Wall Street Journal: Source: Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino intervened to mend the company’s relationship with Google Cloud over payments; sources say the bills were $20M+ per month — Social-media platform is now paying for Google cloud services amid talks of broader partnership Lees verder op Tech Meme
Caiwei Chen / Rest of World: How Chinese-language subreddits like r/China_irl became a refuge for banned Chinese internet groups, with users jumping the Great Firewall with VPNs — They are drawn to the platform’s community-moderated, discussion-based format, which allows for more fringe voices to thrive. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Venezuela’s temporary ban on crypto mining is killing the industry President Maduro promoted, with ~75K units of mining equipment disconnected since March — Venezuela’s temporary ban on mining cryptocurrencies within the country is effectively killing the industry President Nicolás Maduro worked hard to promote. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Edward Felsenthal / TIME: Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why AI UX matters, AGI going “wrong” compared to “AGI is going to go fantastically well”, capping profit, regulation, and more — For this week’s TIME100 Most Influential Companies cover story about OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ryan Browne / CNBC: Ripple says the company received in-principle regulatory approval in Singapore to offer payment tokens and expand XRP cross-border transfers in the country — – Ripple said it received in-principle approval of a Major Payment Institution Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country’s central bank. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ina Fried / Axios: Citing rising complaints, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner gives Twitter 28 days to explain the company’s plans to combat hate speech or face ~$475K in fines — Australia’s online safety regulator sent a legal notice to Twitter demanding the social network explain the steps it is taking … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Alex Heath / The Verge: After Elon Musk tweeted he is “up for a cage fight” with Mark Zuckerberg, both parties agree to a fight; Musk suggests the Vegas Octagon as a location — Here we go. — After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: Ted Sarandos outlines Netflix’s plans to spend some of the $2.5B earmarked for K-drama, including working with South Korean organizations to identify talent — Netflix Inc. promised to back and cultivate the Korean showrunners and studios behind viral shows like Squid Game … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ina Fried / Axios: Citing rising complaints, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner gives Twitter 28 days to explain the steps it is taking to combat hate speech or face fines of ~$475K — Australia’s online safety regulator sent a legal notice to Twitter demanding the social network explain the steps it is taking … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Sequoia debuts Atlas, an interactive tool that uses various qualitative and quantitative data collection methods to map the European technical talent landscape — There is an estimated 3 million software engineers in Europe, depending on what report you want to believe … Lees verder op Tech Meme