Andy Greenberg / Wired: Roger Thomas Clark, who was Silk Road’s second-in-command, behind Ross Ulbricht, is sentenced to 20 years, following his extradition from Thailand in 2018  —  Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, will spend much of the rest of his life in prison for his key role in building the world’s first dark web drug market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: India’s Goods and Services Tax Council agrees to levy a 28% indirect tax on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing, rejecting that they are “games of skill”  —  India plans to impose a significant tax on the fund that online gaming firms collect from consumers in a major blow … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julia Love / Bloomberg: Llion Jones, who co-authored the pioneering AI paper “Attention Is All You Need” at Google, plans to depart Google Japan later in July 2023 to launch a startup  —  An artificial intelligence researcher who co-authored one of Google’s most influential papers in the field is leaving the company to launch a startup. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: US DOJ arrests a security engineer on wire fraud and money laundering charges, saying he “fraudulently obtained” $9M through a DEX by creating fake pricing data  —  The DOJ alleged that Shakeeb Ahmed stole $9 million from a crypto exchange that operates on Solana, through a flash loan attack last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta now lets avatars be used to answer and make video calls on Instagram and Messenger and adds ways to share animated avatar stickers  —  Meta announced today that users can now use their avatars to answer and make video calls on Instagram and Messenger.  The company says the new functionality … Lees verder op Tech Meme