Tech Meme

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: A profile of Will Wilkerson, a former Truth Social VP who blew the whistle, shared 150K documents with the US SEC and investigators, and now works at Starbucks  —  The former high-ranking executive of Trump’s media company says he’s shared 150,000 internal documents with federal investigators. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: Sources: Istanbul-based grocery delivery startup Getir is in talks to acquire its German rival Flink, which is in talks to raise ~$100M at a $1B+ valuation  —  Discussions come as consolidation accelerates in one of the pandemic’s hottest tech sectors  —  Grocery delivery app pioneer Getir … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Mason / Forbes: Sources: Apple’s high yield savings account offering a 4.15% annual return brought in ~$990M in deposits over its first four days and nearly $400M on launch day  —  Apple’s AAPL freshly launched high yield savings account brought in as much as $990 million in deposits over its first four days … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Kaplan / Media Matters for America: Donald Trump amplified QAnon-promoting accounts nearly 500 times during his first year of posting on Truth Social, vs. 300+ times from 2017 to 2021 on Twitter  —  Former President Donald Trump amplified QAnon-promoting accounts nearly 500 times during his first year of actively posting … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Rubin / Variety: The Super Mario Bros. Movie crosses $1B globally at the box office, becoming the first to do so in 2023 and the most financially successful video game movie yet  —  “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is officially the first film of the year to cross the coveted $1 billion milestone at the global box office. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Davey Alba / Bloomberg: NewsGuard finds 49 websites with generic names like “News Live 79” using generative AI and posing as news outlets; some feature falsehoods and programmatic ads  —  The news-rating group NewsGuard has found dozens of news websites generated by AI chatbots proliferating online … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Becky Ferreira / VICE: Researchers used a GPT AI model and fMRI readings to non-invasively decode continuous language from a subject, essentially reading a person’s thoughts  —  An AI model similar to ChatGPT was combined with fMRI readings to non-invasively decode continuous language from subjects, a new study reports. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The FDIC and California regulators say JPMorgan Chase plans to acquire most of First Republic; the bank, which is slightly bigger than SVB, had $100B+ outflows  —  Depositors protected but shareholders wiped out in country’s second-largest bank failure  —  JPMorgan Chase is to acquire … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Rubin / Variety: The Super Mario Bros. Movie box office crosses $1B globally, becoming the most financially successful video game movie ever  —  “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is officially the first film of the year to cross the coveted $1 billion milestone at the global box office. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Despite scary warnings by the FBI, FCC, and more about “juice jacking” at public charging stations, there are no documented cases ever of an attack in the wild  —  Juice jacking attacks on mobile phones are nonexistent.  So why are we so afraid? Lees verder op Tech Meme