Tech Meme

Chris Vallance / BBC: Apple says the UK should amend its Online Safety Bill, which would mandate scanning messages for CSAM, to protect encryption, joining WhatsApp and Signal  —  Apple has criticised powers in the Online Safety Bill that could be used to force encrypted messaging tools like iMessage … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: FTC v. Microsoft: an internal Microsoft presentation from June 2022 discussed building on Windows 365 “to enable full Windows … streamed from the cloud”  —  Microsoft has been increasingly moving Windows to the cloud on the commercial side with Windows 365, but the software giant also wants to do the same for consumers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok launches the TikTok Creative Challenge, which lets US-based creators with 50K+ followers submit video ads for brands and make money based on performance  —  TikTok is introducing a new way for creators to earn money on its platform.  The company announced on Tuesday that it’s launching the … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Unity’s shares jump 14%+ after it announces its Asset Store will sell third-party “AI solutions” that can generate game dialogue, graphics, and more  —  – Unity shares rose 12% on Tuesday after the gaming tool maker announced a marketplace for AI software that positions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Faros AI, which offers an analytics tool for engineering teams, raised a $20M Series A led by Lobby Capital, bringing its total funding to $36M  —  Three years ago, Vitaly Gordon, one of the founding members of Salesforce’s Einstein research division, started Faros AI, a platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Internal memo: SiriusXM plans to shut down the Stitcher podcast app on August 29 and move subscribers to its flagship SXM app, where podcasts will have ads  —  Sirius XM Holdings Inc., the satellite radio and audio company owned by Liberty Media Corp., plans to shut down its Stitcher podcast app … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: An internal Microsoft presentation in June 2022, found via FTC v Microsoft, floated building on Windows 365 to enable “full Windows … streamed from the cloud”  —  Microsoft has been increasingly moving Windows to the cloud on the commercial side with Windows 365 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Investors keen on the AI buzz are snapping up private shares on EquityZen, Rainmaker, and other marketplaces; Anthropic bidders are willing to pay a 25% premium  —  The buzz around artificial intelligence has investors snapping up shares of startups on alternative venues … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg: Source: 3AC liquidators are seeking to recover $1.3B from co-founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, taking action against the duo in a British Virgin Islands court  —  Three Arrows Capital liquidators are seeking to recover $1.3 billion from the co-founders of the failed crypto hedge fund … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Corder / Associated Press: French and Dutch police say the 115M+ communications obtained by cracking the encryption of EncroChat phones, announced in 2020, has led to 6,558 arrests so far  —  Investigations triggered by the cracking of encrypted phones three years ago have so far led to more than 6,500 arrests worldwide … Lees verder op Tech Meme