Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Google, Meta, and Apple want Congress to limit Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, expiring at 2023’s end if not reauthorized  —  Top tech companies are mounting a push to limit how US intelligence agencies collect and view texts, emails and other information about their users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sahil Patel / The Information: Sources: Meta rehires veteran manager Nick Grudin, who left to join NFT startup Dapper Labs in August 2022, to oversee media company and creator relationships  —  Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to cut back on middle managers isn’t stopping the company hiring more middle managers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Beioley / Financial Times: The UK CMA says Broadcom’s $69B VMware acquisition may make servers more expensive, giving five working days to address concerns and warning of an investigation  —  Competition and Markets Authority says it may launch in-depth probe if concerns are not addressed Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Memo: Spotify has spent less than 10% of its $100M Creator Equity Fund, announced in February 2022 to promote diversity in music after the Joe Rogan controversy  —  Spotify Technology SA’s $100 million Creator Equity Fund, designed to promote diversity in music and podcasts following controversial comments … Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: After Russia-linked Clop ransomware gang claimed to hit 130 companies, victims are slowly coming forward, many of which used the GoAnywhere file transfer tool  —  Clop claimed it mass-hacked 130 organizations.  Now the list of known victims is growing  —  The number of victims affected … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Coco Liu / Bloomberg: Microsoft announces a toolkit for developers to measure energy consumption from Xbox games “to the nearest millisecond”, helping Microsoft establish a baseline  —  How much energy does it take to play Xbox?  Microsoft Corp. is helping developers find out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Google, Meta, and Apple want Congress to limit Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expires in 2023 if not reauthorized  —  Top tech companies are mounting a push to limit how US intelligence agencies collect and view texts, emails and other information about their users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Stokel-Walker / BuzzFeed News: Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins says Midjourney seems to have banned him after he made images of Trump’s arrest; the word “arrested” is now banned on the tool  —  “I suspect it was pushing my luck when I did the [Twitter] thread,” said Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: A look at ByteDance and TikTok’s lobbying before Shou Zi Chew’s hearing, including Axios ads and private lawmaker meetings, mirroring Meta’s well-worn tactics  —  The app, owned by Beijing-headquartered ByteDance, is adopting the lobbying tactics of many of its American tech company peers Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sahil Patel / The Information: Sources: Meta rehires veteran manager Nick Grudin, who left to join NFT startup Dapper Labs in August 2022, to oversee media and creator relationships  —  Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg’ effort to cut back on middle managers isn’t stopping the company hiring more middle managers. Lees verder op Tech Meme