Tech Meme

Jared Newman / TechHive: Amazon adds advertisements for physical products, such as earbuds, to Fire TV’s top feature carousel, which until now has only promoted streaming video content  —  Amazon will hawk products straight from the top carousel and bring ads into search results.  —  CORD-CUTTER CONFIDENTIAL Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: US v. Google: Apple said “Android is a massive tracking device” and detailed its privacy stance in a 2013 internal presentation sent from Eddy Cue to Tim Cook  —  – Apple’s internal presentation from 2013 is part of new exhibits posted by the Department of Justice in the ongoing Google antitrust trial. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Les Pounder / Tom’s Hardware: Arm acquires a minority stake in Raspberry Pi, extending the long-term partnership between the two companies that has seen Arm CPUs feature in all Pi SoCs  —  Arm wants a slice of Pi  —  Arm Holdings plc today announced that it has made a strategic investment, a minority stake in Raspberry Pi Ltd … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: Source: TikTok users sent $250M+ worth of digital gifts to US livestreamers in Q3; TikTok takes a 50% cut and is on track to earn $500M in US tips in 2023  —  A young man with a shaved head and leather jacket bounces up and down in New York’s Union Square, chanting “TGIF” as viewers send him a stream of tips costing a few cents each. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Niket Nishant / Reuters: PayPal discloses that the company received an SEC subpoena tied to its US dollar stablecoin, launched in August 2023  —  Payments firm PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) said on Thursday it had received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) tied to its U.S. dollar stablecoin. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: YouTube raises Premium’s price globally, starting with Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, Poland, and Turkey, after the US price hike in July 2023  —  Following the United States in July, YouTube Premium’s international price increase is starting. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Boeing investigates a cyber incident that impacted its parts and distribution business, days after LockBit announced stealing “a tremendous amount” of its data  —  Boeing (BA.N), one of the world’s largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: A New Jersey high school and police investigate after male students shared AI-generated nudes of female students in group chats; parents are unsure what to do  —  After boys shared faked pornographic images made of female classmates, both the school and the local police began investigating Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: After major Azure attacks, Microsoft launches the Secure Future Initiative, with plans to use AI and automation to identify vulnerabilities and respond faster  —  Microsoft has had a rough few years of cybersecurity incidents.  It found itself at the center of the SolarWinds attack nearly three years ago … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: After a security incident at Okta’s healthcare coverage provider Rightway, Okta warns around 5,000 employees that hackers may have accessed their personal info  —  Okta is warning nearly 5,000 employees that the company was impacted by a data breach that exposed personal information. Lees verder op Tech Meme