Tech Meme

Matthew Goldstein / New York Times: How buy now, pay later services became a popular target for fraudsters, sometimes helped by companies having a loose underwriting process for applications  —  Seung Song said his identity was stolen and used to buy $5,000 worth of gun components from an online dealer using a buy now, pay later service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: German police, Europol, FBI, and Ukrainian authorities disrupt a ransomware gang that deployed DoppelPaymer; Europol says US victims paid out €40M+ in 2019-2021  —  German police said Monday that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wired: An analysis and reconstruction of Rotterdam’s Accenture-made welfare fraud algorithm and its training data finds discrimination based on ethnicity and gender  —  Obscure government algorithms are making life-changing decisions about millions of people around the world. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Microsoft announces Dynamics 365 Copilot, built using OpenAI’s tech, helping draft contextual chat and email answers and more, rolling out in preview  —  Microsoft Corp., having brought artificial intelligence to its battle with Google over search, is now turning to the latest AI technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: German police, Europol, FBI, and Ukrainian authorities disrupt a ransomware gang that deployed DoppelPaymer; Europol says US victims paid out €40M+ in 2019-2021  —  German police said Monday that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: German police, Europol, FBI, and Ukrainian authorities disrupt a ransomware gang that deployed DoppelPaymer; Europol says US victims paid out €40M+ in 2019-2021  —  German police said Monday that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: A look at the AI Objectives Institute, founded by deceased privacy luminary Peter Eckersley, aiming to influence AI’s evolution and safeguard humanity’s future  —  Peter Eckersley did groundbreaking work to encrypt the web.  After his sudden death, a new organization he founded is carrying … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: The EU says WhatsApp agreed to increase transparency over its privacy policy changes from 2021, letting users reject the rules, limiting data sharing, and more  —  Meta Platforms’ (META.O) WhatsApp has agreed to be more transparent about changes to its privacy policy introduced in 2021 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Q&A with Atari CEO Wade Rosen on the company’s 50th anniversary, making use of its traditional IP, plans to focus on retro gaming hardware, licensing, and more  —  Wade Rosen wants Atari to come back as one of the most valuable gaming brands.  After all, there aren’t many 50-year-old game companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kaya Yurieff / The Information: Sources: around 20 leaders at Clubhouse have left over the past year, including hires from Meta, Google, and others; Clubhouse continues to add “top talent”  —  Roughly 20 leaders have departed Clubhouse over the past year or so, including many of the notable hires … Lees verder op Tech Meme