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The NLRB says Activision Blizzard broke US labor law by illegally surveilling staff during a walkout and threatening to close Slack channels amid a union drive (Daniel Wiessner/Reuters) 01-04-2023

Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: The NLRB says Activision Blizzard broke US labor law by illegally surveilling staff during a walkout and threatening to close Slack channels amid a union drive  —  Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) violated U.S. labor law by illegally surveilling employees during a walkout and threatening … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal says Apple won its appeal against the CMA's move to investigate the company's dominance in mobile browsers and cloud gaming (Paul Sandle/Reuters) 31-03-2023

Paul Sandle / Reuters: The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal says Apple won its appeal against the CMA’s move to investigate the company’s dominance in mobile browsers and cloud gaming  —  Apple Inc (AAPL.O) won its appeal against the decision by Britain’s antitrust regulator to launch an investigation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: the FTC plans to file a complaint against Amazon alleging Alexa speakers violate COPPA by collecting data about kids under 13 without parental consent (Josh Sisco/Politico) 01-04-2023

Josh Sisco / Politico: Sources: the FTC plans to file a complaint against Amazon alleging Alexa speakers violate COPPA by collecting data about kids under 13 without parental consent  —  The case, if filed, would be the first in a potentially long list of enforcement actions against the tech giant. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filing: the US government sold ~$216M of seized Silk Road BTC on March 14, part of James Zhong's 50K stolen BTC, and plans to sell 41,490 BTC in four tranches (Oliver Knight/CoinDesk) 01-04-2023

Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: Filing: the US government sold ~$216M of seized Silk Road BTC on March 14, part of James Zhong’s 50K stolen BTC, and plans to sell 41,490 BTC in four tranches  —  The government will sell the remaining 41,490 BTC in four tranches this year.  —  The U.S. government sold 9,861.17 bitcoin … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Binance plans to keep the $985M+ BUSD the company moved from its industry recovery fund, launched in November 2022 amid FTX's collapse, in its corporate wallets (Leo Schwartz/Fortune) 01-04-2023

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: Binance plans to keep the $985M+ BUSD the company moved from its industry recovery fund, launched in November 2022 amid FTX’s collapse, in its corporate wallets  —  Founder and CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as “CZ”  —  In the wake of FTX’s collapse in November … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: ByteDance generated $80B+ in 2022 revenue, up 30%+ YoY, after growing 70% between 2020 and 2021; TikTok represented ~12% of ByteDance's total revenue (Juro Osawa/The Information) 01-04-2023

Juro Osawa / The Information: Sources: ByteDance generated $80B+ in 2022 revenue, up 30%+ YoY, after growing 70% between 2020 and 2021; TikTok represented ~12% of ByteDance’s total revenue  —  ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, generated more than $80 billion in annual revenue last year, up more than 30% … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Lyft co-founders' departures followed months of staff worries as the company's market cap fell 85% to under $3.5B in two years, while Uber fared better (Wall Street Journal) 01-04-2023

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Lyft co-founders’ departures followed months of staff worries as the company’s market cap fell 85% to under $3.5B in two years, while Uber fared better  —  New CEO says he aims to boost employee morale and overhaul customer and driver experience  —  Tech Live: Lyft Co-Founder on Stock-Price Tumble, Autonomous Cars Lees verder op Tech Meme

An investigation details how a Georgia man was wrongfully arrested based on a bad facial recognition match and other tech meant to make policing more effective (New York Times) 01-04-2023

New York Times: An investigation details how a Georgia man was wrongfully arrested based on a bad facial recognition match and other tech meant to make policing more effective  —  Because of a bad facial recognition match and other hidden technology, Randal Reid spent nearly a week in jail … Lees verder op Tech Meme