Tech Meme

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Crypto bridging protocol Multichain confirms a $130M exploit affecting user-supplied tokens and recommends “all users suspend the use of Multichain services”  —  “It is recommended that all users suspend the use of Multichain services and revoke all contract approvals related to Multichain, developers said early Friday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikkei Asia: Huawei unveils Pangu Model 3.0, its new AI model for cloud computing in operations, product R&D, and software engineering, based on its own hardware and chips  —  China tech titan says its cloud computing is based on own hardware, chips  —  A Huawei display at the 2023 World Artificial … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Some EU-based Instagram users, including football clubs and media companies, are accessing Threads despite Meta not having launched the platform in the region  —  European football teams, media like Le Monde and Agence France-Presse and other organizations on the continent have found … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub sue NYC, seeking to block new minimum pay standards that increased the hourly wage for gig workers to ~$18 and $20 by 2025  —  Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub argued that the city used poor data to calculate how much food delivery workers should earn and that the change would hurt consumers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Ye / Reuters: Alibaba unveils Tongyi Wanxiang, an AI-based image generator initially available to enterprise customers in beta, to rival Midjourney and OpenAI’s DALL-E  —  Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd (9988.HK) announced on Friday an artificial intelligence (AI) image generator, initially available … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans an appointment-only retail launch of the Vision Pro in the US in early 2024, starting with stores in NYC, LA, and other major cities  —  Apple Inc. is planning a retail launch of its Vision Pro headset with appointments and in-store promotion in select US markets early next year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is planning an appointment-only retail launch of the Vision Pro in the US in early 2024, starting with stores in major areas like NY and LA  —  Apple Inc. is planning a retail launch of its Vision Pro headset with appointments and in-store promotion in select US markets early next year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: A profile of Atsuyoshi Koike, the CEO of chip startup Rapidus, which plans to invest ~$35B by 2027 to build 2nm chips in Japan and help the US to counter China  —  Startup Rapidus looks to invest $35 billion, work with U.S. to counter China’s tech ambitions Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samer Al-Atrush / Financial Times: Uber and Careem face a driver shortage in Saudi Arabia, largely due to laws letting only Saudis work for the companies and mandating that drivers own their cars  —  Ride-hailing apps in the kingdom are widely regarded as the region’s worst — in part because of state regulations Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Chinese authorities plan to announce a fine of at least ~$1.1B on Ant Group as soon as July 7, ending the company’s years-long regulatory overhaul  —  – Ant likely to be fined at least 8 billion yuan – sources  — Announcement would mark end of fintech giant’s regulator-driven overhaul Lees verder op Tech Meme