Financial Times: The London Stock Exchange plans to add a blockchain-based digital assets business after a year of assessment, but is “not building anything around cryptoassets” — Exchange operator in talks with UK government and regulators over new trading venue Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matt Binder / Mashable: After ADL’s CEO noted talking to X’s CEO on August 30, anti-Semitic X posts surged and #BanTheADL trended as Elon Musk replied to and liked far-right posts — Anti-Semitic rhetoric has been especially rampant on the platform over the past 24 hours. — Over the past 24 hours … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Noah Smith / Noahpinion: How LLMs like GPT-4 can be an equalizing technology in some cases, boosting less-skilled workers and potentially leveling the human-capital playing field — An optimistic take on technology and inequality. — On the app formerly known as Twitter, I’m known for occasionally going on rants … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Filing: Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma becomes the company’s biggest investor, with a 19.42% stake, after acquiring shares from China’s Ant Group — Billionaire Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder and chief executive officer of India’s biggest digital payments company … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Zack Abrams / The Block: Gala Games CEO Eric Schiermeyer sues co-founder Wright Thurston, alleging he stole 8.6B GALA from the Web3 startup and sold the tokens for $130M; GALA drops 13% — – The value of Gala Games’ token has dropped 13% following a lawsuit filed by its CEO accusing the company’s co-founder of theft of $130 million in GALA tokens. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Filing: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma became the biggest investor in the company, with a 19.42% stake, after he acquired shares from China’s Ant Group — Billionaire Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder and chief executive officer of India’s biggest digital payments company … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matt Poskitt / GamesIndustry.biz: Q&A with Bethesda Head of Publishing Pete Hines on releasing Starfield, working with Microsoft, Game Pass, triple-A games in 2023, debugging Starfield, and more — Head of publishing on why the developer prioritises player freedom over less buggy games, and facing expectations around its sci-fi epic Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: The Huawei Mate 60 Pro’s 7nm Kirin 9000s chip, made by SMIC, is an evolutionary rather than revolutionary development and shows US curbs are porous, not useless — Chinese chipmakers have done well to bypass restrictions, but that won’t be repeated often. — A new smartphone … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: TechInsights teardown: Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro uses a new Kirin 9000s chip that was fabricated in China by SMIC using a 7nm process, a blow to US sanctions — The company’s Mate 60 Pro is powered by SMIC’s 7nm chips, according to analysis that TechInsights conducted for Bloomberg News Lees verder op Tech Meme
Josh Ye / Reuters: Documents: Tencent, Xiaomi, and others begin enforcing China’s new app store rules, which require regulatory disclosures; Apple has not yet begun checking apps — Mobile app stores in China run by Tencent Holdings (0700.HK), Xiaomi (1810.HK) and others have started to bar app publishers … Lees verder op Tech Meme