Wall Street Journal: Western intelligence officials say former Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek, who absconded to Moscow after billions of dollars went missing, was likely a Russian agent  —  Jan Marsalek, the jet-setting former COO of now-defunct Wirecard, enabled Moscow to fund covert operations around the world, officials say; ‘whiff of Silicon Valley’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Irina Anghel / Bloomberg: Deloitte is using AI to evaluate its staff’s skills and map out plans to shift employees into more in-demand roles, as a part of plans to moderate hiring growth  —  – Technology would help shift employees to more in-demand roles  — Deloitte and rivals have begun testing artificial intelligence Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple announces contingent pricing for App Store subscriptions, letting developers give users a discounted price if they’re subscribed to another subscription  —  Apple has announced a new “contingent pricing” feature for subscriptions in the App Store.  According to the company … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Acton / Financial Times: An interview with Tim Sweeney about Epic’s win over Google and his concern that Google will “get away with continuing their scheme” by offering “fake” remedies  —  ‘Fortnite’ maker’s boss Tim Sweeney hopes court will avoid ‘fake’ remedies following landmark legal win over tech giant Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hannah Miao / Wall Street Journal: Robinhood received ~$1.1B in account transfers since offering its 1% match on transferred brokerage accounts on October 23, including 150+ transfers of $1M+  —  Trading app receives $1.1 billion in account transfers since offering 1% match  —  Robinhood Markets , known for a clientele … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: A look at the wearable AI race as Meta adds multimodal AI to its Ray-Ban smart glasses and a source says OpenAI discussed GPT-4 with Vision for Snap’s devices  —  contextual compute – where the world around you becomes your operating system – is the future.  this is not a question, it is a fact. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleads guilty to hacking and stealing over $12.3M from Nirvana Finance and an unnamed crypto exchange in July 2022  —  Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleaded guilty this week to hacking and stealing over $12.3 million from two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clare Duffy / CNN: As TikTok rolls out its new Creativity Program Beta, some creators say they’re frustrated by its push to become a “mini YouTube” with videos of up to 10 minutes  —  New York CNN —  —  When TikTok took off in 2020 — with short dancing or comedy clips providing much-needed entertainment … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adam Edelman / NBC News: Just Minnesota, Michigan, and Washington enacted laws in 2023 about AI and deepfakes in political campaigns, an issue the US federal government hasn’t addressed  —  Amid tepid federal involvement on the issue, just three states enacted laws this year attempting to address AI’s effects on political campaigns. Lees verder op Tech Meme