Financial Times: SBF testifies that he only understood “pieces” of the full financial state of his companies and was “surprised” by FTX’s $8B balance-sheet hole in October 2022 — Former billionaire denies intending to defraud customers in testimony to the jury at trial Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times: X remains the go-to place for live updates and hot takes for sports fans and reporters; X claimed in April 2023 that sports fans represent ~42% of its audience — Many users have migrated to other platforms since Elon Musk bought Twitter, but sports fans still find it indispensable. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jay Peters / The Verge: Adam Mosseri says he wants Threads to be the “de facto platform for public conversations online” and web app is not a “primary focus” as mobile usage is higher — Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has high ambitions for Threads: he wants it to become the … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times: X remains the go-to place for live updates and hot takes for sports fans and reporters; X claimed in April 2023 that sports fans represent ~42% of its audience — Many users have migrated to other platforms since Elon Musk bought Twitter, but sports fans still find it indispensable. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: Filing: Gemini sues Genesis Global, its former business partner for its Gemini Earn product, over 60M GBTC shares, worth $1.6B+, that were pledged as collateral — Gemini has filed a lawsuit against Genesis over 60 million GBTC shares that were pledged as collateral. — Register Now Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Google invests $500M upfront in Anthropic and agrees to add $1.5B more over time, after investing $550M in the generative AI startup earlier in 2023 — Google move follows Amazon investment as tech giants place bigger bets on startups racing to develop artificial intelligence Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Pixel owners using the multiple profiles feature say their devices are becoming “unusable” due to an Android 14 bug that is locking them out of device storage — Users with multiple profiles are getting locked out of local storage and losing data. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Associated Press: Internet and phone services collapse in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s military expands its ground operations, largely cutting off communications for 2.3M residents — DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Internet and phone services collapsed in the Gaza Strip under intensified bombardment Friday night … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times: X remains the go-to place for live updates and hot takes for sports fans and reporters; X claimed in April 2023 that sports fans represent ~42% of its audience — Many users have migrated to other platforms since Elon Musk bought Twitter, but sports fans still find it indispensable. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Apple fixed an old iOS bug that let nearby wireless routers gather real MAC addresses even when Private Wi-Fi Address is enabled, including in Lockdown Mode — “From the get-go, this feature was useless,” researcher says of feature put into iOS 14. — Three years ago, Apple introduced … Lees verder op Tech Meme