Michael Lewis depicts Sam Bankman-Fried as delusional in his new book, Going Infinite, but says SBF's explanations remain “irritatingly difficult to disprove”
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A preview of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial, which begins today with jury selection, the seven charges, key witnesses, the likely legal strategies, and more
Key witnesses and the likely legal strategies about to unfold in the historic case ahead. … Tomorrow, all eyes turn to New York …
Sources: Meta pitched a plan to EU regulators to charge European users a subscription fee to use Facebook and Instagram without ads starting at €10 per month
European users would have option to pay fee or agree to personalized ads, according to company's pitch to regulators
TikTok confirms the company is running a limited-scale test of an ad-free subscription plan, but only says the market is not the US and does not share the price
TikTok is exploring a new way to make money: The popular video app has kicked off a limited-scale test of a monthly subscription service that eliminates ads.
Apple starts requiring a Chinese government license to publish new apps on the China App Store, after China tightened its oversight over mobile apps in August
Apple (AAPL.O) has started requiring new apps to show proof of a Chinese government licence before their release on its China App Store …
The FCC fines Dish Network $150,000 for failing to move its old EchoStar-7 satellite far enough away from others in use, the FCC's first space junk fine
The US government has issued its first ever fine to a company for leaving space junk orbiting the Earth.
Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 review: nice build with a 120Hz display, adaptive touchpad, and a unique hinge but short battery life and expensive at $2000
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An interview with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on affordable prices, reliability, proper customer support, using AI for quality control, a loyalty program, and more
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Sources: Netflix plans to raise the price of its ad-free service a few months after the Hollywood actors strike ends, likely starting with the US and Canada
Company to become latest streamer to lift fees; Disney weighs launching new live-sports tier abroad
Investigation: several Taiwanese tech companies are secretly helping Huawei build chip plants in southern China, an unusual collaboration with political risks
- Critics slam Taiwan's government for inadequate China curbs — Taiwan has pledged to keep advanced tech from Chinese military
Email: Chainalysis lays off ~150 employees, or 15%+ of its workforce, and plans to focus on government contracts; the company cut staff by ~5% in February 2023
Chainalysis is laying off approximately 150 employees, or slightly more than 15% of its staff of 900, CEO Michael Gronager told employees …
US v. Google: Satya Nadella says Google cemented its search dominance via default search deals with Apple and he may have been overenthusiastic about ChatGPT
and Apple could fix it New York Times : Microsoft C.E.O. Testifies That Google's Power in Search Is Ubiquitous Bloomberg : Microsoft CEO Says Google Search Dominance to Give It AI Edge Diane Bartz / R...
What to expect from the “Made by Google” event on October 4: the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, the Pixel Watch 2, Android 14's release, and more
what we know Tom Morgan-Freelander / Stuff : Google Pixel 8 latest specs, price and release date rumours ahead of the reveal Abhinav Anand / FE Tech Bytes : Made by Google event 2023: How to watch Pix...
Google launches Chromebook Plus, a premium Chromebook category with qualifying specs like a 1080p webcam, a 1080p IPS display, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage
https://blog.google/... #linux #google #chromebook #photoshop #adobe X: @adobeexpress : Adobe is bringing Adobe Photoshop on the web to new Google Chromebook Plus devices - and expanding availability...
Cape Town-based Stitch, which lets businesses build, optimize, and scale financial products via its APIs, raised a $25M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital
Open banking, in which traditional banks release their data via application programming interfaces (APIs) …
LinkedIn unveils several new AI features powered by OpenAI including a LinkedIn Learning coach, and marketing, sales, and recruiting tools with AI assistance
LinkedIn — the Microsoft-owned social platform for those networking for work or recruitment — is now 21 years old, an aeon in the world of technology.
In a memo to staff, Campbell Brown, Meta's head of global media partnerships, says she's stepping down from the role in the fall as Meta backs away from news
Campbell Brown, the veteran TV anchor who led Meta's foray into news, is leaving the company, according to an internal note obtained by Axios.
Věra Jourová, one of two commissioners overseeing the enactment of EU's AI law, warns against being “paranoid” or too restrictive when regulating generative AI
European Commission vice-president says legislation should be based on ‘solid analysis’
Paris Hilton and her company 11:11 Media sign a partnership with X to create four original video content programs per year to promote X's Live Shopping product
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Epic Games plans to add IARC age ratings to “all first- and third-party playable content” in Fortnite, starting November 14
Andrew Webster / The Verge :
Japan's government approves up to ~$1.3B in subsidies for US chipmaker Micron's plant in Hiroshima Prefecture, set to mass produce next-generation memory chips
- Public funds to help US firm make next-gen chips in Hiroshima — Policymakers worldwide in race to gain edge in semiconductors
Frec, which uses AI to let customers create their own investment strategies, comes out of stealth with $26.4M in Series A and seed funding led by Greylock
Emerging from stealth today, fintech startup Frec announced it has raised $26.4 million in seed and Series A funding led by Greylock …
Documents and sources undermine Flexport founder Ryan Petersen's claims that CEO Dave Clark overspent, overhired, and overpromised before being forced to resign
Peterson decides to return as CEO, unceremoniously ousts Clark, rescinds offers to a bunch of new hires then blames Clark for overhiring. … Jenn Schiffer / @jenn@pixel.kitchen : a real “read all the w...
Singapore grants Coinbase a Major Payment Institution license, letting the company offer more Digital Payment Token services to retail and institutional clients
Crypto Exchange Sees Singapore as ‘a Vital Market’ Daniel Woods / Inside Bitcoins : Coinbase Shares Gain On New Singapore Payment License That Fortifies Overseas Expansion Wayne Jones / CryptoPotato :...
Filing: Virginia-based cybersecurity company IronNet, which was founded in 2014 by a former NSA director and raised $400M+, has shut down and laid off its staff
On September 29, 2023, given the unavailability of additional sources of liquidity … Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Network security company IronNet ceases operations two years after going public Kyle ...
Source: Instagram seeks to revive interest in Threads by getting creators to post more, making Threads a place for real-time updates about big events, and more
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information :
Sources: ByteDance offers to buy back staff shares at a $223.5B valuation, down nearly 26% YoY, and made $20B+ in 2022 operating profit as revenue growth slowed
well off 2021 peak but in line with recent secondary trades. via @kyurieff @amir https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Sources: at Foxconn's Sriperumbudur factory, key to Apple's pivot to India, issues persist, like disciplinary wage docking and poorer conditions for contractors
Billy Perrigo / TIME :
London-based Unitary, a contextual AI-based visual content moderation tool that currently classifies 6M videos per day, raised a $15M Series A led by Creandum
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu :
While Adobe, Getty Images, Stability AI, and YouTube have pledged to share some generative AI profits with creators, none have shared specific payout amounts
not exactly an earth-shatting amount.” — https://techcrunch.com/... LinkedIn: Theo Priestley : On Shutterstock, the average payout for each image you have in their AI dataset is looking like $0.0078...
Filings: Niklas Zennström's Atomico raised $1.1B across venture and growth funds, among the largest 2023 raises in Europe, as the VC firm nears its $1.35B goal
Financial Times :
Stampli, which sells AI tools that automate the processing of invoices and help businesses pay vendors, raised $61M, bringing its total funding to $148M+
Priya Anand / Bloomberg : Mastodon: @misc@mastodon.social Mastodon: Jesse Baer / @misc@mastodon.social : @Techmeme Update: Stampli has declared bankruptcy after its payment system hallucinated and cu...
Wattpad replaces its Paid Stories paywall with a freemium tier letting users read some chapters free and buy others; Premium+ subscribers get two stories/month
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