Tech Meme

Lavender Au / Wired: A profile of Jack Ma, the Chinese tech icon who disappeared from public view for three months after regulators questioned him over a November 2020 speech  —  The iconic Alibaba founder disappeared from view after criticizing China’s government.  He returned to the country in March—as a teacher, not a businessman. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kellen Browning / New York Times: Félix Lengyel, aka xQc, a Twitch streamer with 12M followers, signs a ~$100M deal with Kick, a streaming service backed by Australian gaming and gambling sites  —  The deal signed by Félix Lengyel, known as xQc, matches traditional athletes’ contracts, and is another sign … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kellen Browning / New York Times: Félix Lengyel, aka xQc, a Twitch streamer with 12M followers, signs a ~$100M deal with Kick, a streaming service backed by Australian gaming and gambling sites  —  The deal signed by Félix Lengyel, known as xQc, matches traditional athletes’ contracts, and is another sign … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: FTC docs: Lina Khan did not recuse herself in the Meta/Within acquisition case, despite a top FTC ethics official’s advice, which left it up to her to decide  —  The Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan declined to recuse herself from an FTC case against Meta Platforms Inc. … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kellen Browning / New York Times: Félix Lengyel, aka xQc, a Twitch streamer with 12M followers, signs a ~$100M deal with Kick, a streaming service backed by Australian gaming and gambling sites  —  The deal signed by Félix Lengyel, known as xQc, matches traditional athletes’ contracts, and is another sign … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brad Stone / Bloomberg: How a seminal 2017 paper by Google researchers laid the groundwork for the AI hype cycle, resulting in a Silicon Valley frenzy not seen since the dot-com boom  —  In late May, 300 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, journalists and assorted self-described thought leaders crammed into Shack15 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: Binance, Binance.US, and the SEC agree to ensure only Binance.US staff can access customer funds; the proposed agreement needs sign-off from a federal judge  —  The proposed agreement still needs judicial sign-off.  —  Binance, Binance.US and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kellen Browning / New York Times: Félix Lengyel, aka xQc, a Twitch streamer with 12M followers, signs a ~$100M deal with Kick, a streaming service backed by Australian gaming and gambling sites  —  The deal signed by Félix Lengyel, known as xQc, matches traditional athletes’ contracts, and is another sign … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tonya Riley / CyberScoop: Genetic testing company 1health.io settles by paying $75K to the FTC for exposing sensitive health data, in the first FTC enforcement over genetic information  —  The case is the latest in a series of FTC enforcement actions focused on health data privacy and the first involving genetic information. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: FTC documents: Lina Khan did not recuse herself in the Meta/Within acquisition case, despite a top FTC ethics official’s advice, who left it up to her to decide  —  The Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan declined to recuse herself from an FTC case against Meta Platforms Inc. … Lees verder op Tech Meme