Tech Meme

Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: Goldman, Microsoft, Deloitte, Cboe, and others plan to test the Canton Network blockchain in July 2023, linking apps using Digital Asset’s Daml smart contract  —  A group of firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Microsoft Corp, Deloitte and Cboe Global Markets Inc are joining … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jody Godoy / Reuters: A US judge sentences ex-Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi to two years in prison for crypto insider trading; Wahi pled guilty to two counts in February 2023  —  Ishan Wahi, a former Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) product manager, was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison in what U.S. prosecutors … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI releases research and an open-source tool that uses GPT-4 to try to explain the behavior of GPT-2’s “neurons”  —  It’s often said that large language models (LLMs) along the lines of OpenAI’s ChatGPT are a black box, and certainly, there’s some truth to that. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Carriers in dozens of US states are tearing out Chinese equipment, a difficult process the FCC says has already cost $5B+, well over the $1.9B reimbursement pot  —  As China and the United States jockey for tech primacy, wireless carriers in dozens of states are tearing out Chinese equipment. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: TSMC’s plan to build a German fab focusing on 28nm chips makes more sense than its US foray, as a way to meet automotive industry demand and political pressure  —  It looks increasingly likely that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will proceed with a factory in Europe … Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Meta unveils ImageBind, an open-source AI model combining text, audio, visual, depth, thermal, and movement data, as rivals OpenAI and Google get more secretive  —  Meta has announced a new open-source AI model that links together multiple streams of data, including text, audio, visual data, temperature, and movement readings. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Wayland / CNBC: General Motors hires former Apple VP Mike Abbott to lead a newly created software unit starting on May 22; Abbott was VP of Engineering for Apple Cloud Services  —  – General Motors has hired former Apple executive Mike Abbott to lead a newly created software unit for the Detroit automaker. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Austin-based 8fig, which plans to sell an AI-powered “C-suite” to e-commerce firms, starting with an AI CFO, raised a $40M Series B and a $100M credit facility  —  E-commerce businesses don’t often build big companies: they might be big in revenue, but remain lean in headcount. Lees verder op Tech Meme

AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: The US says the FBI was able to disrupt a long-running Russian cyber espionage operation by inspecting FSB-linked Snake malware and decoding its communications  —  A law enforcement effort dubbed “Medusa” targeted malware deployed by Moscow’s Federal Security Service, officials said Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: Goldman, Microsoft, Cboe, Deloitte, and others plan to test the blockchain Canton Network in July, linking apps built with Digital Asset’s Daml smart contract  —  A group of firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Microsoft Corp, Deloitte and Cboe Global Markets Inc are joining … Lees verder op Tech Meme