Tech Meme

Josh Sisco / Politico: Sources detail the FTC’s pursuit of Amazon: possibly suing to stop the $1.7B iRobot acquisition, a retail antitrust case, a dark pattern investigation, and more  —  The Biden administration is planning to take action soon on at least three of its half-dozen investigations of Amazon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Netflix plans to launch 40 games in 2023 and has a further 70 in development with its partners, after releasing 55 titles since adding games in November 2021  —  Netflix has announced that it has 40 games slated for launch this year and has 70 in development with its partners. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Burgess / Wired: How open-source intelligence, or OSINT, researchers are using public data to untangle the mystery of the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, helping to debunk claims  —  Open source intelligence researchers are verifying and debunking opaque claims about who ruptured the gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manya Saini / Reuters: The FDIC plans to break up SVB and hold an auction for its traditional deposits unit and another for its private bank, after failing to find a buyer last week  —  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday decided to break up Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and hold two separate auctions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yoshihiro Sato / Bloomberg: Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance data: IC chip exports to China and Hong Kong fell 31.3% YoY in February 2023, the most since 2009 and above January’s 27.1% fall  —  Taiwan’s exports of integrated circuit chips to China and Hong Kong fell for a fourth month in February as Washington-Beijing tensions simmer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: China’s anti-graft watchdog opens an investigation into ex-Tsinghua Unigroup Chairman Zhao Weiguo, the latest executive ensnared in its chip corruption dragnet  —  China’s top anti-graft watchdog has begun an investigation of former Tsinghua Unigroup Chairman Zhao Weiguo … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: India blocks mobile internet for a second day in Punjab, a state with ~27M people, as officials try to capture a Sikh separatist and curb “fake news” and unrest  —  The ban in Punjab state, as officials looked for Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh, is one of the country’s broadest shutdowns in recent years Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manya Saini / Reuters: The FDIC says it will break up SVB and hold two auctions for its traditional deposits unit and its private bank, after failing to find a buyer last week  —  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday decided to break up Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and hold two separate auctions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times: Sources: in 2021 the phone of a US and Greek national who worked on Meta’s security and trust team was infected with Predator spyware, from an Athens-based firm  —  Artemis Seaford, a dual U.S.-Greek national, was targeted with a cyberespionage tool while also under a wiretap by the Greek spy agency … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Sisco / Politico: Sources give an overview of the FTC’s Amazon pursuit: considering challenging the $1.7B iRobot deal, retail antitrust case, dark pattern investigation, and more  —  The Biden administration is planning to take action soon on at least three of its half-dozen investigations of Amazon … Lees verder op Tech Meme