James Vincent / The Verge: AI is killing the web with spam sites, article-churning “AI editors”, “AI-generated junk” in places like Etsy and Reddit, exhausting forum moderators, and more  —  In recent months, the signs and portents have been accumulating with increasing speed.  Google is trying to kill the 10 blue links. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: IBM plans to acquire Apptio for $4.6B in cash from Vista Equity Partners, which paid $1.94B to take the cloud IT management startup private in November 2018  —  As cloud architecture continues to more ubiquitous among organizations, increasingly what is more apparent is that many organizations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: A profile of South Korean engineer Choi Jin-seok, who set out to become a star in China’s chip industry after his career stalled and now faces IP theft charges  —  In 2006, a Korean engineer called Choi Jin-seok achieved a feat that earned him the nickname “master of semiconductor yield”. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: AI-powered analytics startup ThoughtSpot plans to acquire business intelligence startup Mode Analytics for $200M in cash and stock; Mode had raised $81M to date  —  ThoughtSpot, an AI-powered analytics startup, today announced that it’s entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mode Analytics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: FTX bankruptcy team says the exchange owed customers ~$8.7B after commingling and misusing their deposits, and ~$7B in liquid assets have been recovered so far  —  Commingling and misuse of customer and corporate funds occurred from the inception of FTX, says current CEO John J. Ray III. Lees verder op Tech Meme