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Bloomberg: Sources: the US SEC is investigating a Twitter security lapse in 2018 that exposed users’ email addresses and whether executives adequately informed investors  —  – Agency scrutinizes how former leadership managed security flaw  — Security flaw exposed user information on the platform Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Microsoft rolls out new tools in preview for health care organizations, including three new AI models for Azure AI Health Insights and an Azure AI Health Bot  —  – Microsoft introduced new tools in Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI for health-care organizations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Greig / The Record: Amazon, Google, and Cloudflare say a DDoS attack hit 398M RPS in August 2023, ~8x larger than the prior record, due to a new flaw; Google mitigated the attack  —  Amazon, Google and Cloudflare said they detected the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on record in August due to a newly discovered vulnerability. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Adobe debuts Firefly Image 2 Model in Firefly for the web; the model is larger than its predecessor, better at rendering humans, and coming to Creative Cloud  —  At MAX, its annual conference for creatives, Adobe today announced that it has updated the models that power Firefly, its generative AI image creation service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max A. Cherney / Reuters: AMD plans to acquire Santa Clara-based Nod.ai, whose tech helps companies deploy AI models that are tuned for AMD’s chips and has raised ~$36.5M, per PitchBook  —  AMD said on Tuesday it plans to buy an artificial intelligence startup called Nod.ai as part of an effort to bolster its software capabilities. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google starts prompting users to create a passkey to use as their account default, but says passwords will “still remain part of our lives as we make the pivot”  —  Google is making it easier for users to ditch passwords on their Google accounts in favor of passkeys — a fast … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Analysis: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao’s Industry Recovery Initiative, which offered $1B+ after FTX collapsed, has deployed less than $30M since November 2022  —  – IRI has invested less than $30 million, wallet analysis shows  — Project had big-name backers like Jump Crypto, Animoca Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wired: As the Israel-Hamas war escalates, a look at the role of hacktivism on both sides, supported by groups globally, including DDoSing Israeli government websites  —  Since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Microsoft rolls out new tools for healthcare organizations, including three new AI models in preview for Azure AI Health Insights and an Azure AI Health Bot  —  – Microsoft introduced new tools in Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI for health-care organizations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sony announces a new $500 PS5 model with a detachable disc drive, 1TB of internal storage, and a slightly slimmer and shorter design, shipping in November  —  Sony officially announced a new PS5 model with a detachable disc drive and 1TB of internal storage. Lees verder op Tech Meme