Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK-based Open Cosmos, which builds “sustainable” low-earth orbit satellites and a platform to manage their data, raised $50M, taking its total funding to $57M  —  Satellites have come into focus as a critical way — and sometimes the only way — to deliver communications … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clive Cookson / Financial Times: UK researchers detail Bluebird, a “digital twin” of English airspace to examine AI’s potential role in air traffic control, backed by £15M in government funding  —  Project Bluebird is looking at how artificial intelligence could reduce the environmental impact of aviation Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: How cybercriminals in Turkey teamed up with Russian émigré hackers to steal and sell tens of millions of credit card numbers, passwords, “hot” cookies, and more  —  Émigré hackers fleeing Putin’s military conscription prompts surge in activity involving stolen financial data Lees verder op Tech Meme

WABetaInfo: WhatsApp releases an Android beta that adds a “Third-party chats” screen, offering a clue for how Meta plans to comply with the EU’s DMA interoperability rules  —  WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.19.8. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gillian Tett / Financial Times: An interview with Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk, the new biography, why Musk agreed, the Twitter acquisition, Musk being “driven by demons”, surprises, and more  —  The writer tells Gillian Tett what he learnt during two years spent with ‘total access’ to the tech tycoon Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle: Nintendo and DeNA tell Mario Kart Tour users that the mobile game will not be updated after October 4, signaling Nintendo’s lessening focus on mobile titles  —  NO NEW TRACKS OR DRIVERS WILL BE RELEASED FROM NEXT MONTH  —  Nintendo and DeNA have confirmed that they will soon stop creating … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clive Cookson / Financial Times: UK researchers detail Bluebird, a “digital twin” of English airspace to examine AI’s potential role in air traffic control, backed by £15M in government funding  —  Project Bluebird is looking at how artificial intelligence could reduce the environmental impact of aviation Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: A Myanmar official says a powerful ethnic militia arrested and repatriated over 1,200 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in criminal online scam operations  —  One of Myanmar’s biggest and most powerful ethnic minority militias has arrested and repatriated more than 1,200 Chinese nationals … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Microsoft ends software support for the original Surface Duo, three years after its launch; the Android smartphone received only two major OS updates  —  On its third birthday, the original Surface Duo is no longer supported by Microsoft.  —  What you need to know Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Qualcomm says Apple extended its modem deal for three more years, covering “smartphone launches in 2024, 2025, and 2026”; the prior deal was set to end in 2023  —  – Pact between the companies had been scheduled to end this year  — The iPhone maker has been trying to create its own components Lees verder op Tech Meme