Tech Meme

Carly Page / TechCrunch: The BlackCat ransomware gang threatens to release 80GB of data allegedly stolen from Reddit; the company says BlackCat’s claims relate to a February 5 attack  —  Hackers are threatening to release confidential data stolen from Reddit unless the company pays a ransom demand – and reverses its controversial API price hikes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: Sources: internal teams at Singapore-based Crypto.com trade tokens for profit on the exchange and elsewhere, a little-known fact since the company’s 2016 launch  —  Singapore group has desk to profit from market moves  —  Crypto.com, the exchange endorsed by Hollywood actor Matt Damon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dewi Kurniawati / Reuters: SpaceX launches Indonesia’s largest telecom satellite as part of a $540M project to offer internet in remote areas; the SATRIA-1 has a 150GB/second throughput  —  Indonesia and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country’s largest telecommunication satellite from the United States … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Guardian: UK MPs, consumer groups, and banks pressure Meta over not preventing fraud on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, estimated to cost UK households £250M in 2023  —  Exclusive: Calls for Meta to curb rise in scams on its platforms, which will cost UK households £250m this year Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Germany and Intel agree on subsidies worth €10B for its chip plant in Magdeburg, up from an initial agreement on €6.8B, part of a €30B project  —  Germany and Intel Corp. sealed an agreement for the US company to receive an enlarged subsidy package worth about €10 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gabriela Galindo / Wired: How Apple is trying to gain IP rights over depictions of apples globally, worrying Fruit Union Suisse that the 111-year-old company may need to change its logo  —  Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Hakki / Decrypt: Twitter suspends Explain This Bob, a GPT-4 chatbot tied to the BOB Token, after Elon Musk called the account a “scam”; Musk replied “I love Bob” in April 2023  —  The move marks an abrupt about-face for Musk, who had previously engaged with the bot’s content on Twitter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gabriela Galindo / Wired: A look at Apple’s attempt to gain IP rights over depictions of apples globally, including in Switzerland, worrying the 111-year-old Fruit Union Suisse  —  Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: An overview of how the adoption of generative AI tools is transforming everyday work in legal contracts, professional services, filmmaking, and programming  —  Professional services, filmmaking and coding are among the first to use the technology in everyday operations Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zephin Livingston / Wired: How the fighting game community, or FGC, a broad term for those who play games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, became a safe haven for LGBTQ+ gamers  —  Players of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat make up some of the most diverse communities in esports, inviting queer gamers and characters to the arena. Lees verder op Tech Meme