Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple touts $2 billion in App Store fraud prevented last year amid rumors of third-party app stores on iPhone — Apple is out with a new press release today touting the success of the App Store’s ability to prevent fraud. According to the company, the App Store prevented more than $2 billion in … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google updates its inactivity policy: accounts inactive for at least two years will be deleted, except for those with YouTube videos, starting in December 2023 — In 2020, Google said it would remove content stored in an inactive account (but not the account itself) to preserve storage space. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Washington Post: The US announces charges, sanctions, and a $10M reward for info leading to the arrest of Russian national Mikhail Matveev, a Babuk ransomware campaign suspect — The Justice, Treasury and State departments announced a crackdown on global ransomware suspect Mikhail Matveev … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple rolls out new concert discovery features, including Set Lists in Apple Music for select artists and Guides to local venues in Apple Maps for select cities — Apple is bringing concert discovery to two of its flagship apps, Apple Music and Apple Maps, the company announced today. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: A recap of the testimony from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, IBM VP Christina Montgomery, and professor Gary Marcus at a US Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will testify to Congress on AI like ChatGPT as regulations and oversight are being considered. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Meta spins out Kustomer, after acquiring the CRM startup for ~$1B in a deal that closed in 2022; Kustomer raises $60M at a reported $250M valuation — Meta’s grand experiment in building an enterprise-ready customer service platform has come to a close: the parent of Facebook has officially spun … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Auradine, a web infrastructure startup focused on decentralized app tech like zero-knowledge proofs, raised an $81M Series A led by Celesta Capital and Mayfield — Marathon’s CEO, Fred Thiel, sits on the board of the web infrastructure startup. — Auradine, a Silicon Valley-based provider … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: A recap of the testimony from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, IBM VP Christina Montgomery, and professor Gary Marcus before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will testify to Congress on AI like ChatGPT as regulations and oversight are being considered. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jessica Donati / Wall Street Journal: Discord users scour servers for any remaining classified US military documents from the recent leak, after prosecutors indicated more could still be online — The government secrets leaked on Discord have become fodder for users seeking fun and attention — WASHINGTON—Videogame enthusiasts … Lees verder op Tech Meme
CoinDesk: The EU’s Council approves the Markets in Crypto Assets rules, making the EU the first major jurisdiction with a crypto licensing regime, taking effect in 2024 — The landmark Markets in Crypto Assets regulation was given final approval by the EU’s Council, which also agreed a new law for sharing data on crypto tax holdings. Lees verder op Tech Meme