Amazon launches the Amazon Insurance Store in the UK, a comparison service for buying and reviewing third-party providers’ home and contents insurance (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg:
Seeking to diversify its revenue streams, Klarna launches a price comparison tool in the US, UK, and Nordics; Klarna acquired PriceRunner for ~$125M in 2022  —  Klarna has rolled out a search and compare tool in the UK and Nordics as the fintech looks to diversify its revenue away from buy-now …

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
The UK’s FCA plans to investigate Apple, Amazon, Google, and Meta’s moves into retail financial services over competition and consumer harm concerns  —  Financial Conduct Authority says Silicon Valley’s resources might harm competition and disadvantage others

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Fewer than half of the US and European rapid delivery startups launched in the pandemic are still operating; they face huge losses, a funding drought, and more  —  As nervous consumers avoided supermarkets during the Covid-19 pandemic, tech entrepreneurs spied a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reinvent the humble grocery run.

Alex Heath / The Verge:
An interview with Tim Sweeney about his crusade to break Apple’s power over the App Store, and how it is increasingly a problem for speech and not just business  —  Sweeney says he’s willing to go to the Supreme Court to fight Apple’s control of the App Store.  But first, he’s hoping Congress will act before it’s too late.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Amazon acquires Cloostermans, a Belgian company specializing in tech to move and stack heavy palettes and robotics used to package products for customer orders  —  Amazon has made a string of startup acquisitions over the years to build out its robotics business; now, the e-commerce leviathan …

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Researchers find 75 apps on Google Play and 10 on Apple’s App Store that engaged in ad fraud, collectively had 13M installs, and have since been removed  —  Security researchers have discovered 75 applications on Google Play and another ten on Apple’s App Store engaged in ad fraud.