Tech Meme

Nqobile Dludla / Reuters: Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, and other South African mobile networks scramble to stay online as the power grid crumbles, spending millions on alternative power sources  —  On a recent Friday morning north of Johannesburg, the head of South Africa’s largest telecoms company surveyed the arsenal … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A look at Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge, which went from $9.2B assets in 2015 to $1.8B in 2022, and the FTX deal for a 30% stake in SkyBridge in September 2022  —  On Jan. 31, Anthony Scaramucci sat onstage at a hedge fund conference in Miami, answering questions about, among other things … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: The Australian Securities and Investments Commission cancels Binance Australia’s derivatives license, giving the exchange until April 21 to close all positions  —  ASIC has been conducting a targeted review of Binance’s businesses, the press release said.  —  The Australian Securities … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Sundar Pichai says Google plans to add generative AI to Search, dismissing the threat to its ads business, and more work is needed to become 20% more productive  —  ‘More work left to do’ in efficiency drive, chief executive says  —  Google plans to add conversational artificial-intelligence features … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Masha Borak / MIT Technology Review: A look at Russia’s tech industry decline, accelerated by the country’s war against Ukraine, further pushing Yandex and other successful companies into isolation  —  Seven days after the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Belugin packed up his and his family’s belongings, canceled the lease … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Block: OPNX, an exchange for trading bankruptcy claims run by 3AC founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davie, had $13.64 in volume in its first 24 hours; OPNX’s FLEX drops 27%+  —  – OPNX did not start off with a bang.  — The exchange’s token, FLEX, is down 27%, trading at $1.95. Lees verder op Tech Meme

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: A week before Ethereum’s Shanghai and Capella upgrades, ether is up 6% in the past three days to $1,900+, reaching a nine-month high and outperforming bitcoin  —  – Ether is trading at a nine-month high and has outperformed bitcoin this week ahead of a major network upgrade. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Google plans to restrict personal loan apps from accessing sensitive user data like photos, videos, and contacts from May 31, in response to predatory behavior  —  Google plans to restrict apps that offer loan to individuals from accessing sensitive user data such as photos, videos and contacts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sensor Tower: US advertising on TikTok grew by 11% in March despite the threat of a ban, with Pepsi, DoorDash, Amazon, and Apple among the top spenders  —  Digital advertising on the Chinese-owned video app grew by 11% in March  —  Advertisers are increasing their spending on TikTok … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Baio / Waxy.org: macOS users find a copy of the Bitcoin whitepaper on every Mac running macOS Mojave or newer, as a sample document for a hidden “Virtual Scanner II” app  —  While trying to fix my printer today, I discovered that a PDF copy of Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin whitepaper apparently shipped … Lees verder op Tech Meme