Tech Meme

Jody Godoy / Reuters: A US judge sentences former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi to two years in prison over NFT 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 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta tests paying Facebook creators based on public Reels’ performance, instead of ad earnings, and plans to roll out payouts to Instagram in the coming weeks  —  Meta is testing a new payout model for its Ads on Reels monetization program that pays creators based on the performance of their public Reels … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: Amazon announces Amazon Anywhere, which lets third-party app users buy related physical products while in the app, launching with Niantic’s new AR game Peridot  —  The so-called “everything store” is looking to go “anywhere.”  —  Amazon announced the launch Tuesday of “Amazon Anywhere,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: Finnish wearable maker Oura acquires Proxy, which makes digital identification tools, in an all-equity deal; Proxy was valued at $292M in 2020, per PitchBook  —  Finnish wearable-technology maker Oura Health Oy is acquiring a little-known tech startup, Proxy Inc., which makes digital identification tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: Amazon announces Amazon Anywhere to let users of third-party apps buy related real-world items while in the app, launching with Niantic’s new AR game Peridot  —  The so-called “everything store” is looking to go “anywhere.”  —  Amazon announced the launch Tuesday of “Amazon Anywhere,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Meta unveils ImageBind, an open-source AI model combining text, audio, visual, movement, thermal, and depth data, as rivals become more secretive with research  —  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

Jody Godoy / Reuters: A US judge sentences ex-Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi to two years in prison over NFT insider trading; Wahi pleaded guilty to two counts in February  —  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

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta tests paying Reels creators based on public Reels’ performance, not ad earnings, and plans to roll out the program to Instagram in the coming weeks  —  Meta is testing a new payout model for its Ads on Reels monetization program that pays creators based on the performance of their public Reels … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Inside Big Pipes, an FBI team with ~30 members responsible for three major cybercriminal takedowns, including dozens of illicit services, in the past five years  —  For a decade, a group called Big Pipes has worked behind the scenes with the FBI to target the worst cybercriminal “booter” services plaguing the internet. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Wayland / CNBC: General Motors hires former Apple VP Mike Abbott to lead a newly created software unit, starting May 22; Abbott was VP of Engineering for Apple’s 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