Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: The CJEU rules that Germany’s Federal Cartel Office didn’t overstep by demanding Meta overhaul its ad business in 2019; Meta says it is “evaluating” the ruling  —  Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook lost its fight at the European Union’s top court to topple a German antitrust decision … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Thierry Breton says Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft notified the EU that they meet the DMA’s gatekeeper status of 45M+ MAUs and a €75B+ market cap  —  Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google, Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to use apps like Discord to make real-life friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma  —  American adults are lonely — and done waiting on friendship to find them IRL  —  On a gloomy June afternoon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Meta plans to launch Instagram’s standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which offers screenshots of some features  —  Instagram’s rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US.  The app will be called Threads … Lees verder op Tech Meme