Raphael Satter / Reuters: Discord says it is cooperating with US law enforcement’s investigation into the classified material breach — Instant messaging platform Discord said on Wednesday it was cooperating with U.S. law enforcement’s investigation into a leak of secret U.S. documents that has grabbed attention around the world. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Facundo Iglesia / Rest of World: A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam — Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a cryptocurrency backed by gold. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: How the US is making arrests and seizing crypto funds, like James Zhong’s 50K+ bitcoin, using Chainalysis and other tools to identify criminals via transactions — Federal authorities are making arrests and seizing funds with the help of new tools to identify criminals through cryptocurrency transactions Lees verder op Tech Meme
Facundo Iglesia / Rest of World: A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam — Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a cryptocurrency backed by gold. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ian Hogarth / Financial Times: An investor in 50+ AI startups warns against building a “God-like AI” and says companies are “running towards a finish line” without knowing the ramifications — The writer of this essay is an investor and co-author of the annual “State of AI” report Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Sources: ByteDance is offering to pay developers who made VR apps for Meta to bring them to its Pico headsets, paying between $15K and $25K per title — ByteDance offers to pay software makers to bring apps to its VR device, while Meta sees friction over its app-store approvals Lees verder op Tech Meme
Facundo Iglesia / Rest of World: A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam — Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a cryptocurrency backed by gold. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Yoshihiro Sato / Bloomberg: Taiwan Ministry of Finance data: chipmaking machine exports to the US rose 42.6% YoY to $71.3M in March 2023, while exports to China dropped 33.7% YoY — US purchases of machines to make computer chips from Taiwan rose to a record in March, as the Biden administration works to reinvigorate the domestic semiconductor industry. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Denmark-based LMS365, an online learning management system for Microsoft 365 and Teams, raised $20M in its first institutional funding round — Danish company LMS365, an online learning management system (LMS) built for use inside Microsoft products, has raised $20 million in its first institutional round of funding. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Google plans to shut Currents, its Google+ replacement for G Suite launched in 2019, on August 8 so users don’t have to work in a “separate, siloed destination” — / It’ll wind down starting in 2023 and be replaced with Spaces … Google has announced that it’ll shut down Currents … Lees verder op Tech Meme