Tech Meme

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: FTX sues Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh for $1B+, alleging they misappropriated funds for “pet projects” before FTX bankruptcy  —  FTX Trading Ltd on Thursday sued founder Sam Bankman-Fried and other former executives at the cryptocurrency exchange … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Filing: the US FTC suspends its in-house trial against Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition scheduled for August, opening the door to settlement talks  —  – Move allows Microsoft, Activision to speak with commissioners  — Companies asked for delay ahead of August in-house trial Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: China-linked hackers accessed the emails of the US ambassador to China and the assistant secretary of state for East Asia in a recent Microsoft breach  —  Spying campaign also compromised State Department official who oversees East Asia  —  Hackers linked to Beijing accessed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kristi Hines / Search Engine Journal: Twitter is letting some verified organizations post job listings directly on their profiles through a job listings feature  —  Twitter allows Verified Organizations to post jobs to Twitter profiles.  Take a look at the new features for hiring companies and job seekers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: A Google bug report says the company fixed a Chrome zero-day that an Apple employee found during a March 2023 hacking competition but did not report to Google  —  Google fixed a zero-day in Chrome that was found by an Apple employee, according to comments in the official bug report. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: After a May 2023 White House meeting, OpenAI drafted an internal policy memo supporting the US government requiring licenses for developing advanced AI systems  —  – OpenAI supports licenses to develop most advanced AI systems  — Firm signals it’s willing to be more open about training data Lees verder op Tech Meme

CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly: Dallas-based o9 Solutions, which sells supply chain management tools, raised $116M led by General Atlantic at a $3.7B valuation, up from $2.7B in January 2022  —  Latest round of financing pushes market valuation of Dallas tech firm from $2.7 billion to $3.7 billion Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: OpenAI adds opt-in “custom instructions”, or a user’s details that ChatGPT should remember, in beta for ChatGPT Plus subscribers everywhere but the UK and EU  —  The newest feature of ChatGPT is designed to help you type a little less.  It’s called “custom instructions,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon plans to roll out its Amazon One palm scanning payment tech to all 500+ US Whole Foods stores by the end of 2023; 200+ locations already have Amazon One  —  – Amazon is bringing its pay-by-palm system to all of its Whole Foods stores by the end of the year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoe Kleinman / BBC: Apple threatens to remove services like FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken their security under a proposed Investigatory Powers Act amendment  —  Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon. Lees verder op Tech Meme