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EU-Leistungsschutz vs Google & FB

EU ready to follow Australia’s lead on making Big Tech pay for newsEU lawmakers overseeing new digital regulation in Europe want to force Big Tech companies to pay for news, echoing a similar move in Australia and strengthening the hand of publishers against Google and Facebook. – The initiative from members of the European parliament would be a serious blow to Google, which has threatened to leave Australia in protest at a planned new law that would compel it to pay for news. – Facebook has also warned it will stop users in Australia from sharing news if the legislation is passed in its current form.“

FT

Tesla & Bitcoin: 1,5 Mrd. Investition

Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment – Tesla announced in an SEC filing Monday that it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. – The company also said it would start accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its products. – CEO Elon Musk has been credited for raising the prices of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, through his messages on Twitter.“

CNBC

Reddit sammelt 250 Millionen ein

Reddit’s Valuation Doubles to $6 Billion After Funding Round – Reddit Inc. doubled its valuation to $6 billion in a new round of funding that comes as the social-media company has added users through the Covid-19 pandemic and more recently has gained attention for its role in the recent Wall Street trading frenzy. – Reddit on Monday said it raised $250 million in a late-stage funding round led by venture-capital firm Vy Capital.“

WSJ

Automattic kauft Parse.ly Analytics

WordPress VIP acquiring content analytics company Parse.lyWordPress VIP (WPVIP), the enterprise arm of WordPress.com, is acquiring Parse.ly, a content analytics platform that’s used by thousands of digital publishers. – The deal is the first large enterprise software acquisition for Automattic, the parent company to WordPress.com, Tumblr and other tech platforms that enable people to publish content to the open web. … The deal will bring Parse.ly’s team closer to the content being produced by many of its existing and potential publisher clients.“

Axios

Clubhouse wird von China geblockt

Clubhouse is now blocked in China after a brief uncensored period – Thousands of Chinese users suddenly found themselves unable to access Clubhouse on early Monday evening as the country prepared to start the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. Inside WeChat groups, Clubhouse users rushed to report the situation and help each other with ways to get back onto the red hot live audio app.“

TechCrunch