Tech Meme

New York Times: Sources: the FBI searched Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell’s home in March 2023, as part of US prosecutors’ probe into claims he hacked a nonprofit he founded  —  Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nathan Crooks / The Block: Report: Binance GC Han Ng, Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann, and compliance SVP Steven Christie are leaving Binance over CZ’s response to the DOJ’s probe  —  – Top executives at Binance resigned this week over CEO Changpeng Zhao’s handling of regulatory investigations into the company, Fortune reported, citing sources. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: A look at London-based VC firm Balderton’s well-being program that helps startup founders manage nutrition, sleep, and mental health to mitigate burnout risk  —  VC firm Balderton will launch wellness packages as stress takes toll on entrepreneurs  —  When Etsy paid $1.6bn to buy Depop in 2021 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok launches its subscription-only standalone music streaming service TikTok Music in Indonesia and Brazil, featuring UMG’s, WMG’s, and Sony Music’s catalogs  —  TikTok has already dominated the short-video and social media market, and is now looking to take on Spotify and Apple Music with its latest offering. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dell Cameron / Wired: A look at a National Defense Authorization Act amendment, which would ban US government agencies from buying citizens’ search histories, location data, and more  —  An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act would forbid government entities from buying Americans’ search histories, location data, and more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: A look at London-based VC firm Balderton’s new wellbeing program that helps startup founders manage nutrition, sleep, and mental to mitigate the risk of burnout  —  VC firm Balderton will launch wellness packages as stress takes toll on entrepreneurs  —  When Etsy paid $1.6bn to buy Depop in 2021 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The European Commission opens a full-scale investigation into Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition, setting a November 15, 2023 deadline to clear or block the deal  —  Amazon’s (AMZN.O) $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot (IRBT.O) may reduce competition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI releases its GPT-4 API in general availability, giving all paying developers access and planning to give new developers access by the end of July 2023  —  OpenAI today announced the general availability of GPT-4, its latest text-generating model, through its paid API. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The European Commission opens a full-scale investigation into Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition and will decide by November 15, 2023, whether to clear the deal  —  Amazon’s (AMZN.O) $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot (IRBT.O) may reduce competition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max Tani / Semafor: Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads, saying Meta “engaged in systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets” and other IP  —  Twitter is threatening legal action against Meta over its new text-based “Twitter killer” platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme