Tech Meme

Kanishka Singh / Reuters: Illinois, Michigan, and seven other US states join the DOJ lawsuit against Google, jointly filed with eight states in January 2023, for alleged ad tech monopoly  —  Nine more U.S. states on Monday joined a civil antitrust lawsuit filed earlier by the Justice Department against Alphabet Inc’s Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: US attorneys charge 40+ staff at China’s domestic security agency, alleging they made thousands of fake profiles on Twitter and elsewhere to pose as US citizens  —  Complaint depicts vast effort to disguise criticism of U.S. policies as coming from Americans Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Berlin-based e-commerce aggregator Razor Group raised an €80M Series C, sources say at a $1.2B valuation, and buys its rival Stryze Group in an all-share deal  —  The business of being an e-commerce aggregator may be down but it is definitely not out.  —  Razor Group, one of the string … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Pearson / VICE: A winner at the Sony World Photography Awards rejects the award, saying his submission was AI-generated and meant to test if such competitions were ready for AI  —  A winner at this year’s Sony World Photography Awards wasn’t a photo at all.  —  Jordan Pearson Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Berlin-based e-commerce aggregator Razor Group raised an €80M Series C, sources say at a $1.2B valuation, and buys its rival Stryze Group in an all-share deal  —  The business of being an e-commerce aggregator may be down but it is definitely not out.  —  Razor Group, one of the string … Lees verder op Tech Meme

William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Apple launches its Apple Card Savings account, announced in October 2022, letting users deposit Daily Cash rewards into a 4.15% high yield account with no fees  —  Months after its first announcement, Apple Savings is now available to Apple Card users, with users able to route Daily Cash rewards … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Berlin-based e-commerce aggregator Razor Group raised an €80M Series C, sources say at a $1.2B valuation, and buys its rival Stryze Group in an all-share deal  —  The business of being an e-commerce aggregator may be down but it is definitely not out.  —  Razor Group, one of the string … Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: Ransomware gang Vice Society leaks data stolen from US network infrastructure company CommScope, including thousands of employees’ SSNs and bank account details  —  Hackers published a trove of data stolen from U.S. network infrastructure giant CommScope, including thousands … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired: Documents detail hundreds of ICE investigations into employees allegedly misusing its database, from stalking and harassment to passing information to criminals  —  Documents obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of investigations by the US agency into alleged database misuse that includes harassment, stalking, and more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Twitter plans to introduce labels on tweets for which the company has limited searchability or visibility due to a violation of its hateful conduct policy  —  Twitter is introducing new labels it will show on tweets the company limits for breaking its rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme