Tech Meme

New York Times: In its superseding indictment, the US charges that SBF and two unnamed FTX executives made 300+ “unlawful” political donations, including using customers’ funds  —  Prosecutors accused FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and two unnamed people of making unlawful campaign donations using customers’ money. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft says Sydney is an old codename for a chatbot some Bing users in India began testing in late 2020; sources: Sydney had less personality until late 2022  —  Microsoft’s Bing AI chatbot history dates back at least six years, with Sydney first appearing in 2021. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: Valve recently patched a Dota 2 exploit used by a third-party cheating client, created a honeypot to catch cheaters, and permanently banned over 40,000 accounts  —  The update added a ‘honeypot’ to catch cheaters  —  Valve issued an update to Dota 2 recently that patched an exploit used … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoinDesk: A US court unseals a superseding indictment that charges Sam Bankman-Fried with 12 counts, up from the initial eight, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud  —  FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces additional charges, including bank fraud allegations, under a new indictment unveiled Thursday morning. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Coinbase launches Base, a Layer 2 network built on Optimism’s OP Stack, offering access to Ethereum, Solana, and others, and has no plans for new network tokens  —  Base is built on Optimism and Coinbase has no plans to issue a new network token.  —  Join the most important conversation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Google expands Magic Eraser, which lets users remove parts of a picture, from Pixel devices to Google One subscribers using Google Photos on Android or iOS  —  Google has announced that the Magic Eraser feature, which tried to automatically remove unwanted parts of a picture and debuted with the Pixel 6 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta reforms its penalty system based on Oversight Board recommendations, focusing more on explanations of policy and less on penalizing users with “timeouts”  —  “Facebook jail,” the name the social network’s users have bestowed on the company’s system for determining policy violations, is getting an overhaul. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ankush Khardori / New York Magazine: An interview with SEC chair Gary Gensler on meeting Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX executives in March 2022 and October 2021, how tokens are securities, and more  —  As recently as a year ago, Sam Bankman-Fried seemed to be an unstoppable force in official Washington. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: Binance closed some derivative trading accounts in Australia after an investigation found the customers didn’t meet the criteria for wholesale investors  —  Binance closed the derivative trading accounts of some wholesale investors in Australia after an investigation found that they didn’t meet the criteria for such investors. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: Netflix cut its prices on certain subscription tiers across 36+ countries in recent weeks, in some cases halving the cost; Netflix operates in 190+ countries  —  Move comes as streaming company says members ‘have never had more choices when it comes to entertainment’ Lees verder op Tech Meme