is making its first foray into blockchain technology with Key Transparency, which will allow users to verify email addresses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Ye / Reuters: Source: ByteDance’s Douyin tests letting creators with 100K+ followers add paywalls to their videos; local Chinese media reports Douyin takes a 30% cut  —  TikTok owner ByteDance is testing a paywall feature for content creators on its short video platform Douyin in China … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Black / Bloomberg: UPS announces a new $79M, 20-acre facility near Louisville, set to be staffed by over 3,000 robots handling manual tasks and around 200 human workers in 2024  —  – Facility near Louisville is part of warehouse services push  — Robots help retain workers, reduce injuries, company says Lees verder op Tech Meme