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Google researchers say DPRK's IT workers are fraudulently securing positions at companies in Germany, Portugal, and the UK, after facing sanctions in the US (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer) 02-04-2025

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Google researchers say DPRK’s IT workers are fraudulently securing positions at companies in Germany, Portugal, and the UK, after facing sanctions in the US  —  North Korea’s IT workers have expanded operations beyond the United States and are now increasingly targeting organizations across Europe. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft says it used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer) 02-04-2025

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Microsoft says it used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders  —  Microsoft used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoreWeave's stock closed up 41.77% at $52.57 in its third trading day, bouncing back above its $40 IPO price and bringing the company's market cap to ~$24.89B (Samantha Subin/CNBC) 01-04-2025

Samantha Subin / CNBC: CoreWeave’s stock closed up 41.77% at $52.57 in its third trading day, bouncing back above its $40 IPO price and bringing the company’s market cap to ~$24.89B  —  CoreWeave’s stock popped nearly 42% on Tuesday, bouncing back above its initial public offering price following a lackluster second trading day on the public markets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta VP of AI Research Joelle Pineau says she plans to leave in May 2025 after eight years; she has led the FAIR group since early 2023 and reports to Chris Cox (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg) 01-04-2025

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta VP of AI Research Joelle Pineau says she plans to leave in May 2025 after eight years; she has led the FAIR group since early 2023 and reports to Chris Cox  —  Joelle Pineau, the VP running Meta’s FAIR group, to depart company in May  —  Meta Platforms Inc.’s head … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mozilla says it's developing Thundermail, an email service with a privacy focus set to get a web client, as part of an upcoming paid Thunderbird Pro service (Jason Evangelho/Forbes) 01-04-2025

Jason Evangelho / Forbes: Mozilla says it’s developing Thundermail, an email service with a privacy focus set to get a web client, as part of an upcoming paid Thunderbird Pro service  —  I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming.  —  SaveComment  —  In case you missed it … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first glasses with a display, codenamed Hypernova, which it could debut as early as the end of 2025 for $1,000 to $1,400 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) 01-04-2025

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first glasses with a display, codenamed Hypernova, which it could debut as early as the end of 2025 for $1,000 to $1,400  —  The company intends to introduce its first glasses with a screen as early as the end of this year — a product it sees … Lees verder op Tech Meme

TikTok is shutting down its Instagram rival TikTok Notes on May 8, 2025, directing users to Lemon8, a similar ByteDance app with 12.5M MAUs as of December 2024 (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) 01-04-2025

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok is shutting down its Instagram rival TikTok Notes on May 8, 2025, directing users to Lemon8, a similar ByteDance app with 12.5M MAUs as of December 2024  —  TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, on May 8.  The photo-sharing app launched in testing in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Visa offered Apple ~$100M to become the Apple Card's payment network; Amex is also competing while Mastercard is trying to keep its role as the network (AnnaMaria Andriotis/Wall Street Journal) 01-04-2025

AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Visa offered Apple ~$100M to become the Apple Card’s payment network; Amex is also competing while Mastercard is trying to keep its role as the network  —  Visa, Amex and Mastercard are all competing to be the network for Apple’s credit card  —  Visa has offered Apple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Finland-based IQM, which builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, is in talks to raise €200M+; IQM raised a €128M Series A2 in July 2022 (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg) 02-04-2025

Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: Sources: Finland-based IQM, which builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, is in talks to raise €200M+; IQM raised a €128M Series A2 in July 2022  —  IQM, a Finnish startup that builds quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200 million ($216 million) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Circle files for a US IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE under CRCL; Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, is reportedly seeking a $4B to $5B valuation (CNBC) 01-04-2025

CNBC: Circle files for a US IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE under CRCL; Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, is reportedly seeking a $4B to $5B valuation  —  Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has filed for an initial public offering and plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Lees verder op Tech Meme