Tech Meme

Laurie Clarke / VICE: Reddit moderators describe recent waves of spam, generated by ChatGPT or other AIs, the main issues being coordinated attacks and the speed and volume of posts  —  Reddit moderators say they already see an increase in spam and that the future will “require a lot of human labor.”  —  LC Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: Sei, a Layer 1 blockchain focused on trading, raised $30M at an $800M valuation from Jump Crypto, Multicoin, and others, and plans to launch its mainnet in 2023  —  Sei, a layer-1 blockchain focused on trading, has raised $30 million at a valuation of $800 million, Jayendra Jog, co-founder of Sei Labs, exclusively told TechCrunch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to share content promoting violence before Twitter’s safety team can act  —  The messages are too numerous for Twitter’s reduced moderation teams to delete  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Amid escalating conflict between … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meryl Sebastian / BBC: How a New Delhi startup event dubbed the “world’s biggest funding festival” plunged into chaos, with participants alleging they were lured with false promises  —  In March, hundreds of budding entrepreneurs descended on Noida, a suburb of India’s capital Delhi … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Matt Taibbi’s account, including the Twitter Files, was shadowbanned for a while after a spat with Elon Musk, preventing users from finding his tweets in search  —  The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber.  —  Quick(ish) recap: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pew Research Center: A survey of 10,701 US adults: ~66% are not confident current ways to invest, trade, and use crypto are reliable and safe; 17% have used crypto, similar to 2022  —  Cryptocurrency markets are taking hits from all sides – from declines in value to multiple corporate bankruptcies to lawsuits and regulatory threats. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: Sei, a Layer-1 blockchain focused on trading, raised $30M at an $800M valuation from Jump Crypto and others and plans to launch its mainnet later in 2023  —  Sei, a layer-1 blockchain focused on trading, has raised $30 million at a valuation of $800 million, Jayendra Jog, co-founder of Sei Labs, exclusively told TechCrunch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: AlphaSense, which offers financial data to businesses, raised $100M led by CapitalG at a $1.8B valuation, after raising $225M at a $1.7B valuation in June 2022  —  – Alphabet’s CapitalG led a $100 million funding round in AlphaSense at a $1.8 billion valuation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frank Chaparro / The Block: a16z releases 2023 State of Crypto, trying to show the dichotomy between market and product cycles, and creates an index that shows stable product development  —  – a16z has released its latest State of Crypto report.  — It also produced a new index that shows stable product development … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to open Apple BKC in Mumbai on April 18, its first retail store in India, followed by Apple Saket in Delhi on April 20  —  Apple recently confirmed that the first Apple Retail Store in India would be opened later this month.  Now the company has confirmed that Apple BKC in Mumbai will open to the public on April 18. Lees verder op Tech Meme