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Joe Warminsky / The Record: Apple releases macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS updates to address two zero-day flaws that Citizen Lab says were used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware  —  Apple released software updates on Thursday to address two zero-day vulnerabilities that researchers said were used … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: X Head of Brand Safety Elyana Thierry left in June per her LinkedIn page, months after being elevated to the role after the previous head resigned in the summer  —  The head of brand safety at X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has left the company, according to her LinkedIn page … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: Former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame pleads guilty to US campaign finance and money transmitting charges and will forfeit $1.5B+ as part of the deal  —  Salame admitted to being a “straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates while Bankman-Fried donated to Democrats. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: Imbue, formerly Generally Intelligent, which claims to have access to 10K Nvidia H100 GPUs to train its AI “agents”, raised a $200M Series B at a $1B valuation  —  The startup, one of very few woman-led AI unicorns, has a $1 billion valuation and access to 10,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: Patreon adds Discord-like group chats to mobile, letting creators join up to four chats and restrict access based on subscriber tiers; desktop is coming later  —  Beginning today, Patreon creators who want a dedicated space to interact with fans will have a built-in option: group chats. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: Former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame pleads guilty to criminal charges, less than a month before the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried is set to begin  —  Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried used Salame as a “straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: eBay rolls out an AI tool for sellers that can generate a product listing, including a title, description, category, and price, from one photo, initially on iOS  —  eBay is rolling out a new AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing from a single photo. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Meta expands Threads’ keyword search to “most” English- and Spanish-speaking countries, including the US and the UK, after a test in Australia and New Zealand  —  Instagram’s Threads is rolling out the ability to search through posts more widely. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: The International Criminal Court’s lead prosecutor says the Hague will now investigate and prosecute any hacking crimes that violate existing international law  —  And the first case on the docket may well be Russia’s cyberattacks against civilian critical infrastructure in Ukraine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: The ESA announces organizer ReedPop will not be working on future E3 events and informs the Los Angeles Convention Center that 2024’s E3 will not be held there  —  E3 2024 may still happen, but not at the Los Angeles Convention Center  —  News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B Lees verder op Tech Meme