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

Meir Orbach / CTech: Tel Aviv-based enterprise data security startup Cyera raised a $100M Series B led by Accel, a source says at a $500M valuation; Sequoia and others participated  —  The Israeli company’s data security platform learns an enterprise’s unique data and business purpose using large language models … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: Apple Vision Pro documentation: the device has a “system boundary”, defined as a 1.5-meter radius from the headset, when in a “fully immersive VR experience”  —  Apple has limited a Vision Pro safe area to 10 feet by 10 feet, when using fully immersive VR experiences. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta launches new parental controls and other safety features for Messenger and Instagram in the US, the UK, and Canada, including letting parents view contacts  —  Meta announced new parental control tools across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger today.  This includes a new parental supervision hub … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Prosus, a top Byju’s shareholder, cuts the value of its stake, implying a $5.1B valuation, far below the Bengaluru-based edtech giant’s $22B valuation in 2022  —  Prosus, the largest non-founder shareholder in Byju’s, has drastically slashed the worth of its stake in the edtech giant … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Redpanda, a data streaming service for developers, raised a $100M Series C led by Lightspeed, GV, and Haystack VC, after a $50M Series B in February 2022  —  Redpanda helps companies capture data in real time in a modern context, providing a new way to stream data while maintaining backwards compatibility … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Axios: Betr, a sports micro-betting app co-founded by Jake Paul, raised a $35M at a $300M pre-money valuation, in an extension to its $50M Series A in August 2022  —  Betr, a media and sports micro-betting platform co-founded by social media star and boxer Jake Paul, on Tuesday said it’s secured $35 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg: Source: 3AC liquidators seek to recover $1.3B from co-founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, taking action against the failed hedge fund in the British Virgin Islands  —  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

Chris Vallance / BBC: Apple says the UK’s Online Safety Bill, which would mandate scanning messages for CSAM, should be amended 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