Techmeme
March 13, 2023, 5:20 PM

Top News

U.S. Department of the Treasury:
The US Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC say all Silicon Valley Bank depositors will be “fully” protected, and their money will be available on March 13  —  WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen …
More: Board of Governors …, FDIC, CNBC, The White House on YouTube, Bloomberg, Stratechery, CNN, VICE, Above Avalon, CoinDesk, Insider, The Atlantic, PYMNTS.com, HotHardware, Wired, The Hill, Fortune, CryptoSlate, National Review, Wall Street Journal, ZyCrypto, GeekWire, NBC News, Quartz, Cointelegraph, CNBC, Inside Bitcoins, DealStreetAsia, Axios, Bitcoinist.com, Crunchbase News, CoinDesk, NFT Evening, New York Post, MediaNama, New York Times, Technical.ly, Decrypt, Coinspeaker, Tech Startups, Rate of Return, Cryptopolitan, NewsBTC, Blockworks, #OONO, Cryptonews, CryptoPotato, and Protos
LinkedIn: Janet Mui and Dror Futter
Sinead O'Sullivan / Financial Times:
Having perfected the art of using echo-chamber hype to move markets, VCs managed to hype their own rumors to collapse SVB, slaying a much-loved accomplice  —  After more than a decade of venture capitalists insisting they provide more than just cash to their portfolio companies, the moment to prove that finally arrived.
Iain Withers / Reuters:
Michael Moritz / Financial Times:
A eulogy for Silicon Valley Bank, a business partner to tech for 40 years that worked with startups when bigger banks wouldn't and paid a price for its loyalty  —  Regardless of the reasons behind the bank's collapse, it leaves a huge hole for the start-up scene  —  The writer is a partner at Sequoia Capital
The Verge:
A Reddit user shows how Samsung's Space Zoom feature produces fake, generated images of the moon, highlighting how computational photography is changing photos  —  For years, Samsung “Space Zoom”-capable phones have been known for their ability to take incredibly detailed photos of the Moon.
CNBC:
New York shuts down Signature Bank as US regulators cite a “systemic risk exception” like for SVB, announcing all of Signature's depositors will be “made whole”  —  U.S. regulators said Sunday it shut down New York-based Signature Bank, a second financial institution …
Bloomberg:
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Vishal Chawla / The Block:
Lending protocol Euler Finance lost $197M in a flash-loan attack, including $136M in stETH and $34M in USDC; Euler raised $32M in June 2022; EUL drops 45%+  —  - Euler Finance was hit by a flash-loan attack that resulted in a loss of $197 million, according to security analysts.
STAT:
Insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for the treatment of older patients  —  An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder and an allergy to pain medicine.
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
After investing $1B in OpenAI in 2019, Microsoft found ways to string together tens of thousands of Nvidia A100 GPUs, costing several hundred million dollars  —  When Microsoft Corp. invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, it agreed to build a massive, cutting-edge supercomputer for the artificial intelligence research startup.

Sponsor Posts

ElevenLabs:
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs  —  You know us for voice.  Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency.  Hear it for yourself.
Intel:
5G's most deployed platform  —  Powering live networks with built-in Inference across Core and RAN.  That's the power of Intel Inside®
Zoho:
Build vs Buy Embedded Analytics: The Decision That Defines Your Product Roadmap  —  Every SaaS product team eventually hits the analytics wall.  Your customers want insights inside your app.  Your roadmap has no room to spare.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data  —  Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.

Featured Podcasts

The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
Iran, Oil, and the US
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'Apple at 50', With John Siracusa
The director's commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Subscribe to The Talk Show With John Gruber.
Big Technology Podcast:
OpenAI President Greg Brockman: AI Self-Improvement, The Superapp Bet, Path To AGI, Scaling Compute
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Brad Lightcap from OpenAI
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Why We Need to Pay Attention to Elon Musk Again
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ryan Roslansky: Turning AI Anxiety into Skills for the Future of Work
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 5:20 PM ET, March 13, 2023.

The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.

More News

Ezra Klein / New York Times:

Earlier Picks