Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Poland arrests five people as Europol and the DOJ take down the Lolek “bulletproof” hosting provider for allegedly facilitating Netwalker ransomware attacks  —  Update 8/11/23: Updated with information from DOJ about alleged Netwalker Ransomware involvement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Connie Kim / HousingWire: SEC filing: Better.com plans to go public via a SPAC merger, raising $750M, after initially planning a $6B SPAC in May 2021  —  Shareholders at SPAC partner Aurora Acquisitions voted in favor of the merger proposal  —  New York-based digital lender Better.com will be going public via … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: US VC and PE firms are assessing how Biden’s executive order on Chinese tech impacts their holdings and are weighing strategies to comply or exit China  —  Private equity and venture capital funds targeted in Biden administration’s crackdown  —  After President Joe Biden announced a ban … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: ION Group, which sells trading, analytics, and other financial market tools, plans to acquire Italian credit management company Prelios, sources say for €1.35B  —  U.S. hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management (DK) said on Friday it had agreed to sell Prelios to fintech firm ION Group … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Luc Cohen / Reuters: A US judge revokes SBF’s bail after the DOJ accused him of tampering with witnesses, such as by sharing former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison’s diary with the NYT  —  Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail was revoked ahead of his October fraud trial, a U.S. judge said on Friday, after prosecutors accused … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: After a contentious public hearing, the California Public Utilities Commission allows Waymo and Cruise to operate driverless cabs 24/7 throughout San Francisco  —  Waymo and Cruise were approved to operate their robotaxi services 24/7 in San Francisco after a contentious six-hour public hearing … Lees verder op Tech Meme