Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Cofense discovers a phishing campaign that uses QR codes to target a notable US energy company, the first known use of QR codes for phishing at scale  —  A phishing campaign was observed predominantly targeting a notable energy company in the US, employing QR codes to slip malicious emails into inboxes and bypass security. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: Analysis: Bing had 1% to 3% market share in search globally in July, the same as January 2023, despite adding Bing Chat; Microsoft calls the new Bing a success  —  The new Bing with AI chatbot is ‘cute, but not a game changer’  —  When Microsoft unveiled an AI-powered version of Bing in February … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: Filings: FTX’s Alameda can make a $175M claim from the estate of similarly bankrupt crypto company Genesis, significantly below the nearly $4B FTX first sought  —  Though a sharp drop from the $4 billion originally claimed, lawyers hope it will let them get on with winding up estates. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: Adyen reports H1 2023 net revenue up 21% YoY to €739.1M, below €754M est., €320M EBITA, below €365M est., and defends hiring 551 new staff; ADYEN.AS drops 27%+  —  Sustained recruitment by Dutch payments company hits first-half profits  —  European payments company Adyen … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: Adyen reports H1 2023 net revenue up 21% YoY to €739.1M, below €754M est., €320M EBITA, below €365M est., and defends hiring 551 new staff; ADYEN.AS drops 27%+  —  Sustained recruitment by Dutch payments company hits first-half profits  —  European payments company Adyen … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Jefferies and TrueUp: tech companies have laid off 342,671 employees so far in 2023, well above the 243,075 job cuts across all of 2022  —  Tech companies aren’t yet ramping up hiring after massive layoffs over the past year, despite a surge in interest in artificial intelligence, requiring workers with special skills. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Snap confirms and fixes a My AI glitch that caused the chatbot to post its own Story and then stop responding to users’ messages  —  Snapchat’s My AI feature, an in-app AI chatbot launched earlier this year with its fair share of controversy, briefly appeared to have a mind of its own. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: Solidus Labs: between mid-July and August, developers deployed 500+ scam tokens on Coinbase’s Base blockchain; around 300 let the creators mint unlimited tokens  —  – More than 500 scam tokens were deployed on blockchain  — Solidus Labs says scammers pocketed about $2 million in profit Lees verder op Tech Meme

Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: European payments company Adyen reports H1 2023 net revenue up 21% YoY to €739.1M, below €754M est., €320M EBITA, below €365M est., and defends hiring 551 staff  —  Sustained recruitment by Dutch payments company hits first-half profits  —  European payments company Adyen … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Sources: Chinese regulators met with Walmart, PayPal, and other foreign companies to help navigate China’s new data security rules, hoping to ease some fears  —  – Walmart, PayPal among foreign firms that met CAC last week  — They discussed fast-tracking some data transfers abroad Lees verder op Tech Meme