Tech Meme

Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: ZachXBT: crypto exchange Bybit has experienced $1.46B worth of “suspicious outflows”; Bybit CEO confirms hacker took control of cold ETH wallet  —  Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has experienced $1.46 billion worth of “suspicious outflows,” according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wired: How Breeze Liu, an advocate for digital abuse victims, got Microsoft to scrub 142 nonconsensual explicit images of herself from Azure after months of struggle  —  Breeze Liu has been a prominent advocate for victims.  But even she struggled to scrub nonconsensual intimate images and videos of herself from the web. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: On Alibaba’s Q3 earnings call, CEO Eddie Wu calls the pursuit of AGI the company’s “primary objective”, saying “our first and foremost goal is to pursue AGI”  —  “Our first and foremost goal is to pursue AGI,” Eddie Wu told investors on a call after the company reported results that surpassed analyst estimates. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gergely Orosz / The Pragmatic Engineer: A look at the potential reasons why software developer job listings on Indeed hit a five-year low in January, down 35% from January 2020, including AI’s impact  —  Hi, this is Gergely with a bonus issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter.  In every issue, I cover topics related to Big Tech … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian Duncan / Washington Post: Sources: the NHTSA is losing about 10% of its workforce through firings and buyout offers, including half of a small team that regulates autonomous vehicles  —  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is losing about 10 percent of its workforce through firings and buyout offers, according to people briefed on the cuts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jesse Pound / CNBC: Coinbase says the US SEC agreed “in principle” to drop its 2023 case against the company, calling it “righting a major wrong” and a “huge day” for crypto  —  – CNBC Councils  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Supply Chain Values Lees verder op Tech Meme

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: DeepSeek plans to open source five of its code repositories next week, letting anyone download, build on, or improve the code behind its well-regarded AI models  —  – The startup will begin making technology available next week  — DeepSeek is pushing harder on its open-source approach Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple removes Advanced Data Protection in the UK for new users, pulling the optional E2EE feature rather than complying with the UK’s order to build a backdoor  —  – Company removes Advanced Data Protection feature for UK users  — “We never will” build backdoor to user data, iPhone maker says Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Tong / Reuters: Source: AI search engine startup Genspark raised a $100M Series A at a $530M valuation and currently has over 2M MAUs; it raised a $60M seed in June 2024  —  Search startup Genspark has raised $100 million in a series A funding round, valuing the startup at $530 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jesse Pound / CNBC: Coinbase says the US SEC agreed “in principle” to drop its 2023 case against the company, calling it “righting a major wrong”; COIN jumps 5% pre-market  —  – CNBC Councils  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Supply Chain Values  — Select Shopping Lees verder op Tech Meme