Tech Meme

Niha Masih / Washington Post: Access Now: in 2022, 35 countries instituted internet shutdowns at least 187 times, led by India with 84, Russia causing 22 in Ukraine, Iran with 18, and more  —  More countries shut down the internet in 2022 than ever before, according to a new report by digital rights researchers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Temporal, which offers an open-source microservices orchestration service, raised a $75M “Series B-Prime” at a $1.5B+ valuation, following a $103M Series B  —  The news: Temporal, a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, raised $75 million. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Memo: Dish CEO Erik Carlson tells staff that data was stolen in a cyberattack that has kept its systems down for days; DISH falls over 7% in intraday trading  —  Dish has told employees that it’s “investigating a cybersecurity incident” and that it’s “aware that certain data was extracted” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Entitle, which helps businesses automate permissions for cloud resources for developers, raised a $15M seed led by Glilot Capital Partners  —  Tel Aviv-based Entitle, a startup that helps businesses automate how their developers gain permission to access cloud resources … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Three SIM-swapping gangs separately claimed multiple times on Telegram to have phished staff at T-Mobile throughout 2022, far more often than other US carriers  —  Three different cybercriminal groups claimed access to internal networks at communications giant T-Mobile in more than 100 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh plans to plead guilty to three US fraud charges, per his lawyer, becoming the latest FTX executive to cooperate  —  Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has agreed to plead guilty to U.S. fraud charges … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krystal Hu / Reuters: Bitwise Industries, which offers tech services and training in 10 US cities, raised $80M, sources say at a $600M+ valuation, up from $200M in February 2021  —  Bitwise Industries, a tech service provider that trains workers in underrepresented communities, has raised $80 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh will plead guilty to three US fraud charges, according to his lawyer, becoming the latest executive to cooperate  —  Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has agreed to plead guilty to U.S. fraud charges … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Chinese media warns Elon Musk, effectively saying not to bite the hand that feeds you, after he replied to a tweet implying COVID-19 originated from a Wuhan lab  —  – Chinese state-run media warned Tesla CEO Elon Musk that he was risking his relationship with China, after the executive retweeted about a … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the Biden administration considers revoking export licenses to US suppliers selling to Huawei, such as Qualcomm and Intel, impacting 4G and 5G devices  —  Chip companies say restrictions on products supplied to the Chinese telecom will deny the U.S. industry revenue for research Lees verder op Tech Meme