Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says that Copilot has “growing positive margins”, as the cost to run the service per user is lower than the price Microsoft charges  —  GitHub’s AI coding assistant, called Copilot, has gone from an experiment to a moneymaker, the company’s CEO Thomas Dohmke … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: GitHub plans to release a Copilot Enterprise plan that lets companies customize for their codebase, available from February 2024 for $39 per month per user  —  GitHub today announced plans for an enterprise subscription tier that will allow companies to fine-tune its Copilot pair-programmer based on their internal codebase. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: Rockstar plans to begin promoting Grand Theft Auto VI, likely one of the decade’s biggest video games, in December, coinciding with Rockstar’s 25th anniversary  —  The company plans to release a trailer for the game in December, according to a blog post by Rockstar’s president Sam Houser. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Connor Jones / The Register: Atlassian raises the severity rating of a vulnerability in its Confluence Data Center and Server to maximum, and confirms the flaw is being actively exploited  —  Attackers secure admin rights after vendor said they could only steal data  —  Atlassian reassessed the severity rating … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Sources: Microsoft plans to add Windows Copilot to Windows 10 in an update coming soon, after adding the AI assistant to Windows 11 in September  —  Microsoft wants to get Windows Copilot in front of as many users as possible.  —  Microsoft began rolling out its new AI assistant … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Gooding / Tech Monitor: US chip company Vishay agrees to buy Newport Wafer Fab, the UK’s largest chip plant, for $177M from Chinese-owned Nexperia, after the UK forced its sale in 2022  —  The UK’s biggest chip plant is getting new owners after the government forced its sale on national security grounds. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Wynn / The Block: The CFTC says 47 out of its 96 enforcement cases brought in 2023 were digital asset-related, including against SBF, Binance, CZ, Celsius, and Alex Mashinsky  —  – The CFTC brought 47 digital asset-related actions out of 96 total its 2023 fiscal year  — Notable cases included … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: OpenAI fixes an issue that caused a “major outage” across ChatGPT and the company’s API services for 90+ minutes, starting shortly before 6AM PT  —  OpenAI’s ChatGPT service is back online after being down and inaccessible for its 100 million weekly active users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: WhatsApp now lets iOS and Android users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through Meta’s servers to obfuscate IP address metadata  —  WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that helps Android and iOS users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through WhatsApp servers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: former NYSE President Tom Farley’s crypto exchange Bullish, fintech startup Figure, and crypto VC Proof Group are competing to acquire FTX’s remnants  —  Tom Farley’s new firm joins two other suitors in auction for bankrupt crypto exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried Lees verder op Tech Meme