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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Adalytics: Google ads appear on many compromising sites that make up its Search Partners network; Google attacks Adalytics but says it’ll review its findings  —  Adtech report exposes brand safety and ad fraud risks lurking in the Google Search Partners network… Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan M. Katz / The Atlantic: Substack and Telegram searches reveal “scores” of white supremacist, neo-Confederate, and Nazi newsletters among Substack’s 17K+ total; 16+ display Nazi symbols  —  The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

M. Sriram / Reuters: Sources: Ant Group’s payments unit Alipay plans to sell its 3.4% stake in Indian food delivery giant Zomato for nearly $400M; ZOMATO has surged 90%+ in 2023  —  Chinese payments group Alipay plans to sell its 3.4% stake in Indian food delivery giant Zomato (ZOMT.NS) for nearly $400 million through block deals … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amir Efrati / The Information: Source: OpenAI’s revamped board doesn’t plan to include representatives from outside investors, a sign that it will prioritize safety ahead of investor returns  —  OpenAI’s revamped board of directors doesn’t plan to include representatives from outside investors, according to a person familiar with the situation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Bary / MarketWatch: CrowdStrike reports Q3 revenue up 35% YoY to $786M, vs. $777M est., ARR up 35% YoY to $3.15B, and net income of $26.7M, vs. a net loss of $55M a year ago  —  CEO calls out ‘increased win rates and record pipeline’  —  CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. exceeded expectations with its latest quarterly results Tuesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: How a post office in the tiny town of Bemidji, Minnesota, was overwhelmed by Amazon packages, which staff were told to prioritize, causing chaos  —  BEMIDJI, Minn. — When Delbert Mikelson’s mail started showing up late — and sometimes not showing up at all — he blamed it on the opening of deer season. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: HPE reports Q4 revenue down 7% YoY to $7.4B, Compute revenue down 31% YoY to $2.6B, HPC & AI revenue up 37% YoY to $1.2B, Intelligent Edge revenue up 41% YoY  —  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. dipped slightly in extended trading Tuesday after the computing giant reported quarterly results … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: In a now-deleted Nov. 28 tweet and on Nov. 20, Elon Musk boosted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory that led a man to fire an AR-15 in a DC eatery in 2016  —  The far-right theory motivated a gunman to fire multiple rounds inside the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in 2016. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple Music Replay, which lets users look back at their music listening habits from the past year, arrives but is still no match for Spotify Wrapped  —  Apple’s year-end review and answer to Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay, has arrived, but it’s still no match for Spotify’s personalized look back at your year in music. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Amazon launches AWS S3 Express One Zone, an S3 tier aimed at data-intensive apps with a 10x read speed improvement and a 50% lower request cost than standard S3  —  At its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon AWS cloud arm today announced a major update to its S3 object storage service … Lees verder op Tech Meme