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Sources: in November 2021, five days after Joe Biden put NSO on a Commerce Department blocklist, a US government front company licensed NSO's geolocation tool (New York Times) 03-04-2023

New York Times: Sources: in November 2021, five days after Joe Biden put NSO on a Commerce Department blocklist, a US government front company licensed NSO’s geolocation tool  —  The Biden administration has been trying to choke off use of hacking tools made by the Israeli firm NSO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

a16z now openly courts Saudi money; Horowitz compared the US harshly to Saudi because the US government did little after Andreessen's “time to build” essay (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch) 02-04-2023

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: a16z now openly courts Saudi money; Horowitz compared the US harshly to Saudi because the US government did little after Andreessen’s “time to build” essay  —  Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains. Lees verder op Tech Meme

UK study: kids online gravitate to dramatic, short videos, watch split-screen videos, and post fewer videos of their own; people aged 16 to 24 take more breaks (Ofcom) 03-04-2023

Ofcom: UK study: kids online gravitate to dramatic, short videos, watch split-screen videos, and post fewer videos of their own; people aged 16 to 24 take more breaks  —  – Drawn to drama: Kids gravitate to dramatic, short-form videos on social media  — Rise of ‘split-screening’: Trend for watching two videos at once Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York-based grocery e-commerce company Boxed files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; Boxed had said it held most of its cash and liquid assets at SVB (Bloomberg) 03-04-2023

Bloomberg: New York-based grocery e-commerce company Boxed files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; Boxed had said it held most of its cash and liquid assets at SVB  —  Boxed Inc., an online bulk retailer that thrived during the pandemic, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: in Nov. 2021, five days after Biden put NSO on a Commerce Department blocklist, a front company for the US government licensed NSO's geolocation tool (New York Times) 03-04-2023

New York Times: Sources: in Nov. 2021, five days after Biden put NSO on a Commerce Department blocklist, a front company for the US government licensed NSO’s geolocation tool  —  The Biden administration has been trying to choke off use of hacking tools made by the Israeli firm NSO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: soon after Pinduoduo's app updated to remove backdoor exploits, most of the team working on them was moved to work on Temu, which is a top app in the US (CNN) 03-04-2023

CNN: Source: soon after Pinduoduo’s app updated to remove backdoor exploits, most of the team working on them was moved to work on Temu, which is a top app in the US  —  It is one of China’s most popular shopping apps, selling clothing, groceries and just about everything else under the sun to more than 750 million users a month. Lees verder op Tech Meme

In a referendum 89% of Parisians voted against keeping shared e-scooters in the city; Lime, Dott, and Tier will have to pull their fleets out by September 1 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) 03-04-2023

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: In a referendum 89% of Parisians voted against keeping shared e-scooters in the city; Lime, Dott, and Tier will have to pull their fleets out by September 1  —  In a major blow to shared micromobility companies Lime, Dott and Tier, Paris has voted to ban rental e-scooters from their streets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitter updates the description of all blue checkmarks to say “This account is verified because it's subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account” (Todd Spangler/Variety) 03-04-2023

Todd Spangler / Variety: Twitter updates the description of all blue checkmarks to say “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account”  —  On Sunday, Twitter did something different: It updated the language in the description of verified users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: in November 2021, five days after Biden put NSO on a Commerce Department blocklist, a front company for the US government bought NSO's geolocation tool (New York Times) 03-04-2023

New York Times: Sources: in November 2021, five days after Biden put NSO on a Commerce Department blocklist, a front company for the US government bought NSO’s geolocation tool  —  The Biden administration has been trying to choke off use of hacking tools made by the Israeli firm NSO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

In a now-deleted tweet, Elon Musk said Twitter would give verified accounts “a few weeks grace” but take away their checkmarks if “they tell they won't pay now” (Aaron McDade/Yahoo Finance) 02-04-2023

Aaron McDade / Yahoo Finance: In a now-deleted tweet, Elon Musk said Twitter would give verified accounts “a few weeks grace” but take away their checkmarks if “they tell they won’t pay now”  —  – The first day of Twitter’s previously announced axing of “legacy” verified checks nearly passed without incident. Lees verder op Tech Meme