Tech Meme

New York Times: Filing: some Twitter source code was leaked by a user called “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” on GitHub, which took it down to comply with a DMCA notice sent on Friday  —  The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to unmask the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the code. Lees verder op Tech Meme

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: A profile of Atlanta-based Yellow Card, Africa’s largest centralized crypto exchange, which has done ~$1.75B in transactions since 2019 and raised $57M  —  – Yellow Card is the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchange in Africa.  — For its nearly 1.4 million users across the continent … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Eight current and former Apple employees share concerns about the upcoming MR headset’s $3,000 price, utility, and unproven market  —  The company is expected to unveil an augmented reality headset in a few months.  Some employees wonder if the device makes sense for Apple. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple demoed its mixed reality headset, likely dubbed Reality Pro or Reality One, for a group of its top ~100 executives, ahead of their annual offsite  —  Apple’s push into mixed reality will take years to pay off, with the company hoping the device follows the same trajectory as its smartwatch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Viola Zhou / Rest of World: A look at the Chinese social e-commerce app and women-friendly “lifestyle bible” Xiaohongshu, which has 200M MAUs and critics describe as a consumerist trap  —  Known as China’s “lifestyle bible,” the social media platform is an aspirational living guide or a consumerist trap. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Experts say some US suppliers plan to sidestep export controls by selling tech to the unlisted subsidiaries of Inspur and other Chinese firms on the Entity List  —  Suppliers can sell to unlisted subsidiaries of companies on Commerce Department list, officials say Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chloe Xiang / VICE: A look at the community of users who “jailbreak” GPT models to generate unfiltered content and see themselves as fighting back against OpenAI’s closed policies  —  “The problem is when GPT-X is released and we are unable to discern its values since they are being decided behind the closed doors of AI companies.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joe Brock / Reuters: Sources: concerned about Chinese spying, the US helped SubCom win its $600M bid for an Asia-Europe subsea cable project through incentives and investor pressure  —  Subsea cables, which carry the world’s data, are now central to the U.S.-China tech war.  Washington, fearful of Beijing’s spies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Source: Elon Musk offers Twitter staff stock grants at a ~$20B valuation which, with a $13B debt, implies a $33B enterprise value, ~11x 2023’s projected revenue  —  Elon Musk offered Twitter employees stock grants at a valuation of roughly $20 billion, said a person familiar with an email Musk sent to staff … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: Hollywood and music industry insiders, actors, and others say a TikTok ban could seriously hurt their businesses and are scrambling to create contingency plans  —  The entertainment industry has become so reliant on TikTok that banning the app could hurt business, industry insiders say Lees verder op Tech Meme