Tech Meme

Financial Times: A look at the proliferation of fake LinkedIn profiles; LinkedIn’s transparency report says the company blocked 58M+ accounts in H2 2022, up from 22M in H1  —  On the internet, nobody knows you bought a dog  —  William Grace-Hunter doesn’t exist, though this may not be immediately obvious from his LinkedIn profile. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apollo Global Management and Fortress Investment Group are each investing ~$50M in competing groups that aim to restart Celsius under new management  —  Investors that buy and turn around downtrodden companies have largely shunned crypto  —  Two Wall Street heavyweights are locked … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apollo Global and Fortress Investment are each spending ~$50M to back competing groups that aim to restart Celsius under new management  —  Investors that buy and turn around downtrodden companies have largely shunned crypto  —  Two Wall Street heavyweights are locked in a bidding war … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: The UK sentences Tejay Fletcher, the mastermind behind phone number spoofing service iSpoof, which scammed victims out of ~£100M, to over 13 years in prison  —  The mastermind behind a global “spoofing shop” that scammed victims out of as much as £100 million ($124 million) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Revolut is locked in a fight with top shareholder SoftBank after UK regulators told the company it must simplify its ownership to win a banking license  —  Minister to meet payment group’s bosses amid fears UK’s biggest tech group will leave the country Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple shares its first App Store Transparency Report, listing app rejections, government requests, and more, as part of a settlement in a 2021 developer lawsuit  —  Earlier this week, Apple shared an in-depth look at how the App Store helped prevent fraud and protect developers and customers alike. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: The UK sentences Tejay Fletcher, the mastermind behind phone number spoofing service iSpoof, which scammed victims out of ~£100M, to over 13 years in prison  —  The mastermind behind a global “spoofing shop” that scammed victims out of as much as £100 million ($124 million) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: days after Linda Yaccarino’s appointment, media agency GroupM tells its clients that Twitter is no longer “high risk”, a designation from November 2022  —  WPP-owned GroupM removed designation of platform after appointment of Linda Yaccarino Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple shares its first App Store Transparency Report with data on app rejections, government requests, more, as part of a settlement in a 2021 developer lawsuit  —  Earlier this week, Apple shared an in-depth look at how the App Store helped prevent fraud and protect developers and customers alike. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Byron Kaye / Reuters: The Australian Securities Exchange no longer plans to try to rebuild its software using blockchain, after “pausing” seven years of development in November 2022  —  Australia’s stock market operator said it will no longer attempt to rebuild its software platform with blockchain-based technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme