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Justine Calma / The Verge: Google, American Airlines, and Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy partner to create more sustainable flight routes by avoiding those that create contrails  —  Google has been working with American Airlines and Bill Gates’ climate investment fund, Breakthrough Energy, to chart more sustainable flight routes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Filing: FTX criticizes “unrestricted” traders and market makers on its creditor panel, accusing them of seeking control of assets and “unprofessional conduct”  —  – Spat erupts between FTX’s administrators and creditor panel  — Administrators say panel may be willing to ‘gamble’ assets Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The EU did not immediately follow Biden’s EO banning Chinese tech investment outright and instead plans to release its own proposals by year-end  —  Brussels unwilling to follow suit straight away and says it will issue its own proposals by year-end  —  The EU has signalled … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Researchers: since 2014, Belarus-linked hackers, dubbed MoustachedBouncer, have targeted foreign diplomats in the country by intercepting ISP connections  —  Hackers with apparent links to the Belarusian government have been targeting foreign diplomats in the country for nearly 10 years, according to security researchers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Researchers at Black Hat detail a months-long investigation into Deckmate, the most widely used casino shuffling machine, finding a flaw to give “full control”  —  Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn the exact deck order—and the hand of every player at a poker table. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: A closer look at the UK Electoral Commission hack, disclosed nine months after discovery, which likely relied on a now-patched Microsoft Exchange Server flaw  —  Evidence appears to show a critical 0-day tracked as ProxyNotShell was exploited.  —  It’s looking more and more likely … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to ~$32.2B, beating analyst estimates of ~$31.1B, and a ~$4.7B net income, as its core e-commerce arm returned to growth  —  – Core e-commerce returned to growth for first time in a year  — Alibaba is trying to revive its business in a volatile economy Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexander Marrow / Reuters: Yandex co-founder and former CEO Arkady Volozh denounces Russia’s Ukraine invasion as “barbaric”, as Yandex plans a spin off in Russia from its Dutch parent  —  The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O), Arkady Volozh, on Thursday condemned what he described as Russia’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: Lyft begins serving in-app ads to riders as they wait for rides, when they match with a driver, and during their trips, and plans to add video ads by year-end  —  The ride-sharing company and its larger rival, Uber, are racing to build significant ad operations Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexander Marrow / Reuters: Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh, who quit as CEO in June 2022, denounces Russia’s Ukraine war as “barbaric”, as Yandex plans to spin off from its Dutch parent  —  The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O), Arkady Volozh, on Thursday condemned what he described as Russia’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme