Tech Meme

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: Former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame pleads guilty to criminal charges, less than a month before the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried is set to begin  —  Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried used Salame as a “straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: Patreon adds Discord-like group chats to mobile, letting creators join up to four chats and restrict access based on subscriber tiers; desktop is coming later  —  Beginning today, Patreon creators who want a dedicated space to interact with fans will have a built-in option: group chats. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: eBay rolls out an AI tool for sellers that can generate a product listing, including a title, description, category, and price, from one photo, initially on iOS  —  eBay is rolling out a new AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing from a single photo. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Meta expands Threads’ keyword search to “most” English- and Spanish-speaking countries, including the US and the UK, after a test in Australia and New Zealand  —  Instagram’s Threads is rolling out the ability to search through posts more widely. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: The International Criminal Court’s lead prosecutor says the Hague will now investigate and prosecute any hacking crimes that violate existing international law  —  And the first case on the docket may well be Russia’s cyberattacks against civilian critical infrastructure in Ukraine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: The ESA announces organizer ReedPop will not be working on future E3 events and informs the Los Angeles Convention Center that 2024’s E3 will not be held there  —  E3 2024 may still happen, but not at the Los Angeles Convention Center  —  News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The co-founders of shuttered AV startup Argo AI launch autonomous trucking startup Stack AV, backed by $1B+ from SoftBank, per a Pittsburgh official’s estimate  —  – SoftBank said to provide more than $1 billion to Stack AV  — Founders of defunct Argo AI aim to automate long-haul trucking Lees verder op Tech Meme

Linda Hardesty / Fierce Wireless: The Senate votes 55 to 43 to approve Anna Gomez as the fifth FCC commissioner, breaking the deadlock at the agency and giving the FCC a 3-2 Democratic majority  —  Today, the U.S. Senate finally approved a nominee to fill the vacant, fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Lees verder op Tech Meme

AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: Microsoft says Chinese state-affiliated hackers are using AI to generate content designed to “go viral across social networks in the US and other democracies”  —  Chinese state-affiliated hacking groups are become more adept at using artificial intelligence to generate content designed to … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: eBay rolls out an AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing including price from a single photo, starting with its iOS app  —  eBay is rolling out a new AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing from a single photo. Lees verder op Tech Meme