Tech Meme

Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: Ex-Instagram consultant Arturo Bejar, set to testify in Congress on November 7, says Meta did not fully act on its Well-Being Team’s findings to protect teens  —  When a Meta security expert told Mark Zuckerberg that Instagram’s approach to protecting teens wasn’t working, the CEO didn’t reply. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lora Kelley / The Atlantic: Sam Bankman-Fried, who is unkempt, pedigreed, and awkward, replicated what VCs believe a founder should look like, and the door remains open for others like him  —  The tech industry is designed for people like Sam Bankman-Fried.  —  Over and over during Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: A look at the Russia-based SWAT USA Drop, whose 1,200+ US employees knowingly or unwittingly reship consumer goods purchased online with stolen credit cards  —  One of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: China warms to Micron, saying the company deepening its footprint would be welcome, after banning its equipment in key infrastructure in May 2023  —  China’s commerce minister told Micron Technology Inc’s (MU.O) president Beijing would welcome the U.S. semiconductor company deepening … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Cloudflare says it has restored most services after power outages at multiple data centers impacted its products, including Cloudflare API and Stream API  —  An ongoing Cloudflare outage has taken down many of its products, including the company’s dashboard and related application programming interfaces … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple expects its revenue in the holiday quarter, normally the company’s biggest sales period, to stay the same as last year; Wall Street projected ~5% growth  —  – Sales of iPads and wearable products are expected to suffer  — Even with challenges, iPhone sales slightly exceed estimates Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Cloudflare says it has restored most services after power outages at multiple data centers impacted many, including Cloudflare API and Stream API  —  An ongoing Cloudflare outage has taken down many of its products, including the company’s dashboard and related application programming interfaces … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: Ex-Instagram consultant Arturo Bejar, set to testify in Congress on Nov. 7, says Meta didn’t sufficiently act on its Well-Being Team’s findings to protect teens  —  When a Meta security expert told Mark Zuckerberg that Instagram’s approach to protecting teens wasn’t working, the CEO didn’t reply. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: His Job Was to Make Instagram Safe for Teens.  His 14-Year-Old Showed Him What the App Was Really Like.  —  When a Meta security expert told Mark Zuckerberg that Instagram’s approach to protecting teens wasn’t working, the CEO didn’t reply.  Now the former insider is set to tell Congress about the predatory behavior. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sources: Microsoft plans to remove the free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most staff in Jan. 2024; Phil Spencer said he was unaware and is looking into it  —  Microsoft is removing the free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most of its 238,000 employees and some aren’t happy about it. Lees verder op Tech Meme