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Bloomberg: A live blog of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s testimony at his own criminal fraud trial in NYC over the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange  —  Welcome to TOPLive.  FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is taking the witness stand at his own fraud trial in New York over the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Michigan-based Censys, which monitors internet hosts and their security statuses, raised a $50M Series C and $25M in debt, taking its total funding to $128.1M  —  Investments in cybersecurity companies are beginning to turn a corner, seemingly.  —  After a brutal summer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Censys, which offers tools to monitor internet hosts and their security statuses, raised a $50M Series C and $25M in debt, bringing its total funding to $128.1M  —  Investments in cybersecurity companies are beginning to turn a corner, seemingly.  —  After a brutal summer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: X’s tumultuous first year under Elon Musk: mobile DAUs down 16% from October 2022 to September 2023, app downloads fell post X rebrand, and investor markdowns  —  The platform struggles to attract users and advertisers, third-party data suggest, while Musk has voiced optimism Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google rolls out new Google Maps features, including updating search to more easily find things nearby and expanding Immersive View for Routes to 15 new cities  —  Google is adding a slew of new updates for Maps, including a few AI-powered features that are designed to make it easier for users to search … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: The UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill becomes law, allowing fines of up to £18M or 10% of global turnover; Ofcom now plans to publish its codes of practice  —  The UK’s Online Safety Bill, a wide-ranging piece of legislation that aims to make the country “the safest place in the world to be online” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Meta declines its Oversight Board’s advice from August 2023 to tighten oversight of drug-related posts; the Oversight Board calls the decision “unfortunate”  —  – Board found ‘inconsistent enforcement’ of drug-related posts  — Instagram, Facebook owner may consider a review in 2024 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Xiaomi unveils the 6.3 Xiaomi 14 and 6.7 Xiaomi 14 Pro, offering the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 50MP main sensors, a Lecia lens on the Pro, and LTPO 120Hz panels  —  Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 just this week as Android’s next flagship chipset, and now Xiaomi is already announcing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft reorganizes its Xbox teams, promoting Matt Booty to game content president and Sarah Bond to Xbox president; CMO Chris Capossela leaves after 32 years  —  Microsoft is reorganizing its Xbox gaming and marketing leadership, less than two weeks after acquiring Activision Blizzard. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Fielding / Engadget: Google expands its bug bounty program to add generative AI, which has unique security issues, like model manipulation and unfair bias, requiring new guidance  —  New guidance outlines what discoveries garner financial rewards.  —  With concerns around generative AI ever-present … Lees verder op Tech Meme