Washington Post: On Bluesky, Jack Dorsey criticizes Elon Musk’s leadership of Twitter, saying “it all went south” and Musk should have paid the $1B breakup fee to ditch the deal — The former CEO issued his strongest criticism yet of Musk’s takeover of the social media site Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Interviews with EU lawmakers and sources reveal how, over just 11 days, MEPs wrote a draft bill on generative AI, a rare example of quick consensus in Brussels — As recently as February, generative AI did not feature prominently in EU lawmakers’ plans for regulating generative artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Elon Musk / @elonmusk: Elon Musk claims that Twitter plans to let media publishers charge users on a per-article basis, with one click, starting in May 2023 — Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click. This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per article price for when they want to read an occasional article…. https://twitter.com/… Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is backing 11 Bitcoin developers in a lawsuit that Craig Wright filed to regain access to ~$5B of BTC he claims to own — It’s not just the Bitcoin community who should be concerned — A crypto wallet theft lawsuit brought about by a man who claims … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Didi, in its first annual report since its US delisting, reports 2022 net revenue down 19% YoY to ~$20.37B and net loss down 52% YoY from ~$7.13B to ~$3.44B — Chinese ride hailing giant Didi Global on Saturday reported a 19% year-on-year fall in 2022 revenue, as the country’s COVID lockdowns and a regulatory crackdown took a toll. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: Apple drops its lawsuit against former chip executive Gerard Williams III, who the company alleged poached its employees and used its resources to start Nuvia — Apple Inc. dropped its lawsuit against a former chip executive the company sued for allegedly poaching its employees for a startup. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Matousek / The Information: Source: IRL CEO Abraham Shafi has stepped down, following allegations the messaging startup used bots to inflate its user count shared publicly and to investors — Abraham Shafi has stepped down as CEO of messaging app IRL following allegations that the company used bots to inflate the users … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Sources: Arm has confidentially filed with regulators for a US IPO, seeking to raise between $8B and $10B on the Nasdaq, expected to be the largest IPO in 2023 — SoftBank Group Corp’s (9984.T) chip maker Arm Ltd has filed with regulators confidentially for a U.S. stock market listing … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India’s Enforcement Directorate searched three premises of edtech giant Byju’s and its founder Byju Raveendran as part of an anti-money laundering investigation — India’s crime-fighting agency searched three premises of edtech giant Byju’s and its founder Byju Raveendran, it said Saturday … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: A WSJ columnist used Synthesia, ElevenLabs, and ChatGPT to create an AI video clone that could trick her bank’s voice biometric system, make a TikTok, and more — Our columnist replaced herself with AI voice and video to see how humanlike the tech can be. The results were eerie. Lees verder op Tech Meme