Reuters: Filing: citing a Terraform Labs court ruling, the US SEC asked a federal judge on October 3 to deny Coinbase’s motion seeking to dismiss the regulator’s lawsuit  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday asked a federal judge to deny a motion from Coinbase Global … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kamaron Leach / Bloomberg: Vista Equity Partners and another backer acquire a majority stake in TRG Screen, which makes subscription spend management software, sources say for ~$250M  —  – Vista is said to invest $250 million with another backer  — Pamlico will exit its TRG stake after first investing in 2018 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: Sony researchers: standardized skin tone scales used by Google, Meta, and others to test their image algorithms don’t capture red and yellow hues in human skin  —  Google, Meta, and others test their algorithms for bias using standardized skin tone scales.  Sony says those tools ignore … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based fintech Slice, which was valued at ~$1.5B in 2022, secures a rare approval from India’s central bank to merge with North East Small Finance Bank  —  Indian unicorn fintech Slice is merging with North East Small Finance Bank, they said Wednesday after receiving the approval … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: TikTok plans to stop facilitating e-commerce transactions on TikTok Shop in Indonesia on October 4 to comply with the country’s regulations on social commerce  —  – Social media company reacts to government’s fresh restrictions  — New rules are setback for firm in TikTok Shop’s biggest market Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Stockholm-based Brite Payments, which offers open banking payments and payouts, raised a $60M Series A led by Dawn Capital; Headline and Incore invested as well  —  The move towards Open Banking payments, especially in the EU, effectively kicked-off the FinTech boom. Lees verder op Tech Meme

János Allenbach-Ammann / Euractiv: The European Commission starts collective risk assessments on advanced chips, AI, quantum, and biotech, the most sensitive areas for security and tech leakage  —  Content-Type:  —  News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: TikTok plans to stop facilitating e-commerce transactions on TikTok Shop in Indonesia on October 4 to comply with the country’s curbs on social commerce  —  – Social media company reacts to government’s fresh restrictions  — New rules are setback for firm in TikTok Shop’s biggest market Lees verder op Tech Meme