Andy Greenberg / Wired: Elliptic: the unidentified FTX hackers who stole $415M to $432M in November 2022 moved the money in 2022 and via Russia-linked money launderers in October 2023  —  Whoever looted FTX on the day of its bankruptcy has now moved the stolen money through a long string of intermediaries—and eventually some that look Russian in origin. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Akash Sriram / Reuters: Atlassian plans to acquire video messaging platform Loom for ~$975M, split as ~$880M in cash and the rest in stock, set to close in Q1 2024; Loom has 25M+ users  —  Atlassian (TEAM.O) said on Thursday it had agreed to acquire privately held video messaging platform Loom for about $975 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google updates its Search Generative Experience with the ability to generate images using prompts and to write drafts that can be customized for tone and length  —  Google’s AI-powered search feature, SGE (Search Generative Experience), is gaining some new skills, starting today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Threads rolls out voice posts and a free edit button that lets users edit a post repeatedly within five minutes of sending; Threads doesn’t show an edit history  —  Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is now rolling out one of its most-requested features – an edit button. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: The EU opens an investigation into X over hosting disinformation tied to Hamas’ Israel attack; X could be fined up to 5% of its daily global turnover  —  Investigation is the first under the bloc’s Digital Services Act and comes after letter to Musk raising concerns Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Wynn / The Block: The CFTC charges Voyager Digital co-founder Stephen Ehrlich with fraud, saying he and Voyager lied to clients and hid the crypto lender’s true financial health  —  – Stephen Ehrlich and the firm the co-founded, Voyager Digital, lied to customers and hid the crypto lender’s true financial health, according to the CFTC. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: Caltech settles a patent lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom, after suing them in 2016 over devices with chips that allegedly infringe its Wi-Fi patents  —  The California Institute of Technology has reached an agreement to end a patent lawsuit against Apple (AAPL.O) and Broadcom … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Google vows to defend users of generative AI tools in Google Cloud and Workspace from copyright claims; Microsoft, Adobe, and others have made similar pledges  —  Google said on Thursday that it will defend users of generative artificial-intelligence systems in its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Netflix plans to open permanent stores for fans, initially in the US; the stores, named Netflix House, will offer a mix of retail, dining, and live experiences  —  – Its first permanent retail sites will be named ‘Netflix House’  — Initial locations in US will be followed by global expansion Lees verder op Tech Meme