Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Google launches the Mobile Vulnerability Rewards Program, a bug bounty program for its Android applications, offering rewards ranging from $500 to $30K  —  Google has launched the Mobile Vulnerability Rewards Program (Mobile VRP), a new bug bounty program that will pay security researchers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: Tokyo-based taxi-hailing app Go says it raised ~$72M from Goldman Sachs at a ~$1B valuation and commands 70% of the Japanese market, outpacing Uber and Didi  —  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has made Japan’s leading taxi-hailing provider, Go Inc., a unicorn with its biggest startup investment in the country. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Samsung demos multiple OLED panels, including a long rollable display and one that measures heart rate, blood pressure, and stress levels from a user’s finger  —  The Rollable Flex is an interesting new flexible screen from Samsung Display that can be unrolled from just 49mm to 254.4mm, over five times its length. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Elliptic: some Chinese chemical suppliers accept cryptocurrency for fentanyl ingredients and the majority use “three specific exchanges” based outside of China  —  And it’s happening in plain sight.  —  Fentanyl has long been one of the most dangerous wares … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Microsoft adds native support for rar, 7-zip, tar, gz, and other archive formats to Windows 11, via the libarchive open-source project  —  It’s 1999, and my friends and I are surfing warez sites using Internet Explorer on our 98SE gaming rig.  Finally we push past the scams and porn to find … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Gendron / Insider: Spotify is building AI tools trained on its hosts’ voices to create targeted ads, per Bill Simmons, the founder of the Spotify-owned podcast network The Ringer  —  – Bill Simmons, founder of The Ringer, hinted at Spotify’s future AI plans.  — He said that the streaming service is working on technology for AI-generated ads. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Windows 11 adds native support for rar, 7-zip, gz, and other archive formats  —  It’s 1999, and my friends and I are surfing warez sites using Internet Explorer on our 98SE gaming rig.  Finally we push past the scams and porn to find a list of files on an FTP server, labeled “.rar, .r00, .r01, r.02…” But what the hell are these? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Netflix cracks down on password sharing in the US and offers paid sharing, which lets some accounts add an extra member outside their household for $7.99/month  —  Netflix is about to kick your best friend off your account — unless you pay for them to share your account, that is. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Austin-based Episode Six, which sells payment processing services and digital ledger infrastructure to banks and companies, raised a $48M Series C led by Avenir  —  Episode Six, a global payments and banking infrastructure provider, today announced that it raised $48 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vjeran Pavic / The Verge: Final Cut Pro for iPad review: touch-friendly design and accessible pricing but limited Mac interoperability and lacks the blade tool, stabilization, and more  —  The long-awaited iPad version of Final Cut Pro is here and, with it, a touch-friendly design and accessible pricing. Lees verder op Tech Meme