Tech Meme

Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: The UK FCA says a man pleaded guilty to illegally operating a crypto ATM network, which processed £2.6M across various locations, as it cracks down on such ATMs  —  This marks the first U.K. conviction for running a crypto ATM operation.  — Olumide Osunkoya pleaded guilty to illegally operating a crypto ATM network. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Source: SoftBank’s Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500M in OpenAI’s latest funding round, SoftBank’s first investment in OpenAI, which is raising $6.5B  —  SoftBank’s Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500 million in OpenAI’s latest funding round, which values the developer of ChatGPT … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: AMD releases BIOS updates to boost the performance of its Ryzen 9600X and 9700X processors, around a month after disappointing Zen 5 desktop CPU reviews  —  AMD is releasing new BIOS updates that will boost performance for its Ryzen 9600X / 9700X processors and address some latency issues. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Qodo, which offers code generation and testing tools to the enterprise, raised a $40M Series A led by Susa Ventures and Square Peg  —  At first glance, Qodo, the startup previously known as CodiumAI, may appear to be yet another AI code generation tool.  But the team, which is announcing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao pledges to keep investing in blockchain, AI, and biotech, in his first comments since his release from US custody on September 27  —  – Zhao was released Friday after serving a four-month sentence  — Binance founder in X post lays out plans including investment Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Rid / Foreign Affairs: An FBI affidavit and European media leaks show how Russia’s Doppelganger disinformation project operated and give insights into the Kremlin’s online tactics  —  The Country’s Propagandists Target the West—but Mislead the Kremlin, Too  —  In early September, the infamous Russian disinformation project known … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Epic files a CA lawsuit accusing Samsung and Google of colluding to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung’s Auto Blocker, and plans to speak to the EU  —  “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) and Samsung (005930.KS) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: AT&T agrees to sell its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6B in cash, including $1.7B in pre-tax quarterly distributions in H2 2024  —  – DirecTV is holding advanced talks to merge with rival Dish  — AT&T and TPG are owners of DirecTV, which was founded in 1994 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: A look at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, created by Meta, Microsoft, YouTube, and X in 2016 to share info; X quietly left the board this month  —  X has left the board of GIFCT, an organization through which tech companies exchange information to keep violent content off the web. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Google’s lawyers wrapped up their defense of the company in the US DOJ ad tech antitrust trial last week; a judge’s ruling is expected in the coming months  —  The tech giant, which wrapped up its arguments in the federal monopoly trial, simply says it has the best product. Lees verder op Tech Meme