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

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Filing: FirstCry, India’s biggest e-commerce platform for baby products, is aiming to raise $218M in its IPO; source: the startup is eyeing a valuation of ~$4B  —  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

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: The New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft relies on a false belief that copyright can limit the right to read and process data  —  This week the NY Times somehow broke the story of… well, the NY Times suing OpenAI and Microsoft.  I wonder who tipped them off. Lees verder op Tech Meme

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