Bloomberg: Sources: Australia searched many Binance Australia locations as part of its derivatives investigation; CZ acknowledged that “external pressure” has hurt Binance — Binance’s offices in Australia were searched by the country’s financial markets regulator as governments around … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Fairphone and Murena partner to launch the user-repairable, modular Fairphone 4 in the US for $599+, unlocked and running the Google-free /e/ OS, not Android — The storage of both models can be expanded via microSD, and the phone features a modular design that can be easily disassembled using … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: Andy Jassy asked Amazon’s Hollywood studio for detailed budgets to scrutinize ballooning costs; Amazon spent $7B on originals, sports, and more in 2022 — I am off this week; that means no newsletter Sunday. — (Tips are still welcome at lshaw31@bloomberg.net or on Signal. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: The Port of Nagoya, Japan’s largest and busiest port, plans to resume operations by July 6 after a July 4 ransomware attack; no group has claimed responsibility — The Port of Nagoya, the largest and busiest port in Japan, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that currently impacts the operation of container terminals. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tom Warren / The Verge: Instagram briefly launched a basic Threads web interface, offering an early look at what to expect at launch on July 6; the service appears to have 2,500+ users — Instagram’s new Threads app, a Twitter competitor, isn’t supposed to launch until July 6th, but the web interface went live for a few hours today for everyone to explore. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kate Park / TechCrunch: Tokyo-based CADDi, which offers a B2B marketplace for the manufacturing sector and an AI-based cloud service for managing drawing data, raised an $89M Series C — The pandemic has damaged the entire manufacturing supply chain, which is not likely to return to normal until at least 2024 due … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jonathan Greig / The Record: After Fortinet patched a major FortiOS bug on June 12, researchers find that ~336K out of ~490K affected SSL VPN interfaces are still unpatched and open to RCE — Cybersecurity experts are raising the alarm about a new vulnerability that leaves hundreds of thousands of Fortinet customers vulnerable to attack. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: Gfycat, a Snap-owned GIF-hosting platform, will shut down on September 1, 2023; the site had been down for days in May due to an expired SSL certificate — Snap-owned service has little to say, other than save or delete your stuff. — The internet continues to get a bit more fragmented and less accessible every week. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kif Leswing / CNBC: Sensor Tower: ChatGPT iOS app downloads and Bing app downloads in the US were down 38% MoM in June 2023; BofA estimates traffic to ChatGPT was down ~11% MoM — – AI may be the hottest thing in the technology industry, but OpenAI’s ChatGPT is not on pace to challenge Google’s grip … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jonathan Greig / The Record: After Fortinet patched a major bug in FortiOS on June 12, researchers find ~338K out of ~490K affected SSL VPN interfaces are still unpatched and open to RCE — Cybersecurity experts are raising the alarm about a new vulnerability that leaves hundreds of thousands of Fortinet customers vulnerable to attack. Lees verder op Tech Meme