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Q&A with Michael Lewis on his FTX book, “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon”, slated for October 3, visiting SBF, the forthcoming trial, and more (Alexandra Alter/New York Times) 16-05-2023

Alexandra Alter / New York Times: Q&A with Michael Lewis on his FTX book, “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon”, slated for October 3, visiting SBF, the forthcoming trial, and more  —  About a year after the author Michael Lewis began to shadow Bankman-Fried, the founder of the crypto exchange FTX, Bankman-Fried was arrested. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Altman plans to tell Congress that AI regulation is “essential”, stress the need for government flexibility, and recommend safety measures on Tuesday (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) 16-05-2023

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Sam Altman plans to tell Congress that AI regulation is “essential”, stress the need for government flexibility, and recommend safety measures on Tuesday  —  OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman will tell US lawmakers on Tuesday that regulation of artificial intelligence must allow companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Futu and Tiger Brokers, two Nasdaq-listed online brokerages catering to clients in China, plan to remove apps from Chinese app stores and stop taking on users (James T. Areddy/Wall Street Journal) 16-05-2023

James T. Areddy / Wall Street Journal: Futu and Tiger Brokers, two Nasdaq-listed online brokerages catering to clients in China, plan to remove apps from Chinese app stores and stop taking on users  —  The online brokerages earlier agreed to stop accepting new customers from mainland China  —  Two Nasdaq-listed online brokerages … Lees verder op Tech Meme

WhatsApp debuts Chat Lock, letting users put chats in a password- or biometrics-protected folder and removing sender and message contents from notifications (Jay Peters/The Verge) 16-05-2023

Jay Peters / The Verge: WhatsApp debuts Chat Lock, letting users put chats in a password- or biometrics-protected folder and removing sender and message contents from notifications  —  WhatsApp is getting a new “Chat Lock” feature intended to make it easier to keep conversations more private. Lees verder op Tech Meme

SEC court filings: Jump Trading secretly purchased tens of millions of dollars worth of TerraUSD and made ~$1B profit per year before the coin's 2022 collapse (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal) 16-05-2023

Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: SEC court filings: Jump Trading secretly purchased tens of millions of dollars worth of TerraUSD and made ~$1B profit per year before the coin’s 2022 collapse  —  Chicago firm made about $1 billion through dealings with crypto mogul Do Kwon’s company, according to the agency Lees verder op Tech Meme

After decades of slumber, Japan's tech industry, which has produced just 10 unicorns, finally shows some signs of life as its startups raised ~$6.4B in 2022 (Roland Kelts/Rest of World) 16-05-2023

Roland Kelts / Rest of World: After decades of slumber, Japan’s tech industry, which has produced just 10 unicorns, finally shows some signs of life as its startups raised ~$6.4B in 2022  —  After decades of slumber, the country that brought us bullet trains and Nintendo has mustered some momentum. Lees verder op Tech Meme