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Bloomberg: Ransomware attacks reportedly grew 58% YoY in 2022 in Japan, which exported $42.3B worth of chip components that year, underlining a global supply chain concern  —  Kojima Industries Corp. is a small company and little-known outside Japan, where it produces cup holders, USB sockets and door pockets for car interiors. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Amazon creates Ratatouille, a PR push to boost its image in France via a dozen projects like TV ads, promoting French products sold on Amazon, and more  —  Amazon.com Inc. has cooked up a public-relations project called “Ratatouille” to boost its image in France, where the company isn’t as popular as in other European markets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: Nike plans to release its first virtual sneaker collection, Our Force 1, a play on the iconic Air Force 1 design, on the company’s NFT trading platform .Swoosh  —  The virtual sneaker, called Our Force 1, is a play on the brand’s iconic Air Force 1 design.  —  Featured SpeakerYat Siu Featured SpeakerYat Siu Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ed Caesar / New Yorker: How European police agencies infiltrated encrypted phone networks, like EncroChat and Sky ECC, that were popular with drug syndicates and other criminal groups  —  Drug syndicates and other criminal groups bought into the idea that a new kind of phone network couldn’t be infiltrated by cops. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: Unchained Capital, which offers Bitcoin-focused financial services including cold wallet storage, raised a $60M Series B led by Valor Equity Partners  —  The Series B funding comes about five months after the company cut 15% of its staff amid the pressures of the prolonged crypto bear market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Sonos launches Sonos Pro, which lets businesses play music across numerous locations without breaking licensing rules, costing $35 per month per location  —  Maybe the long-rumored Sonos headphones aren’t coming this year after all.  A few months ago, CEO Patrick Spence announced that Sonos … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anissa Gardizy / The Information: Sources: Microsoft is developing an AI chip, internally codenamed Athena, since as early as 2019; some Microsoft and OpenAI staff are already testing the chip  —  After placing an early bet on OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, Microsoft has another secret weapon in its arsenal … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: An investigation details how Mexico became Pegasus’ first client, grew to be its most prolific user, and continues to use the spyware despite promising to stop  —  A Times investigation reveals the story behind how Mexico became the first and most prolific user of Pegasus. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Citizen Lab: NSO Group deployed at least three new “zero-click” hacks against iPhones with iOS 15 and early versions of iOS 16 in 2022; Apple fixed the exploits  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Israeli spyware maker NSO Group deployed at least three new “zero-click” hacks against iPhones last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: Q&A with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber about its AT Protocol, content moderation, and more; he says the federated social network has let in about 20,000 users so far  —  As Elon Musk continues wielding Twitter like a blunt weapon against competitors like Substack, the downsides … Lees verder op Tech Meme