Tech Meme

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: The US SEC sues Bittrex and its ex-CEO for allegedly operating an unregistered securities exchange, claiming tokens like Algorand and Omise Go are securities  —  The agency said Bittrex failed to register as an exchange, broker or clearing agency.  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Source: Apple’s revenue in India hit a record almost $6B in FY 2022, up nearly 50% YoY from $4.1B; Tim Cook is inaugurating India’s first Apple stores this week  —  Apple Inc.’s sales in India hit a new high of almost $6 billion in the year through March, highlighting the market’s increasing importance … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Berlin-based e-commerce aggregator Razor Group raised an €80M Series C, sources say at a $1.2B valuation, and buys its rival Stryze Group in an all-share deal  —  The business of being an e-commerce aggregator may be down but it is definitely not out.  —  Razor Group, one of the string … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Savage / BBC: Heart On My Sleeve, a song created using AI trained on the voices of Drake and The Weeknd without the artists’ permission, goes viral on social media  —  A song that uses Artificial Intelligence to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd has gone viral on social media. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian Johnston / Financial Times: As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a “federated data platform” for the UK’s NHS, experts say the company’s Foundry tool is costly and hard to use  —  Internal opposition voiced over US company’s bid for lucrative expansion within British health service Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired: Documents detail hundreds of probes by ICE into alleged database misuse by employees, ranging from harassment and stalking to passing information to criminals  —  Documents obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of investigations by the US agency into alleged database misuse that includes harassment, stalking, and more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Twitter says it will show labels on tweets that have limited visibility for potentially violating its hateful conduct policy  —  Twitter is introducing new labels it will show on tweets the company limits for breaking its rules.  The company occasionally restricts tweets that violate … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CTech: Sources: Tel Aviv-based QuaDream is closing after Microsoft and Citizen Lab showed last week how its spyware was used to hack reporters, politicians, and others  —  It was reported last week that the Israeli firm’s hacking tools have been used against journalists, opposition figures … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: US attorneys charge 30+ staff at China’s domestic security agency who allegedly posed as US citizens by making thousands of fake profiles on Twitter, elsewhere  —  Complaint depicts vast effort to disguise criticism of U.S. policies as coming from Americans Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max Tani / Semafor: Spotify plans to drop its paywall and change its exclusivity rules for some of Gimlet’s podcasts in the coming months; Spotify acquired Gimlet for $230M in 2019  —  Staff at the podcast studio Gimlet staff have been told in recent weeks that Spotify plans to drop its subscription wall around some of the studio’s shows. Lees verder op Tech Meme