Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Sources: Microsoft readies a Surface Pro 10 and a Surface Laptop 6 for spring 2024, with Intel and ARM variants, improved designs, and next-gen AI PC marketing  —  Microsoft is making major updates to its Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lines with improved designs, new features, and next-gen silicon. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica: Filing: Google agrees to settle a 2020 class-action lawsuit accusing the company of tracking and tying activity in Chrome’s incognito mode to users’ profiles  —  2020 lawsuit accused Google of tracking incognito activity, tying it to users’ profiles.  —  Google has indicated that it is ready … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Filing: FirstCry, India’s biggest e-commerce platform for mother and baby products, aims to raise $218M in its IPO; source: the startup wants a ~$4B valuation  —  FirstCry, India’s biggest e-commerce platform for mother and baby products, is aiming to raise $218 million through the sale … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: A US judge sides with the SEC, ruling that Terraform broke the law by not registering four cryptocurrencies, but dismisses the SEC’s security-based swap claims  —  A federal judge on Thursday ruled in favor of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on claims that Terraform Labs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: Microsoft’s AI Image Creator, part of Bing and Paint, can make violent images that look realistic, and Microsoft appears to lay much of the blame on users  —  The AI Image Creator, part of Microsoft’s Bing and Windows Paint, makes extremely violent images of Joe Biden, the pope and others. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A US judge rejects X’s bid to block California’s AB 587, which seeks to control toxic social media posts by requiring companies to disclose moderation policies  —  – Measure seeks to control toxic posts on social media platforms  — Company alleged state is trying to censor controversial speech Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: A US judge sides with the SEC, ruling that Terraform is liable for offering and selling unregistered securities, but dismisses SEC’s security-based swap claims  —  A federal judge on Thursday ruled in favor of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on claims that Terraform Labs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Martin Young / Cointelegraph: Vitalik Buterin proposes requiring only 8,192 validator signatures to make Ethereum’s proof-of-stake “simpler and lighter”; ETH currently has ~895K validators  —  The Ethereum co-founder suggested reducing validator signatures to lighten the load and make predicting future loads more accurate. Lees verder op Tech Meme