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Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: A look at the non-consensual deepfake porn economy, from finding services in top Google results to boosting them via ad campaigns on social networks and Pornhub  —  The nonconsensual deepfake economy has remained largely out of sight, but it’s easily accessible and some creators can accept major credit cards. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Lyft cofounders Logan Green and John Zimmer will step down from day-to-day roles as CEO and president in April; former Amazon exec David Risher will become CEO  —  – Lyft’s cofounders, Logan Green and John Zimmer, will step back from their day-to-day roles as CEO and president, respectively. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: The CFTC’s case vs. Binance is mainly about US clients, like high-frequency trading firms in NYC and Chicago, using an unregistered crypto derivatives exchange  —  Binance  —  A decent rule of thumb is that all cryptocurrency exchanges are doing crimes, and if you’re lucky your exchange is doing only process crimes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: CFTC’s case vs. Binance is mainly about US clients, like high-frequency trading firms in NYC and Chicago, trading crypto derivatives on an unregistered exchange  —  Binance  —  A decent rule of thumb is that all cryptocurrency exchanges are doing crimes, and if you’re lucky your exchange is doing only process crimes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: Polygon launches the mainnet beta of its zkEVM layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, three days after rival Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era  —  The release of Polygon’s zkEVM comes just days after competitor Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Kim / Bloomberg: SEMI forecasts South Korea will increase its spending on advanced chipmaking equipment by 41.5% YoY to $21B in 2024, versus China’s 2% YoY increase to $16.6B  —  South Korea is forecast to overtake China in spending on advanced chipmaking equipment next year in a sign of US export controls … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexander Onukwue / Semafor: Similarweb: Chinese-owned OPay and PalmPay became the Play Store’s top two finance apps in Nigeria on March 24 after a central bank edict caused a cash shortage  —  The main winners in Nigeria’s banking sector after a botched currency overhaul are two Chinese-owned fintech apps. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple debuts iOS 16.4 with 21 new emoji, Safari push notifications for web apps on the Home Screen, Voice Isolation for calls, Crash Detection tweaks, and more  —  Apple today released iOS 16.4, the fourth major update to the iOS 16 operating system that initially came out last September. iOS 16.4 comes … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lyllah Ledesma / CoinDesk: Kaiko data: March 26 was Binance’s lowest BTC volume day since July 4, 2022, a few days before the exchange added zero-fee trading, mostly phased out last week  —  Zero-fee trade volume accounted for 66% of Binance’s trading volume in mid-March prior to the decision to eliminate the promotion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Kim / Bloomberg: SEMI: in 2024, South Korea is forecast to increase its spending on advanced chipmaking equipment by 41.5% YoY to $21B, versus China’s 2% YoY increase to $16.6B  —  South Korea is forecast to overtake China in spending on advanced chipmaking equipment next year in a sign of US export controls … Lees verder op Tech Meme