Reuters: OpenAI’s head of trust and safety Dave Willner leaves the company, citing the job’s pressures on his family life and saying he’d be available for advisory work — OpenAI’s head of trust and safety Dave Willner is leaving the company, he said in a LinkedIn post on Friday … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Katie Tarasov / CNBC: A look at Samsung’s $17B and Texas Instruments’ $30B chip fabs in Texas, as the state becomes a US chipmaking hub with six projects expected to create 8K+ jobs — WATCH NOW — How Texas became the center of U.S. chipmaking — On a 1,200-acre plot of land in a small town 30 miles north of Austin … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Amazon settles with the US DOJ and the FTC for $25M over not complying with parents’ requests to delete their kids’ Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data — The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Amazon has agreed to pay a $25 million fine … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Erin Woo / The Information: Letter: the US SEC subpoenaed Bolt and sent a notice to former CEO Ryan Breslow in 2022 over their past misleading statements to current and potential investors — The Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed e-commerce software startup Bolt and sent a notice to co-founder … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Steve Dent / Engadget: Telegram launches Stories, initially for its Premium subscribers, letting users control who can see their stories and how long they last before disappearing — You can display them forever or make them disappear at various times up to 48 hours. — Telegram’s new Stories feature is here as promised … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Tiger Global, Peak XV, and other investors ask India to reconsider its new 28% online gaming tax that they say would lead to a $2.5B write-off and 1M jobs lost — Tiger Global, DST Global, Peak XV, Steadview Capital, and Kotak Private Equity are among global and Indian investors … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Charmaine Jacob / CNBC: Canalys: after three quarters of decline, smartphone shipments in India have stabilized with 36.1M units in Q2 2023, down 1% YoY; Samsung led with an 18% share — – India’s smartphone market stabilized in the second quarter with 36.1 million units shipped, according to a report by Canalys. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal: The US DOJ merges its crypto enforcement team, formed in 2021, into the department investigating computer-related crimes, giving crypto crimes more resources — The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team will become a permanent fixture of a section of the agency that investigates computer-related crimes. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: the US SEC subpoenaed Bolt and sent a notice to former CEO Ryan Breslow last year over past misleading statements to current and potential investors — The Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed e-commerce software startup Bolt and sent a notice to co-founder and former CEO Ryan Breslow … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ash Parrish / The Verge: Activision Blizzard lays off ~50 esports employees and asks Overwatch League teams to vote on an updated operating agreement, and to decide the league’s future — Amid layoffs in the Activision Blizzard esports department, Overwatch League franchise owners will vote on whether to continue the league in its current format. Lees verder op Tech Meme