Rohan Goswami / CNBC: A US judge sentences influencer Douglass Mackey to seven months in prison for conspiring to suppress Hillary Clinton votes in 2016, including via Twitter ads  —  – A Trump-supporting social media influencer was sentenced to seven months in prison for conspiring to suppress the votes … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wes Davis / The Verge: FCC approves a petition by Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft and others for access to the 6GHz band for Wi-Fi tethering of AR and VR headsets  —  The FCC has unanimously approved plans by several tech companies to use the 6GHz band for wireless devices.  —  FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: Cybersecurity startups raised nearly $1.9B globally across 153 deals in Q3 2023, up 12% QoQ but down 30% from the $2.7B in Q3 2022; just five deals were $75M+  —  Venture funding to cybersecurity startups in the third quarter saw a slight uptick from Q2, but was still down 30% year to year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: The EU forcing Google to let Android users pick a search engine boosts Moscow-based Yandex, now a top five option in Germany, Italy, Denmark, and more countries  —  – EU antitrust remedy opened door to Yandex popularity in Europe  — Yandex faced criticism for cutting content critical of Putin Lees verder op Tech Meme