Tech Meme

Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Binance Australia can no longer offer Aussie dollar deposits due to a decision by Cuscal, “our payment processor’s partner bank”, and warns of disruptions  —  The Australian arm of crypto exchange Binance suffered a setback on Thursday after the local platform lost access … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources detail Apple’s headset ahead of WWDC: a shift from a vision of eyeglasses to ski goggles, Tim Cook’s design noninvolvement, selling at cost, and more  —  Many times throughout its history, Apple Inc. has redefined consumer technology by breathing new life into an existing category … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Record: Q&A with FBI’s Bryan Smith on how the agency generated over 300 decryption keys from Hive’s servers and gave them to victims, saving ~$130M in ransom payments  —  While there was excitement when they actually got that access, there was no time to kind of enjoy that moment … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, who won the 2018 Turing Award with Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun, says governments need to move fast to “protect the public”  —  Computer science professor becomes latest expert to voice concerns over rapid rollout of large language models Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Harris / TechCrunch: An investigation finds only ~$15M in donations to OpenAI when the organization was a nonprofit are definitively traceable to Elon Musk, below $50M-$100M claims  —  Years of tax filings give the most complete picture yet of OpenAI’s early finances  —  It’s no secret that Elon Musk … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Temitayo Lawal / Rest of World: A look at Nigeria’s government-backed digital currency, eNaira, which has failed to convert crypto users and has been hindered by limited internet access  —  The government-backed eNaira, meant as a hedge against inflation, hasn’t converted crypto users and has been hindered by limited internet access. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Diana Li / Bloomberg: Grammarly announces Grammarly Business, using generative AI to summarize key points in email strings, compose replies, and more, rolling out in June 2023  —  Grammarly Inc., a software company known for its writing assistant, is trying to expand its business to the office by harnessing artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: At a meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister, TSMC, Samsung, Intel, Micron, and other chipmakers announce plans to expand investment and partnerships in the country  —  Seven of the world’s largest semiconductor makers have set out plans to increase manufacturing and deepen tech partnerships … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jaime Brooks / The Seat of Loss: An in-depth look at the impact of LLMs on music and recording artists, reflecting on Vocaloid’s first software in 2004, Hatsune Miku, Drake, and Louis Armstrong  —  A comprehensive guide to ghostwriters, virtual pop stars, and the world to come.  —  Recently, the New York Times published … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Huw Jones / Reuters: A UK Treasury Committee crypto report recommends the government regulate trading and investment in unbacked crypto as gambling instead of a financial service  —  Bitcoin , ether and other cryptocurrencies should be regulated as gambling given the significant risks they pose to consumers … Lees verder op Tech Meme