Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: OpenAI temporarily shut down ChatGPT after a bug let some users see the titles of other users’ chat histories; some chat histories are still missing  —  OpenAI temporarily shut down its popular ChatGPT service on Monday morning after receiving reports of a bug that allowed some users to see the titles of other users’ chat histories. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Shepardson / Reuters: Ahead of Shou Zi Chew’s testimony, TikTok confirms having 150M MAUs in the US, up from 100M in August 2020; in September 2021, TikTok reported 1B+ MAUs globally  —  TikTok said on Monday the short-video sharing app now has 150 million monthly active users in the United States, up from 100 million it said it had in 2020. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sigal Samuel / Vox: A case for slowing down AI due to existential and bias risks, despite objections like its alleged inevitability and the AI arms race with China  —  Pumping the brakes on artificial intelligence could be the best thing we ever do for humanity.  —  “Computers need to be accountable to machines … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Qianer Liu / Financial Times: Sources: China is giving its most successful chipmakers, including SMIC, Huawei, and Hua Hong, easier subsidy access and more control over state-backed research  —  Under US pressure, Beijing is changing strategy and relying on a select group of companies to shape its domestic sector Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Scarcella / Reuters: Filing: Google denies intentionally destroying evidence in the US antitrust lawsuit over its search business, in a response to the DOJ’s bid for court sanctions  —  Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has denied intentionally destroying evidence in the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Maryland-based identity management startup Aembit launches its service and announces a $16.6M seed from Ballistic Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures  —  Aembit, a Maryland-based security startup that focuses on helping DevOps and security teams manage how federated workloads talk to each other … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Google suspends Pinduoduo’s app on the Play Store “for security concerns” and flags several Pinduoduo apps as malware, alerting users who had them installed  —  On Monday, Google announced that it had flagged several apps made by a Chinese e-commerce giant as malware … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Varun Mishra / Counterpoint Research: Global premium smartphone sales rose 1% YoY in 2022, taking 50%+ of the smartphone market’s revenue for the first time; Apple took 75% of the premium market  —  Although overall global smartphone sales in 2022 fell 12% YoY due to macroeconomic difficulties, global premium (≥$600 wholesale price) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Reebelo, a marketplace for pre-owned smartphones, tablets, and more, raised a $29M Series A extension, bringing its Series A total to ~$50M  —  The global circular economy, comprising the sale of secondhand and refurbished goods, was valued at about $339 billion in 2022 and is poised to more than double by 2026. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mandiant: An overview of 55 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in 2022, mostly in products from Apple, Microsoft, and Google; Chinese groups exploited more than others  —  THREAT INTELLIGENCEZERO DAY THREATSVULNERABILITIES  —  Executive Summary  — Mandiant tracked 55 zero-day vulnerabilities that we judge were exploited in 2022. Lees verder op Tech Meme