Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with AWS CEO Adam Selipsky on cloud competitors, layoffs, AI, Nvidia, the Trainium and Inferentia chips, the Amazon Bedrock library of AI models, and more  —  Today, I’m talking with Adam Selipsky.  He’s the CEO of Amazon Web Services, or as it’s usually called, AWS.  AWS is quite a story. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: NetChoice and Chamber of Progress back TikTok’s lawsuit to stop a Montana law that is set to ban the use of the app on January 1, 2024  —  Two tech groups on Monday backed TikTok in its lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of a Montana state ban on use of the short video sharing app before it takes effect on January 1. Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: Sources: Bengaluru-based fantasy sports app Mobile Premier League, valued at $2.2B, cuts ~50% of its staff, after India announced a 28% online gaming tax  —  India’s popular online gaming and fantasy sports startup Mobile Premier League is reducing its staff by approximately 50% … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Interpol shutters Indonesia-based “phishing-as-a-service” platform 16shop, used to create 150K phishing pages, compromising at least 70K people in 43 countries  —  A joint operation between Interpol and cybersecurity firms has led to an arrest and shutdown of the notorious 16shop phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Gabriel Simon / Bloomberg: India-based Credgenics, which provides an online service to help banks collect on debt, raised $50M led by Accel and Westbridge Capital at a $340M valuation  —  – It raised $50 million in funding round led also by WestBridge  — The startup aims to expand to Southeast Asian countries Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Oremus / Washington Post: A look at Def Con’s White House-backed Generative Red Team Challenge, where contestants try to make AI chatbots go rogue; the results will be sealed for months  —  Chatbots can be biased, deceptive or even dangerous.  Hackers are competing to figure out exactly how. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: Sources: ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame is in talks with prosecutors to plead guilty to criminal charges and may enter a plea as soon as September  —  – Ryan Salame was the co-chief executive of FTX Digital Markets  — Salame would be fourth former FTX executive to plead guilty Lees verder op Tech Meme