Bloomberg: Source: the US FTC is leaning toward appealing the judge’s Microsoft-Activision ruling; an appeal could be filed as soon as Wednesday — The US Federal Trade Commission is leaning toward appealing a federal judge’s ruling against the agency’s bid to block Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion acquisition … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kevin Roose / New York Times: Interviews with executives and staff at Anthropic reveal how an obsession with AI safety and ties to effective altruism influence the startup’s decisions — Anthropic, a safety-focused A.I. start-up, is trying to compete with ChatGPT while preventing an A.I. apocalypse. It’s been a little stressful. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Echo Wang / Reuters: Sources: ByteDance will allow restricted shares held by US employees to vest before the company’s IPO, in an effort to appease restless employees — ByteDance, the Chinese owner of short video app TikTok, will allow shares owned by U.S. employees to vest without waiting for the company … Lees verder op Tech Meme
TechCrunch: India plans to levy a 28% indirect tax on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing, denying a distinction between a “game of skill” and a “game of chance” — India plans to impose a significant tax on the fund that online gaming firms collect from consumers in a major blow … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: Discord finally debuts parental supervision tools after feedback from parents and experts; parents can’t see message content, cannot add time limits, and more — Freewheeling platform popular with gamers now offers child-monitoring tools—but not time limits Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Sources: on July 12, the European Commission plans to accept Broadcom’s concessions in its $69B VMware acquisition; the US and UK still need to approve the deal — UK and US remain among holdouts to one of the biggest tech acquisitions as they continue to probe competition concerns Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Maurer / Wall Street Journal: Accounting firm KPMG plans to invest $2B in AI and cloud services globally over the next five years through an expanded partnership with Microsoft — Expanded partnership with Microsoft is expected to bring in $12 billion in revenue for KPMG over five years, the Big Four accounting firm says Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft and the UK CMA agree to a “stay of the litigation” to negotiate a restructured Activision Blizzard deal, after a US court denied the FTC an injunction — Microsoft and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have both agreed to pause their legal battle … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andy Greenberg / Wired: A US court sentences Roger Thomas Clark, Silk Road’s second-in-command behind Ross Ulbricht, to 20 years, after his extradition from Thailand in June 2018 — Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, will spend much of the rest of his life in prison for his key role in building the world’s first dark web drug market. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta now lets users don avatars on Instagram and Messenger video calls and adds ways to share animated avatar stickers on Instagram, Messenger, and Facebook — Meta announced today that users can now use their avatars to answer and make video calls on Instagram and Messenger. Lees verder op Tech Meme