Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: Apple asks SCOTUS to revisit the 2021 Epic Games ruling regarding alternative IAP payment options, a day after Epic separately asked SCOTUS to take up the case  —  – IPhone maker wants to avoid allowing an end run around store  — Fortnite maker has separately asked high court to take up case Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: ‘Fortnite’ Maker Epic Games Is Cutting About 16% of Staff  — Company was ‘spending way more than we earn,’ CEO said in memo  — Fortnite Creator content program is ‘lower-margin business’ … “For a while now, we’ve been spending way more money than we earn,” Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney wrote … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Carly Page / TechCrunch: Google patches a Chrome zero-day that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor, just two days after Google’s Threat Analysis Group informed the Chrome team  —  Google has rushed to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: Email: Serve Robotics, used by Uber Eats in Los Angeles, shared video filmed by one of its food delivery robots to the LAPD as part of a criminal investigation  —  This article was primarily reported using public records requests.  We are making it available to all readers as a public service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tony Stubblebine / The Medium Blog: Medium plans to block AI companies from training on posts published on Medium until the company can get concessions regarding credit, compensation, and consent  —  Fair use in the age of AI: Credit, compensation and consent are required. … We’re in an exciting moment for artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Songtradr: Music licensing marketplace Songtradr acquires Bandcamp and says it will keep running Bandcamp as a marketplace and community with an artist-first revenue share  —  Los Angeles) – Songtradr, a music licensing platform and marketplace company supporting artists, labels and publishers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: IYK, which lets brands, musicians, and creators build “digi-physical experiences”, including through NFTs, raised a $16.8M seed led by A16z Crypto  —  – IYK has raised $16.8 million in seed funding led by A16z Crypto.  — The startup helps brands like Adidas create digi-physical experiences for their customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google opens up Search Generative Experience to teens aged 13-17 in the US and adds a new feature to give people context about how a response was generated  —  Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: GameStop names Ryan Cohen as its CEO, effective immediately, and says Cohen won’t be compensated for his work, after firing CEO Matthew Furlong in June 2023  —  – Ryan Cohen was appointed the company’s CEO, president and chairman and won’t receive compensation for his work. Lees verder op Tech Meme