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Bitcoin developers feud over whether to stamp out memecoins, which have swarmed the network, led to an 11x spike in fees in May 2023, and created a logjam (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg) 05-06-2023

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: Bitcoin developers feud over whether to stamp out memecoins, which have swarmed the network, led to an 11x spike in fees in May 2023, and created a logjam  —  The coders who maintain Bitcoin’s blockchain are clashing over whether to stamp out the meme tokens swarming the network. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Preqin: in 2023 to May 31, VC funding in Southeast Asia reached $4B, down 65% compared to the first six months of 2022, as Grab and GoTo continue to slow down (Tsubasa Suruga/Nikkei Asia) 05-06-2023

Tsubasa Suruga / Nikkei Asia: Preqin: in 2023 to May 31, VC funding in Southeast Asia reached $4B, down 65% compared to the first six months of 2022, as Grab and GoTo continue to slow down  —  Wary venture capital investors slash valuations of startups as interest rates rise  —  SINGAPORE — Funding for Southeast Asian startups … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Policymakers should not let tech executives shape the narrative that companies are best placed to regulate AI and should instead rely on independent oversight (Marietje Schaake/Financial Times) 05-06-2023

Marietje Schaake / Financial Times: Policymakers should not let tech executives shape the narrative that companies are best placed to regulate AI and should instead rely on independent oversight  —  Policymakers must not let complexity stop them from doing their job  —  The writer is international policy director … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Binance's Richard Teng is the frontrunner to become CEO if CZ steps aside, as the succession issue becomes more urgent amid US regulatory scrutiny (Bloomberg) 05-06-2023

Bloomberg: Sources: Binance’s Richard Teng is the frontrunner to become CEO if CZ steps aside, as the succession issue becomes more urgent amid US regulatory scrutiny  —  In mid-May, cryptocurrency exchange Binance got some bad news in a far-flung corner of its sprawling universe. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Rachel Kowert, a video game research psychologist who believes games are a net good for society and its future due to “unintentional learning” (Alyssa Mercante/Kotaku) 05-06-2023

Alyssa Mercante / Kotaku: A profile of Rachel Kowert, a video game research psychologist who believes games are a net good for society and its future due to “unintentional learning”  —  Dr. Rachel Kowert is a research psychologist who has been studying video games for 15 years  —  Dr. Rachel Kowert is a busy woman. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Policymakers shouldn't let tech executives shape the narrative that companies are best placed to regulate AI and should rely on independent oversight instead (Marietje Schaake/Financial Times) 05-06-2023

Marietje Schaake / Financial Times: Policymakers shouldn’t let tech executives shape the narrative that companies are best placed to regulate AI and should rely on independent oversight instead  —  Policymakers must not let complexity stop them from doing their job  —  The writer is international policy director … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Richard Teng is the frontrunner to become Binance's CEO if CZ steps aside, as the succession issue becomes more urgent amid US regulatory scrutiny (Bloomberg) 05-06-2023

Bloomberg: Sources: Richard Teng is the frontrunner to become Binance’s CEO if CZ steps aside, as the succession issue becomes more urgent amid US regulatory scrutiny  —  In mid-May, cryptocurrency exchange Binance got some bad news in a far-flung corner of its sprawling universe. Lees verder op Tech Meme

An interview with Grab CEO Anthony Tan, who expects the company to break even in 2023 with $2.2B in revenue, on his super-app vision, social impact, and more (Charlie Campbell/TIME) 05-06-2023

Charlie Campbell / TIME: An interview with Grab CEO Anthony Tan, who expects the company to break even in 2023 with $2.2B in revenue, on his super-app vision, social impact, and more  —  The lunchtime rush is just bubbling at Kedai Kopi hawker center in Singapore’s Clementi neighborhood when Anthony Tan strolls in. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Atomic Wallet is investigating user reports of compromised accounts and trying to block the stolen crypto from being sold; source: the hack could exceed $35M+ (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer) 05-06-2023

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Atomic Wallet is investigating user reports of compromised accounts and trying to block the stolen crypto from being sold; source: the hack could exceed $35M+  —  The developers of Atomic Wallet are investigating reports of large-scale theft of cryptocurrency from users’ wallets, with over $35 million in crypto reportedly stolen. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google is aware of a “very small number” of Pixel Watch users reporting that the back glass panel falls off and is working to find the cause and fix the issue (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica) 04-06-2023

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google is aware of a “very small number” of Pixel Watch users reporting that the back glass panel falls off and is working to find the cause and fix the issue  —  Several users report the back of the Pixel Watch just falls off after a short time.  —  UPDATE: GOOGLE STATEMENT Lees verder op Tech Meme