Reuters: Arm confidentially filed with regulators for a US IPO; sources: Arm seeks to raise between $8B-$10B on the Nasdaq, which is expected to be 2023’s largest IPO — SoftBank Group Corp’s (9984.T) chip maker Arm Ltd has filed with regulators confidentially for a U.S. stock market listing … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: A Brazilian federal judge lifts Telegram’s ban in the country for refusing to hand over neo-Nazi data, saying a complete ban of the service “is not reasonable” — Brazil’s second instance appeals court lifted on Saturday the suspension of the encrypted messaging app Telegram … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft’s Canva-like web app Designer, which leverages user-created content and OpenAI’s text-to-image DALL-E 2 to ideate designs, launches in public preview — Microsoft Designer, Microsoft’s AI-powered design tool, today launched in public preview with an expanded set of features. Lees verder op Tech Meme
BBC: Wikimedia won’t comply with the Online Safety Bill’s age checks of its UK readers or contributors, citing the foundation’s “commitment to collect minimal data” — Wikipedia will not comply with any age checks required under the Online Safety Bill, its foundation says. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Six months after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, an overview of its alternatives, including Mastodon, Bluesky, and Nostr, and how they might evolve and improve — Today is six months since Elon took over Twitter and began this bizarre speedrun of the content moderation learning curve … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Washington Post: On Bluesky, Jack Dorsey criticizes Elon Musk’s leadership of Twitter, saying “it all went south” and Musk should have paid the $1B breakup fee to ditch the deal — The former CEO issued his strongest criticism yet of Musk’s takeover of the social media site Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Interviews with EU lawmakers and sources reveal how, over just 11 days, MEPs wrote a draft bill on generative AI, a rare example of quick consensus in Brussels — As recently as February, generative AI did not feature prominently in EU lawmakers’ plans for regulating generative artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: Elon Musk claims that Twitter plans to let media publishers charge users on a per-article basis, with one click, starting in May 2023 — Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click. This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per article price for when they want to read an occasional article…. https://twitter.com/… Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is backing 11 Bitcoin developers in a lawsuit that Craig Wright filed to regain access to ~$5B of BTC he claims to own — It’s not just the Bitcoin community who should be concerned — A crypto wallet theft lawsuit brought about by a man who claims … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Didi, in its first annual report since its US delisting, reports 2022 net revenue down 19% YoY to ~$20.37B and net loss down 52% YoY from ~$7.13B to ~$3.44B — Chinese ride hailing giant Didi Global on Saturday reported a 19% year-on-year fall in 2022 revenue, as the country’s COVID lockdowns and a regulatory crackdown took a toll. Lees verder op Tech Meme