Tech Meme

Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: Netflix says it will ship its last red DVD envelopes in September, after 25 years of mailing shows and movies to subscribers and paving the way for streaming  —  Streaming service says U.S. password-sharing crackdown is coming soon  —  Netflix Inc. NFLX 0.29%increase … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Intel discontinues its Blockscale 1000-series ASICs, designed for mining bitcoin, after announcing the chips in March 2022, and doesn’t announce any successors  —  Came in late, leaving too early.  —  It’s been just a year since Intel officially announced its Bitcoin-mining Blockscale ASICs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: Twitter quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for transgender users, including prohibiting “misgendering or deadnaming”  —  Twitter has quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for its transgender users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Matthews / MarketWatch: During a hearing, House Republicans grilled SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, who refused to state whether ether is a security, despite saying bitcoin is a commodity  —  SEC chief has argued laws clearly outline definition of security  —  House Republicans took aim at the nation’s top markets regulator Tuesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is developing VR apps and services for its upcoming headset across gaming, fitness, live sports, and collaboration, like FaceTime and Freeform  —  Apple Inc. is racing to build a trove of software and services for its upcoming mixed-reality headset, seeking to win … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Isaac / New York Times: Reddit plans to charge companies to access its API, which many have used to train AI tools; the API will stay free for developers building apps for Reddit users  —  The internet site has long been a forum for discussion on a huge variety of topics, and companies like Google and OpenAI have been using it in their A.I. projects. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Keary / VentureBeat: Virginia-based SpecterOps, which analyzes potential hacking attack paths for platforms like Active Directory and Azure AD, raised a $25M Series A led by Decibel  —  Today, adversary simulation, detection and training services provider SpecterOps announced it has raised $25 million as part of a series A funding round led by Decibel. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Matthews / MarketWatch: During a hearing, House Republicans grilled SEC Chairman Gary Gensler over refusing to state whether ether is a security, despite saying bitcoin was a commodity  —  SEC chief has argued laws clearly outline definition of security  —  House Republicans took aim at the nation’s top markets regulator Tuesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is developing a range of VR apps for its upcoming headset, across gaming, fitness, live sports, and collaboration tools, like Freeform  —  Apple Inc. is racing to build a trove of software and services for its upcoming mixed-reality headset, seeking to win over potentially wary consumers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: An investigation details how Mexico became Pegasus’ first client, grew into its most prolific user, and continues to use the spyware despite promising to stop  —  A Times investigation reveals the story behind how Mexico became the first and most prolific user of Pegasus.  It’s still using it, despite promising to stop. Lees verder op Tech Meme