Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft tells admins that web links from certain accounts in Outlook and Teams will open in Edge to “increase productivity”; Enterprise IT admins can opt out  —  Microsoft Edge is a good browser but for some reason Microsoft keeps trying to shove it down everyone’s throat … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: TSMC is in talks to spend between €7B and €10B to build a chip plant in Saxony, Germany, working with NXP, Bosch, Infineon, and the German government  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is in talks with partners to spend as much as €10 billion ($11 billion) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Conger / New York Times: Jack Dorsey has posted 59 times per day on average on Nostr since January 2023, often talking about crypto and open source while criticizing Elon Musk  —  The Twitter co-founder has posted prolifically on two new social networks, Nostr and Bluesky, which he also backed financially. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Google plans to change Chrome’s URL bar lock icon, introduced to show HTTPS, to a “variant of the tune icon”, saying HTTPS is now present on malicious websites  —  Google announced today that the lock icon, long thought to be a sign of website security and trustworthiness … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: TSMC is in talks to spend between €7B and €10B to build a chip plant in Saxony, Germany, working with NXP, Bosch, Infineon, and the German government  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is in talks with partners to spend as much as €10 billion ($11 billion) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google enables passkeys, a new FIDO Alliance-developed cryptographic keys solution that requires a preauthenticated device, for all accounts on major platforms  —  Google’s next step into a passwordless future is here with the announcement that passkeys — a new cryptographic keys solution … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Thrasio, Razor, Perch, and other Amazon “aggregators”, which raised $16B in mostly debt, are struggling under rising rates, higher costs, and slow online demand  —  During the pandemic, Wall Street banks and private equity firms invested billions of dollars in startups rolling … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok opens up its revamped Creativity Program creator fund to all US-based creators with over 10K followers and over 100K views in the past 30 days  —  TikTok announced today that it’s opening up its revamped creator fund, called the “Creativity Program Beta,” to all eligible creators in the United States. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: TSMC is in talks to spend between €7B and €10B to build a chip plant in Saxony, Germany, working with NXP, Bosch, Infineon, and the German government  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is in talks with partners to spend as much as €10 billion ($11 billion) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Newman / Financial Times: Apple’s deep ties to China should worry investors given Beijing controls the factories, workforces, and market access, all of which could be quickly taken away  —  What happens when the SEC, auditors and investors wake up?  —  Jay Newman was a senior portfolio manager at Elliott Management. Lees verder op Tech Meme