Tech Meme

Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: In a clever attack, hackers were able to send phishing emails that appeared to come from “no-reply@google.com”, after a similar attack on PayPal users in March  —  In a rather clever attack, hackers leveraged a weakness that allowed them to send a fake email that seemed delivered … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Knight First Amendment Institute: A deep dive into AI as a normal technology vs. a humanlike intelligence and how major public policy based on controlling superintelligence may make things worse  —  An alternative to the vision of AI as a potential superintelligence  —  We articulate a vision of artificial intelligence (AI) as normal technology. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ruth Reader / Politico: After lobbying US Congress to shelve the Senate-passed KOSA bill in 2024, Meta has now made headway in lobbying for an app store age-verification bill  —  The Facebook founder is lobbying Congress to leave his firm alone — and making headway.  —  To protect kids online … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: A look at the race to turn brainwaves into fluent speech, as researchers at universities in California and companies use brain implants and AI to make advances  —  Californian researchers and groups such as Precision Neuroscience use implants and AI to make advances in ‘voice prosthesis’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Grimes / Financial Times: The success of A Minecraft Movie, set to hit $700M in ticket sales globally this weekend, signals Hollywood’s breakthrough in adapting video games into films  —  While superhero franchises flag, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ shows the industry has finally cracked the formula for translating popular games into films Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krishnapriya V.S. / The India Forum: India’s Open Network for Digital Commerce has struggled to break the near-duopoly of Zomato and Swiggy in online food delivery after cutting back on discounts  —  A near-duopoly of Zomato and Swiggy controls almost 95% of India’s digital platform-based food delivery market … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World: How Foxconn’s $2.5B “Project Elephant” to build iPhones, its second-largest factory outside China, is fueling a real estate boom in a town outside Bengaluru  —  The $2.5 billion “Project Elephant” will be the company’s second-largest factory outside China and create 40,000 jobs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: How YouTube is adapting to the AI era; a VP expects that in five years, every video uploaded to YouTube could be dubbed automatically into every spoken language  —  The video giant, turning 20, tries to keep the content spigot flowing while appeasing its army of broadcasters and copyright holders. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Assort Health, which is developing voice AI agents for healthcare to manage patient phone calls, raised a $22M Series A co-led by First Round and Chemistry  —  Assort Health cofounders Jeff Liu and Jon Wang.  —  Assort Health  —  Jon Wang and Jeff Liu met dozens of prospective cofounders—until they met each other. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katie Fehrenbacher / Axios: Crux, a financing software provider for clean energy companies, raised a $50M Series B led by Lowercarbon Capital, taking its total funding to more than $77M  —  Crux, a clean economy financing software provider, raised a $50 million Series B round to expand its capital platforms, CEO Alfred Johnson tells Axios. Lees verder op Tech Meme