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‘GAFAM’ tech giants, ByteDance and Samsung expect to face EU’s rebooted antitrust regime

July 4, 2023

Seven tech giants have informed the European Union that its rebooted antitrust regime — the Digital Markets Act (DMA) — will apply to them. The initial seven, the majority of whom are US-based giants, are: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Meta (Facebook), Microsoft and Samsung. The DMA takes an ex ante approach to antitrust […]

‘GAFAM’ tech giants, ByteDance and Samsung expect to face EU’s rebooted antitrust regime by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

India’s Flipkart begins customer lending in bid to boost sales

July 4, 2023

Flipkart has begun lending to customers, expanding its financing offerings in a move that could potentially boost sales even as its chief rival Amazon has signalled a slowdown in India. The Walmart-owned Bengaluru-headquartered firm, in partnership with lender Axis Bank, is extending a credit of up to 500,000 Indian rupees, or $6,100, according to a […]

India’s Flipkart begins customer lending in bid to boost sales by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter said only verified users will be able to access TweetDeck after 30 days

July 4, 2023

After swathes of users were unable to access parts of TweetDeck over the last few days, Twitter started rolling out a new version of the web app to users Monday. The company also added that in 30 days, users will have to be verified to access TweetDeck. This means only Twitter Blue subscribers, verified organizations, […]

Twitter said only verified users will be able to access TweetDeck after 30 days by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Threads, Instagram’s Twitter competitor, is expected July 6

July 3, 2023

Instagram’s rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US. The app will be called Threads, and according to App Store data, is expected to launch on July 6. It’s a good time for Instagram to enter the fray — this past weekend, as Twitter fumbled the bag with rate-limit errors, […]

Threads, Instagram’s Twitter competitor, is expected July 6 by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter competitors soar after yet another bad Musk move

July 3, 2023

Twitter was even messier than usual this weekend. On Saturday, owner Elon Musk tweeted that Twitter would combat “extreme levels of data scraping,” by limiting accounts that don’t subscribe to Twitter Blue so that they could see only 600 posts per day. Once you hit the quota, almost any act on the site would trigger […]

Twitter competitors soar after yet another bad Musk move by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi, Virginia and Utah amid changing laws

July 3, 2023

Pornhub is blocking access from users in Mississippi, Virginia and Utah, which have recently passed laws that require age verification to access adult websites. Similar legislation went into effect in Louisiana at the start of the year. To comply, Pornhub required visitors to verify their age with the LA Wallet app, a digital wallet for […]

Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi, Virginia and Utah amid changing laws by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch