Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Interpol shutters Indonesia-based “phishing-as-a-service” platform 16shop, used to create 150K phishing pages, compromising at least 70K people in 43 countries  —  A joint operation between Interpol and cybersecurity firms has led to an arrest and shutdown of the notorious 16shop phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Gabriel Simon / Bloomberg: India-based Credgenics, which provides an online service to help banks collect on debt, raised $50M led by Accel and Westbridge Capital at a $340M valuation  —  – It raised $50 million in funding round led also by WestBridge  — The startup aims to expand to Southeast Asian countries Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Oremus / Washington Post: A look at Def Con’s White House-backed Generative Red Team Challenge, where contestants try to make AI chatbots go rogue; the results will be sealed for months  —  Chatbots can be biased, deceptive or even dangerous.  Hackers are competing to figure out exactly how. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: Sources: ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame is in talks with prosecutors to plead guilty to criminal charges and may enter a plea as soon as September  —  – Ryan Salame was the co-chief executive of FTX Digital Markets  — Salame would be fourth former FTX executive to plead guilty Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Endowus, which operates a digital wealth management platform, raised $35M from Citi Ventures, MUFG, and others, taking its total funding to $95M  —  Back in 2021 and early 2022, there was a flurry of VC interest in Southeast Asian investment apps. Lees verder op Tech Meme