Tech Meme

Jeff Stone / Bloomberg: Cyber Crimes Center, a division of the US DHS, says it has disrupted 500+ ransomware attacks and seized $4.3B in crypto since 2021, including $180M in 2023  —  Homeland Security Investigations is stopping hacks before they occur.  —  A cybercrime-focused division of the US Department … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Experian agrees to acquire Brazilian fraud detection provider ClearSale for $350M; Brazilian regulators would have to approve, and are expected to in H1 2025  —  Credit data company Experian (EXPN.L) has agreed to buy Brazilian cyber security firm ClearSale (CLSA3.SA), it said on Friday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Mullenweg says WordPress.org “belongs to me personally”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, the WordPress Foundation, and Automattic  —  The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wency Chen / South China Morning Post: How Beixiazhu, a Chinese village where merchants struck gold during the livestream ecommerce boom on Douyin, Kuaishou, and other apps, became a ghost town  —  To the unsuspecting outsider, Beixiazhu looks like any unremarkable Chinese village.  But for years, this was the place … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A look at Google NotebookLM’s Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral for its AI-generated “deep dive” podcasts with two hosts  —  With this Google tool, you can now listen to a show about any topic you could possibly imagine.  You won’t believe your ears. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Grindr is testing an AI “wingman” that would let users track conversations with their “favorite” users, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more  —  The dating app is testing an AI bot for gay and bi men that would scout for long-term relationship prospects … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: China-linked “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign potentially accessed US wiretap systems after breaching networks of US ISPs like Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen  —  AT&T, Verizon are among broadband providers breached in China-linked ‘Salt Typhoon’ hack Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Primack / Axios: Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a “significant” personal donation to Kamala Harris’ campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July  —  – At the time, President Biden was still running for reelection. … – He notes that he and Felicia have known Harris … Lees verder op Tech Meme

SemiAnalysis: A deep dive into “AI Neoclouds”, a new breed of cloud compute providers built to offer GPU rentals, like Crusoe, Lambda Labs, and CoreWeave, and their economics  —  H100 Rental Price Cuts, AI Neocloud Giants and Emerging Neoclouds, H100 Cluster Bill of Materials and Cluster Deployment … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Blanchard / Reuters: Foxconn Q3: revenue up 20.2% YoY to ~$57.3B, vs ~$55.4B est., on strong AI server demand; consumer electronics revenue, including from iPhones, was flat YoY  —  Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW), the world’s largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue … Lees verder op Tech Meme