Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Brisbane-based edtech startup Go1 acquires Berlin-based Blinkist, which offers 15-minute summaries of non-fiction books, and raised $30M from Insight Partners  —  After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: A look at Tel Aviv-based Rayzone, whose surveillance system Echo, sold to governments globally, harvests and repurposes ad data to track people via their phones  —  The innovation at the heart of the advertising technology industry is automated auctions to trade real-time data about mobile phone users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: JD.com says CEO Xu Lei plans to step down in June 2023 “due to personal reasons”, after taking the role in April 2022; CFO Sandy Ran Xu will take over as CEO  —  – JD.com shares rose in pre-market trade in the U.S. on Thursday after it said it swung to profit in the first quarter and announced a management shakeup. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: A judge rules that $300M in BlockFi’s wallets belong to clients, not the bankrupt lender’s estate; $375M in interest-bearing accounts belong to the estate  —  A further $375 million that users tried to transfer out of interest-bearing accounts after Nov. 10 still belongs to the estate, Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan said Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Review of the $700 Asus ROG Ally: fast performance and smooth variable refresh screen, but Windows is hard to use on a handheld and the UI has major glitches  —  A big step forward for Windows handhelds — but is Windows the way forward at all? … Windows handheld gaming PCs existed before the Deck … Lees verder op Tech Meme