Tech Meme

Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: Crypto exchange EDX Markets, backed by Citadel, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab, quietly began executing trades in recent weeks, offering a noncustodial service  —  EDX Markets won’t directly handle customers’ digital assets or directly serve individual investors Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: Twitter says CEO Linda Yaccarino and Elon Musk do not plan to attend the week-long Cannes Lions festival, even during the company’s new “brand safety” push  —  Elon Musk and Twitter Inc.’s new Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino won’t be at the advertising industry’s biggest annual event … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frank Chaparro / The Block: Binance begins running nodes on the Bitcoin Lightning Network, part of a plan to use the service for deposits and withdrawals to alleviate network congestion  —  – Binance confirmed Tuesday it has started the process of integrating the Lightning Network.  — They would join rivals Kraken and Bitfinex who have already integrated it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Experts warn about pedophiles using generative AI to create CSAM, leading to thousands of images on dark web forums; some question whether laws cover the images  —  Investigators say the disturbing images could undermine efforts to find real-world victims  —  The revolution in artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Billy Perrigo / TIME: Documents show OpenAI lobbied for parts of the EU’s AI Act to be watered down, including successfully avoiding its general purpose AI being deemed “high risk”  —  The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has spent the last month touring world capitals where, at talks to sold-out crowds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: In his first appearance in seven months, Masayoshi Son makes a case for SoftBank’s future, saying the company “won’t be deterred by a few short-term losses”  —  SoftBank Group Corp. is in position to win the race to master AI, thanks to its billions of dollars of tech investments … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Gruber / Daring Fireball: The Anti-Meta Fedi Pact, circulated on Mastodon, pledges to block Meta’s planned ActivityPub service, a petty and insular move that will keep Mastodon small  —  The Anti-Meta Fedi Pact: … Yours truly, on Bluesky a month ago (which, ironically, is not yet open itself, so here’s an open preview): Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Sources: Google initiated early conversations with Foxconn’s Bharat and other Indian suppliers to make its Pixel smartphones, seeking to diversify from China  —  Alphabet Inc.’s Google is scouting for suppliers in India to assemble its Pixel smartphones as it borrows from Apple Inc.’s playbook to diversify beyond China. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: PwC: US social and casual gaming revenue grew 3.6% YoY to $37.1B in 2022, representing 68.6% of game and esports revenue; traditional gaming revenue fell 0.8%  —  Total video games and esports revenue in the U.S. was $54.1 billion in 2022 and is forecast to reach $72.0 billion by $27 billion, according to a report by PwC. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Seifert / The Verge: Google Pixel Tablet review: good screen, audio, and performance, and useful speaker dock, but some apps lack compatibility and below average battery life  —  Google’s first tablet in many years doesn’t try to reinvent what tablets are good for.  Instead, it leans into being a good media consumption device … Lees verder op Tech Meme