Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Activist investor Elliott Management decides not to nominate its directors to Salesforce’s board, citing Salesforce’s FY 2023 results, growth plans, and more  —  Activist investor Elliott Investment Management won’t be proceeding with plans to nominate its own directors to Salesforce’s board … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: Biden signs an EO banning US agencies’ use of hacking tools from companies that are linked to human rights abuses or are deemed a threat to national security  —  Officials say at least 50 U.S. personnel overseas had been compromised by commercial spyware  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden restricted … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Zoom partners with OpenAI to expand its Zoom IQ assistant, adding the ability to generate whiteboards using text prompts, provide recaps of meetings, and more  —  Zoom has become the latest productivity app to expand its use of artificial intelligence.  In a blog post published on Monday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CFTC: The CFTC sues Binance, CEO CZ, and an ex-chief compliance officer, calling Binance’s compliance efforts “a sham” and corporate structure “intentionally opaque”  —  Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Binance Sued by US Watchdog for Alleged Derivatives Rule Lapses  —  Binance Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao, were sued by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for allegedly breaking trading and derivatives rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Microsoft says Teams has 280M MAUs, up from 270M in Jan. 2022, and says it has rebuilt Teams to be twice as fast, rolling out to Windows’ Public Preview program  —  Teams, Microsoft’s Slack rival, has always had a bit of a reputation for being slow and resource-hungry. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission sues Binance and its CEO CZ for allegedly breaking trading and derivatives rules  —  Binance Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao, were sued by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Larry DiTore / The Block: Filing: MicroStrategy bought 6,455 BTC for ~$150M from February 16 to March 23 at an average price of $23,238; the company now holds ~$4.14B worth of BTC  —  – MicroStrategy now has a little more than $4 billion worth of bitcoin in its corporate coffers.  —  MicroStrategy scooped … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Sonos Era 300 review: best spacial audio from any speaker, flexible connectivity options, but poor Sonos app UX and quality of spatial audio varies by track  —  When you find a good spatial audio song, Sonos’ new speaker can blow your mind and sounds like nothing else. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Burgess / Wired: Porn creators in Germany face fines and imprisonment as regulators use AI to spot porn not protected by age verification tech on social media and messaging apps  —  Regulators are using an AI system to scan websites and messaging apps to find pornography.  Creators face fines and potential prison sentences. Lees verder op Tech Meme