Tech Meme

Simon Sharwood / The Register: The French government bans TikTok and all other recreational apps from staff phones, claiming none have sufficiently robust security for government devices  —  Meanwhile the US contemplates drastic action  —  The government of France has banned TikTok – and all other recreational apps – from phones issued to its employees. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Pooler / Financial Times: Alex Szapiro, co-head of SoftBank’s nearly $8B Latin America fund, says he is confident about securing extra capital from its parent despite a ~$900M paper loss  —  Alex Szapiro says he is confident about securing extra capital from Japanese technology conglomerate Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Taub / Bloomberg: First Citizens agrees to buy the commercial banking business of Silicon Valley Bank from the FDIC including all deposits and loans  —  First Citizens BancShares Inc. agreed to buy Silicon Valley Bank which was seized by regulators following a run on the lender. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: A look at Modulate’s ToxMod and other AI-based tools that help gaming companies moderate voice chats in online games, amid concerns of accuracy and user privacy  —  New artificial-intelligence tools can mute, ban players who violate conduct rules  —  In the videogame “Gun Raiders,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the Hong Kong arms of three Chinese state banks have reached out to offer services to crypto businesses in recent months, despite a mainland crypto ban  —  Crypto firms rushing into Hong Kong after the city opened its doors to the battered sector are finding a surprising source of potential support: China’s state-owned banks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: A mid-March Midjourney update seemingly fixed one of the AI image generator’s major failings: its inability to depict lifelike human hands with five fingers  —  Improved AI image-making software churned out believable yet fictional images of former president Trump getting arrested Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World: After India’s legal orders this week, Twitter blocked the tweets of 122 users, including reporters and politicians, from Indian users; it used to push back more  —  Last year, before Elon Musk took over as CEO, Twitter pushed back against such requests from the government.  —  • NEW DELHI, INDIA Lees verder op Tech Meme

ProPublica: A look at OBNBrandon, a prolific scammer in a booming community focused on banning influencers’ accounts, mainly on Instagram, and extorting for “reactivation”  —  Just after midnight on Sept. 13, Kristian “Murda” Murphy was watching TV at home in Boca Raton, Florida, when his phone began buzzing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Filing: some Twitter source code was leaked by user “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” on GitHub, which removed the code to comply with Twitter’s DMCA notice on March 24  —  The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to unmask the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the code. Lees verder op Tech Meme

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: A profile of Atlanta-based Yellow Card, Africa’s largest centralized crypto exchange, which raised $57M and facilitated $1.75B in transactions since 2019  —  – Yellow Card is the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchange in Africa.  — For its nearly 1.4 million users across the continent … Lees verder op Tech Meme