Tech Meme

Katherine Ross / Blockworks: The US DOJ charges Tornado Cash founders Roman Storm, of Auburn, WA, and Roman Semenov, a Russian national, with money laundering and sanctions violations  —  The inclusion of the Tornado Cash co-founder on the list marks an escalation of the US government’s previous investigations into the crypto mixer Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify introduces new podcaster tools, including customized pages, impression analytics, controls for previews, and a new dashboard for Megaphone publishers  —  Following Apple’s announcement of podcast creator tools for subscriptions on Monday, Spotify today also introduced its own latest developments … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: NCC Group observed a record 502 ransomware attacks in July, up from 198 in July 2022, and tied the Cl0p ransomware-as-a-service gang to 171 attacks in July 2023  —  Ransomware attacks reached record levels in July 2023, driven by the Cl0p ransomware group’s exploitation of MOVEit software. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Weeks / The Block: The FBI details North Korea’s Lazarus-tied actors, responsible for the Alphapo, CoinsPaid, and Atomic Wallet hacks, and says they may try to sell $40M+ in BTC  —  – The warning, issued today, comes after a series of high profile crypto heists carried out by North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group in recent years. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: NCC Group: July saw a record 502 ransomware attacks, up from 198 in July 2022; the Cl0p ransomware-as-a-service gang was tied to 171 of the July 2023 attacks  —  Ransomware attacks reached record levels in July 2023, driven by the Cl0p ransomware group’s exploitation of MOVEit software. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail Ventures, which runs 18,500 stores and e-commerce platforms, raised $1B from Qatar’s QIA for a 0.99% stake at a $100B valuation  —  Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is investing $1 billion in Reliance Retail as India’s largest retail chain looks to expand its operations and enter new categories. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Glenn Peoples / Billboard: London-based ticketing company Dice raised $65M led by MUSIC, taking its total funding to $200M+; Dice expects to serve 55K+ artists and 10K+ venues in 2023  —  Kobalt Music founder Willard Ahdritz’s Ahdritz Holding LLC, Exor Ventures and Mirabaud Lifestyle Fund also participated in the funding round. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Antenna: Netflix had ~2.6M signups in the US in July, more than any other paid streaming service but down 26% from June 2023; 23% were for Netflix’s ad tier  —  – The streaming service had more sign-ups than any other in July  — Netflix user growth in the US had stopped in recent years Lees verder op Tech Meme

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: A decade after data analytics promised to revolutionize US agriculture, many farmers are still waiting for the tech to pay off and are swamped by a data deluge  —  Uptake of agtech tools has been tepid, and even many farmers who do use them struggle with the software and a flood of data from their farms Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Sony announces the $200 Pulse Explore headphones, utilizing its new PlayStation Link tech to connect to the Portal and offer low-latency performance  —  In addition to announcing the price of its upcoming PlayStation Portal remote gaming gadget, Sony also shared new details today … Lees verder op Tech Meme