Sam Altman: Sam Altman claims “deep learning worked”, superintelligence may be “a few thousand days” away, and “astounding triumphs” will incrementally become commonplace — In the next couple of decades, we will be able to do things that would have seemed like magic to our grandparents. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: Researchers find a new version of Necro malware in Google Play apps with 11M+ total installs; Necro malware in 2019 was found in Play apps with 100M+ installs — The Necro trojan was found in two Android applications in Google Play with a combined downloads count of over 11 million. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: US customers of Kaspersky antivirus find UltraAV, an entirely different AV suite, remotely installed on their PCs, after a Kaspersky deal with UltraAV’s owner — Customers of Kaspersky antivirus in the United States found out in the last few days that their cybersecurity software … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft releases a progress report on its efforts to make security its top priority, which began in November 2023 after a scathing report from the US CSRB — Microsoft made security its No. 1 priority for every employee earlier this year, following years of security issues and a scathing report from the US Cyber Safety Review Board. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: The US Commerce Department proposes banning Chinese and Russian software and hardware in internet connected vehicles in US; the software ban would begin in 2027 — Move prompted by fears Beijing could collect data on American drivers and hack internet-connected cars Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jeff Stone / Bloomberg: Telegram will provide users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities after valid legal requests, changing its terms of service to deter criminal activity — – Telegram to provide user data in response to legal requests — Durov faces charges in France for crimes committed on his app Lees verder op Tech Meme
Felicia Schwartz / Financial Times: The US Commerce Department proposes banning Chinese and Russian software and hardware in internet connected vehicles in US; the software ban would begin in 2027 — The Biden administration fears Beijing could collect data on American drivers or hack into cars Lees verder op Tech Meme
Steven Scheer / Reuters: Israel Innovation Authority: since October 7, Israeli tech companies have raised $9B, third behind Silicon Valley and NYC; tech is 16% of Israel’s employment — Israel’s tech sector has remained resilient during a year-long war with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas but as it relies … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dave Lee / Bloomberg: Sonos staff and report: technical debt was partly responsible for the app debacle, and Sonos lacked urgency in fixing it; sources: a reorganization caused chaos — Ignoring “tech debt,” disregarding employee warnings and cutting costs combined to create a crisis that the high-end audio company is still struggling to recover from. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg calls WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress” and says it profits off confusion between the WordPress project and commercial services — Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg unleashed a scathing attack on a rival firm this week, calling WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress.” Lees verder op Tech Meme