Payments Dive: Payments processor Wex plans to acquire North Carolina-based Payzer, which sells field services tools to ~150K contractors like plumbers and roofers, for ~$250M  —  The purchase of the field services software business will allow for cross-selling an expanded set of services, CEO Melissa Smith said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julia Black / The Information: Sources: Humane set its ~$1K Ai Pin launch for the October 14 solar eclipse, but rescheduled to November 9 as a report of Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s device broke  —  In late September, a stakeholder in Humane received a humbled message from the startup.  The Information had just broken … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: US v. Google: Google’s search head testifies that the company spent $26.3B in 2021 to be the default search engine in multiple browsers, phones, and platforms  —  Even if it’s easy to switch browsers or platforms or search engines, the one that appears when you turn it on matters a lot. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: A US appeals court upholds a jury’s ruling that Craig Wright wasn’t in a legal partnership with the late David Kleiman and doesn’t owe half of their mined BTC  —  A Florida jury was right to say the self-proclaimed inventor of cryptocurrency wasn’t in partnership with David Kleiman … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jesus Jiménez / New York Times: X remains the go-to place for live updates and hot takes for sports fans and reporters and claims sports fans represent 42% of its audience  —  Many users have migrated to other platforms since Elon Musk bought Twitter, but sports fans still find it indispensable. Lees verder op Tech Meme