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Japan's FTC: Google blocked Yahoo Japan from tech needed to receive targeted ad revenue from mobile searches from 2015 to 2022; Alphabet changed its practices (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg) 22-04-2024

Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: Japan’s FTC: Google blocked Yahoo Japan from tech needed to receive targeted ad revenue from mobile searches from 2015 to 2022; Alphabet changed its practices  —  – FTC slaps its first administrative act against search leader  — Alphabet faces growing pressure from antitrust enforcers Lees verder op Tech Meme

African tech VC TLcom Capital has raised $154M for a new fund, attracting US and European investments; Africa-focused VCs have raised $655M+ since November 2023 (Aanu Adeoye/Financial Times) 22-04-2024

Aanu Adeoye / Financial Times: African tech VC TLcom Capital has raised $154M for a new fund, attracting US and European investments; Africa-focused VCs have raised $655M+ since November 2023  —  TLcom Capital doubles previous amount to raise $154mn for continent’s start-ups in a move that could help ease sector gloom Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Aleksanteri Kivimäki, a hacker wunderkind with a mean streak, who stood trial over a ransomware attack on Finnish psychotherapy provider Vastaamo (Drake Bennett/Bloomberg) 22-04-2024

Drake Bennett / Bloomberg: A profile of Aleksanteri Kivimäki, a hacker wunderkind with a mean streak, who stood trial over a ransomware attack on Finnish psychotherapy provider Vastaamo  —  Aleksanteri Kivimäki was a hacker wunderkind with a mean streak.  Now he’s on trial for the largest crime in Finland’s history. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stanford Internet Observatory: AI images could overwhelm federally authorized CSAM clearinghouse CyberTipline, which gets tens of millions of tips per year (Will Oremus/Washington Post) 22-04-2024

Will Oremus / Washington Post: Stanford Internet Observatory: AI images could overwhelm federally authorized CSAM clearinghouse CyberTipline, which gets tens of millions of tips per year  —  A flood of AI-generated child pornography threatens to overwhelm the nation’s creaky reporting system for child exploitation, Stanford report warns Lees verder op Tech Meme

Q&A with Discord CEO Jason Citron on creating a more private internet, developers, community, gaming origins, moderation, layoffs, Loom video meetings, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge) 22-04-2024

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Discord CEO Jason Citron on creating a more private internet, developers, community, gaming origins, moderation, layoffs, Loom video meetings, and more  —  For teens and gamers, Discord has become their entire online social lives.  Co-founder Jason Citron thinks the internet is headed more in that direction. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Russia sentences Meta spokesperson Andy Stone in absentia to six years for “publicly defending terrorism”; Russia designates Meta as an extremist organization (Reuters) 22-04-2024

Reuters: Russia sentences Meta spokesperson Andy Stone in absentia to six years for “publicly defending terrorism”; Russia designates Meta as an extremist organization  —  A military court in Moscow on Monday sentenced Meta Platforms (META.O) spokesperson Andy Stone to six years in prison for … Lees verder op Tech Meme

EU opens another TikTok probe and will now formally assess whether TikTok Lite's design, which financially rewards users for watching videos, is “addictive” (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch) 22-04-2024

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: EU opens another TikTok probe and will now formally assess whether TikTok Lite’s design, which financially rewards users for watching videos, is “addictive”  —  The European Union has opened a second formal investigation into TikTok, announcing Monday that it suspects … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Informatica says it is not currently in talks to be acquired, following Salesforce's reported interest in ~$10B deal; INFA falls 8%+ (Rohan Goswami/CNBC) 22-04-2024

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Informatica says it is not currently in talks to be acquired, following Salesforce’s reported interest in ~$10B deal; INFA falls 8%+  —  Amit Walia, CEO, Informatica at the New York Stock Exchange, October 27, 2021.  —  Enterprise data management company Informatica is not currently in talks … Lees verder op Tech Meme