Tech Meme

Jessica Maddox / Wired: A look at the issues fomented by a decentralized web, including a rise in conspiratorial thinking due to more siloed online spaces and increasing app fatigue  —  From social networks to crypto, independently run servers are being touted as a solution to the internet’s problems. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: NYC-based Percent, which operates a private credit marketplace, raised a $29.7M Series B led by White Star Capital, bringing its total funding to $48.2M  —  In 2018, Nelson Chu founded Percent with the goal of bringing investors, borrowers and underwriters together to modernize private credit. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kellen Browning / New York Times: Unable to turn a profit amid fewer hours watched, some US esports organizations lay off staff, end star player contracts, or even sell their teams at a loss  —  At least two organizations in America’s most prominent league for professional video game players are selling their teams, underscoring the industry’s uncertain future. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Neeva: Neeva, co-founded by former Google ad head Sridhar Ramaswamy, plans to shut down its ad-free search engine due to a “vastly changed search environment” and more  —  We started Neeva with the mission to take search back to its users.  Having worked on search and search ads for over a decade … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: A history of Turla, an APT that is the “premiere espionage tool” of Russia’s FSB, in operation for 25+ years, with its Snake malware in use for nearly 20 years  —  From USB worms to satellite-based hacking, Russia’s FSB hackers, known as Turla, have spent 25 years distinguishing themselves as “adversary number one.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charlie Savage / New York Times: A US court finds the FBI misused a FISA Section 702 database 278K+ times from 2020 to 2021, as national security agencies lobby Congress to reauthorize the law  —  The bureau made changes after the newly revealed violations of rules for querying messages intercepted under an expiring warrantless surveillance law. Lees verder op Tech Meme

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: How crypto hunters help people going through a divorce find their spouse’s hidden crypto stashes, following the trail of tokens as they “hop” across blockchains  —  – Financial infidelity has become increasingly sophisticated, as investors “hop” coins across blockchains and sink their cash into metaverse properties. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: Bitcoin payment service Strike expands to 65 countries, beyond the US, El Salvador, and Argentina, and says it has taken a regulation-first approach in the US  —  Since starting in 2019, the Bitcoin-powered payments app Strike has aimed to become a global crypto-powered equivalent to Venmo or Cash App. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vildana Hajric / Bloomberg: Inside the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami, attended by 12K+ people, down from 25K+ in 2022, which had a subdued but positive mood, and no talk of moonshots  —  It turns out that the Bitcoin faithful still like to party even after the annus horribilis that shook the digital-asset world in 2022. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Neeva: Neeva, co-founded by ex-Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, plans to shut down its ad-free search engine, citing a “vastly changed search environment” and more  —  We started Neeva with the mission to take search back to its users.  Having worked on search and search ads for over a decade … Lees verder op Tech Meme