Bloomberg: Fidelity, Invesco, VanEck, and WisdomTree refile for a spot bitcoin ETF with Coinbase as market surveillance provider, to answer the US SEC’s objections — In a flurry of Friday afternoon activity, Fidelity Investments, Invesco, VanEck and WisdomTree filed a fresh set of applications … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Kazakhstan arrests ex-Group-IB executive Nikita Kislitsin for his alleged role in the 2012 LinkedIn and Dropbox hacks; US and Russia issue extradition requests — Nikita Kislitsin, formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ari Levy / CNBC: Nasdaq gained 32% in H1 2023, its best first half since 1983’s 37% rise; Nvidia is up 195%+, Meta is up 130%+, Apple and Amazon are up 50%+, Alphabet is up 34%+ — – The Nasdaq jumped 32% in the first six months of the year, its best first half since the tech-heavy index climbed 37% in 1983. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: VMware partners with Samsung, AMD, and the RISC-V Keystone community to accelerate the adoption of confidential computing, which encrypts data as it’s processed — VMware Inc. stepped up its efforts to accelerate the adoption of confidential computing today, announcing an alliance … Lees verder op Tech Meme
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Goldman Sachs is in talks to have American Express take over its Apple ventures, including Apple Card, Apple’s “buy now, pay later” offering, and more — American Express in talks to take over Goldman’s card deal, other ventures with tech giant Lees verder op Tech Meme
Hayden Field / CNBC: Apple becomes the first publicly traded company to close with a $3T market cap; the company first hit a $3T market cap during intraday trading in January 2022 — – Apple’s market cap topped $3 trillion on Friday, passing the $190.73 share price required to hit the milestone, according to CNBC’s most recent share count. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Sources: Spotify is talking to its partners about adding full-length music videos, as part of growing efforts to establish video as a core part of its service — Spotify Technology SA is considering adding full-length music videos to its app, which could help the streaming service better compete … Lees verder op Tech Meme
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Goldman Sachs is in talks for American Express to take over its ventures with Apple, including Apple Card, a “buy now, pay later” offering, and more — American Express in talks to take over Goldman’s card deal, other ventures with tech giant Lees verder op Tech Meme
Hayden Field / CNBC: Apple becomes the first publicly traded company to close with a $3T market cap; the company hit a $3T market cap during intraday trading in January 2022 — – Apple’s market cap topped $3 trillion on Friday, passing the $190.73 share price required to hit the milestone, according to CNBC’s most recent share count. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: US-based Silver Lake acquires 63%+ of Germany-based enterprise software developer Software AG for €2.4B and plans to delist the company as soon as possible — US-based private equity firm Silver Lake says it’s secured a majority stake in Software AG and plans to delist the company as soon as possible. Lees verder op Tech Meme