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RT Watson / The Block: Arkham says ZachXBT submitted proof that North Korea’s Lazarus Group is behind Bybit’s $1.5B hack, which is the largest single theft in crypto history  —  – Arkham Intelligence said Lazarus Group hacked Bybit for over $1.5 billion, citing information provided by online sleuth ZachXBT. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Fluidstack, which wants to build a €10B AI data center in France as part of Macron’s €109B data center pledge, is in talks to raise a ~$200M Series A  —  – UK company part of Macron’s €109 billion data center pledge  — Startup has ordered shipment of Nvidia’s new Blackwell chips Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Crypto exchange Bybit says a hacker took control of one of its cold Ethereum wallets, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of ~$1.5B worth of tokens  —  – North Korean group Lazarus suspected by industry researchers  — Prices of Ether, Bitcoin and other tokens decline after theft Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Fluidstack, which wants to build a €10B AI data center in France as part of Macron’s €109B data center pledge, is in talks to raise a ~$200M Series A  —  – UK company part of Macron’s €109 billion data center pledge  — Startup has ordered shipment of Nvidia’s new Blackwell chips Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: NetEase CEO William Ding has cut hundreds of jobs, closed game studios, and reduced international investment as he refocuses on a smaller portfolio of titles  —  – Hundreds of staffers and about a dozen games have been cut  — Founder William Ding sets elevated expectations for results Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Fluidstack, which wants to build a €10B AI data center in France as part of Macron’s €109B data center pledge, is in talks to raise a ~$200M Series A  —  – UK company part of Macron’s €109 billion data center pledge  — Startup has ordered shipment of Nvidia’s new Blackwell chips Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK, pulling the optional E2EE feature rather than complying with the UK’s order to build a backdoor  —  – Company removes Advanced Data Protection feature for UK users  — “We never will” build backdoor to user data, iPhone maker says Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Sakana AI walks back claims that its new AI CUDA Engineer can speed up AI training by up to 100x, after complaints about worse-than-average training performance  —  This week, Sakana AI, a Nvidia-backed startup that’s raised hundreds of millions of dollars from VC firms, made a remarkable claim. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Carreras / CoinDesk: Source: the US Marshals Service is struggling to come up with a rough estimate of its bitcoin holdings, complicating plans for a US Bitcoin reserve  —  The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) is tasked with managing assets seized by law enforcement in the course of criminal investigations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Fluidstack, which wants to build a €10B AI data center in France as part of Macron’s €109B data center pledge, is in talks to raise a ~$200M Series A  —  – UK company part of Macron’s €109 billion data center pledge  — Startup has ordered shipment of Nvidia’s new Blackwell chips Lees verder op Tech Meme