Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: US court document: NSO Group’s Pegasus was used to target 1,223 WhatsApp users in 51 countries in a 2019 attack; Mexico led with 456 victims and India had 100  —  NSO Group’s notorious spyware Pegasus was used to target 1,223 WhatsApp users in 51 different countries during a 2019 hacking campaign, according to a new court document. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Knight / Wired: Q&A with CMU professor and OpenAI board member Zico Kolter on CMU’s partnership with Google, the dangers of AI agents interacting with one another, and more  —  Zico Kolter, a Carnegie Mellon professor and board member at OpenAI, tells WIRED about the dangers of AI agents interacting with one another … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: Trump’s global tariffs are an opportunity for EU to bolster its tech sector via strategic investments, streamlining regulations, and deepening its single market  —  If AI growth suffers from tariffs on aluminum, steel, and copper, US tech may finally have some competition. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: TSMC reports Q1 revenue up ~42% YoY to $25.5B, above est. and its fastest revenue growth since 2022, as electronics makers stockpiled chips ahead of US tariffs  —  That marked TSMC’s fastest pace of growth since 2022.  Electronics manufacturers had stockpiled goods in US warehouses … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Solid, which offers APIs for banking, payments, cards, and crypto products and had raised $81M, files for Chapter 11, citing a “costly” lawsuit with FTV Capital  —  Banking-as-a-service startup Solid (formerly called Wise) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection … Lees verder op Tech Meme