Elizabeth Napolitano / CoinDesk: A US judge rejects a request to relinquish control over $7.3B in disputed FTX assets; liquidators in the Bahamas argued a local judge should oversee the process  —  Liquidators had argued the assets should be overseen by a court in the Bahamas during a bankruptcy hearing for the exchange on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hilary Allen / Financial Times: After the SEC’s recent actions and failures of FTX, Celsius, and Luna, Republican lawmakers proposing a crypto market bill is a jarring gift to the industry  —  Republican proposal for new legislation would legitimise the digital asset industry and undermine investor protection Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: At an all-hands, Mark Zuckerberg addressed Apple’s Vision Pro, saying “that could be the vision of the future of computing” but “not the one that I want”  —  / Zuckerberg directly addressed Apple’s Vision Pro unveiling in a meeting with Meta employees today … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: Chris Cox showed Meta’s staff its “response to Twitter”, an Instagram-based text app integrated with ActivityPub; documents say the app could be called Threads  —  One of Meta’s top executives showed employees a preview of the company’s upcoming Twitter competitor during … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Perrino / Tech Policy Press: Six US senators reintroduce a bipartisan bill to improve social media transparency, requiring companies to share ad libraries, moderation stats, and more  —  John Perrino is a policy analyst at the Stanford Internet Observatory.  —  The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A group of about 120 Google contract workers employed by Accenture seek to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union, saying Alphabet is their “joint employer”  —  A group of Alphabet Inc. contract workers are launching a unionization campaign, saying they need a greater voice … Lees verder op Tech Meme