Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: Filing: MicroStrategy bought 9,245 bitcoin for $623M between March 11 and 18, taking its total holdings to 214,246 bitcoin, worth ~$14B, or 1%+ of all bitcoin  —  – Purchase were made with proceeds from a convertible note sale … The enterprise software maker, whose corporate strategy includes buying … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steven Levy / Wired: An in-depth look at the 2017 “Attention Is All You Need” paper, a big breakthrough in AI, and profiles of the eight Google researchers who co-authored the paper  —  They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India appoints the government-run Press Information Bureau’s fact checking unit to monitor and fact check government-related content on social media  —  In India, a government-run agency will now monitor and undertake fact-checking for government related matters on social media … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager warns Apple over its Core Technology Fee, saying the EU plans to investigate, and Meta over its planned subscription fees  —  EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on Tuesday warned Apple (AAPL.O) and Meta Platforms (META.O) on their new fees for their services … Lees verder op Tech Meme