Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Venezuela’s temporary ban on crypto mining is killing the industry President Maduro promoted, with ~75K units of mining equipment disconnected since March  —  Venezuela’s temporary ban on mining cryptocurrencies within the country is effectively killing the industry President Nicolás Maduro worked hard to promote. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Edward Felsenthal / TIME: Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why AI UX matters, AGI going “wrong” compared to “AGI is going to go fantastically well”, capping profit, regulation, and more  —  For this week’s TIME100 Most Influential Companies cover story about OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Ripple says the company received in-principle regulatory approval in Singapore to offer payment tokens and expand XRP cross-border transfers in the country  —  – Ripple said it received in-principle approval of a Major Payment Institution Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country’s central bank. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ina Fried / Axios: Citing rising complaints, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner gives Twitter 28 days to explain the company’s plans to combat hate speech or face ~$475K in fines  —  Australia’s online safety regulator sent a legal notice to Twitter demanding the social network explain the steps it is taking … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: After Elon Musk tweeted he is “up for a cage fight” with Mark Zuckerberg, both parties agree to a fight; Musk suggests the Vegas Octagon as a location  —  Here we go.  —  After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: Ted Sarandos outlines Netflix’s plans to spend some of the $2.5B earmarked for K-drama, including working with South Korean organizations to identify talent  —  Netflix Inc. promised to back and cultivate the Korean showrunners and studios behind viral shows like Squid Game … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ina Fried / Axios: Citing rising complaints, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner gives Twitter 28 days to explain the steps it is taking to combat hate speech or face fines of ~$475K  —  Australia’s online safety regulator sent a legal notice to Twitter demanding the social network explain the steps it is taking … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Sequoia debuts Atlas, an interactive tool that uses various qualitative and quantitative data collection methods to map the European technical talent landscape  —  There is an estimated 3 million software engineers in Europe, depending on what report you want to believe … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Figma expands its partnership with Google for Education, allowing all US K-12 students to access its design tools for free on education Chromebooks  —  Figma is expanding its partnership with Google for Education in a bid to introduce more school-age students to its product design and collaboration platforms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Liani MK / Rest of World: Indigenous communities in Borneo are using mapping tech like GPS and GIS to claim their rights to ancestral land and stop the expansion of oil palm plantations  —  In Borneo, Indigenous communities are using mapping tech to claim their land rights and fight the expansion of oil palm plantations. Lees verder op Tech Meme