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The Block: Sources: MoonPay gifted celebrities BAYC NFTs at the height of the crypto craze in late 2021; MoonPay says the NFTs weren’t free and celebrities paid full price  —  – MoonPay presented top celebrities Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs as gifts in the hope of boosting its profile, sources told The Block. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: The Summer Games Fest, organized by video game personality Geoff Keighley in place of E3, features Xbox, Ubisoft, and Capcom shows, but the vibe is different  —  Hi everyone, it’s Jason.  I’m reporting from Not E3 in Los Angeles, but first…  This week’s top gaming news: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: Nansen and Glassnode: Binance, Binance.US, and Coinbase saw a net outflow of $3.1B in Ethereum and $864M in BTC from June 5 to June 8, amid the SEC’s lawsuits  —  The exchanges, targeted by the SEC for violating federal securities laws, have suffered a significant wave of user withdrawals … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A comparison between US data and 5,100 Stable Diffusion-generated images related to job title and crime finds the tool amplifies gender and racial stereotypes  —  Heather Hiles, chair of Black Girls Code  —  At Canva, whose visual communication platform has 125 million active users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: An interview with Gary Gensler after the SEC’s Binance and Coinbase lawsuits, which have existential stakes for the companies and could define Gensler’s legacy  —  Agency chair focuses enforcement power on exchanges after earlier failures to subdue industry  —  WASHINGTON—Gary Gensler had seen enough. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Karissa Bell / Engadget: In an AMA on API changes, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says the company can’t “subsidize commercial entities”, criticized the Apollo developer’s behavior, and more  —  “We’ll continue to be profit-driven until profits arrive,” he said.  —  Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has finally spoken publicly … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: A look at Realtek’s lawsuit accusing MediaTek of paying a company a “bounty” to file meritless US patent lawsuits to drive Realtek out of the TV chip market  —  Lawsuit: Patent trolls created “harmful illusion” of unstable TV-chip market.  —  [Update, 8:10 pm ET … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Morgan Sung / TechCrunch: Bluesky’s moderation policy change strains its relationship with Black users, who expect a crackdown on bigotry even if it conflicts with decentralized goals  —  Users expect the site to crack down on bigotry – even if it conflicts with Bluesky’s decentralized goals. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: An interview with Gary Gensler amid the SEC’s Binance and Coinbase lawsuits, which have existential stakes for the companies and could define Gensler’s legacy  —  Agency chair focuses enforcement power on exchanges after earlier failures to subdue industry  —  WASHINGTON—Gary Gensler had seen enough. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: In a virtual address to a conference in Beijing, OpenAI’s Sam Altman called for global cooperation on AI safety and said China should help shape the guidelines  —  China should play a key role in shaping the artificial intelligence guardrails needed to ensure the safety of transformative new systems … Lees verder op Tech Meme