Wall Street Journal: A US jury finds the former CEO, CFO, and president of digital pharma ad firm Outcome Health guilty of running a ~$1B scheme that defrauded clients and investors — Verdict caps fall of startup’s executive team led by Rishi Shah, who could face years in prison Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sunil Jagtiani / Bloomberg: Binance.US plans to delist the TRX token linked to Justin Sun’s Tron from April 18 for failing to meet the expected standard of excellence; TRX drops ~4% — The Binance US exchange said the TRX token linked to Justin Sun’s Tron crypto platform will be delisted from April 18, a move that spurred a decline in the digital asset. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ezra Klein / New York Times: Q&A with Alondra Nelson, former deputy director of Biden’s OSTP who spearheaded the White House’s AI Bill of Rights effort, on AI policy challenge and more — I’m Ezra Klein. This is “The Ezra Klein Show.” — [MUSIC PLAYING] — It would be easy, listening to the discourse about A.I. … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Viola Zhou / Rest of World: Video game illustrators in China say AI image generators are causing them to lose their jobs, as some employers encourage use of AI tools to boost productivity — “AI is developing at a speed way beyond our imagination. Two people could potentially do the work that used to be done by 10. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Rachel Swan / San Francisco Chronicle: Recent autonomous vehicle snafus in San Francisco include five Waymo cars jamming an intersection and Cruise recalling software last week after an AV hit a bus — Five self-driving vehicles blocked traffic early Tuesday morning in the middle of a residential street in San Francisco’s Balboa … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Kaspersky: malware developers are selling malicious Google Play loaders for $2K-$20K on hacker forums; the average price for a loader is $6,975 — Malware developers have created a thriving market promising to add malicious Android apps to Google Play for $2,000 to $20,000 … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Joseph Brookes / InnovationAus.com: Australia-based Fivecast, whose AI-powered software can help companies and governments monitor potential threats, raised a ~$20M Series A led by Ten Eleven — Australian software startup Fivecast on Tuesday announced it had closed its AU$30 million Series A. The round … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Microsoft releases 97 security fixes, patching one actively exploited zero-day flaw in the Windows Common Log File System and seven critical RCE vulnerabilities — Today is Microsoft’s April 2023 Patch Tuesday, and security updates fix one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and a total of 97 flaws. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Nikkei Asia: Customs data: Russia imported $570M worth of US chips from Hong Kong and mainland China from February 24, 2022 to December 31, 2022, despite US sanctions — Shipments from Hong Kong and China jumped tenfold after invasion of Ukraine — TOKYO/HONG KONG/TAIPEI — More than a year since … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Sources: after Twitch cut ~15% of the staff who policed abusive or illegal content and folded an AI ethics team, ex-staffers worry content moderation will slip — Job cuts at Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch division are raising concerns among former employees and content monitors … Lees verder op Tech Meme