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Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Intel discontinues its Blockscale 1000-series ASICs, designed for mining bitcoin, after announcing the chips in March 2022, and doesn’t announce any successors  —  Came in late, leaving too early.  —  It’s been just a year since Intel officially announced its Bitcoin-mining Blockscale ASICs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: An investigation details how Mexico became Pegasus’ first client, grew into 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.  It’s still using it, despite promising to stop. Lees verder op Tech Meme

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

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says “anything is on the table, including relocating” if “regulatory clarity” for the crypto industry does not emerge in the US  —  Armstrong said “anything is on the table” in terms of Coinbase’s plans should greater regulatory clarity not emerge in the U.S. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Matthews / MarketWatch: During a hearing, House Republicans grilled SEC Chairman Gary Gensler over refusing to state whether ether is a security, despite saying bitcoin was a commodity  —  SEC chief has argued laws clearly outline definition of security  —  House Republicans took aim at the nation’s top markets regulator Tuesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is developing a range of VR apps for its upcoming headset, across gaming, fitness, live sports, and collaboration tools, like Freeform  —  Apple Inc. is racing to build a trove of software and services for its upcoming mixed-reality headset, seeking to win over potentially wary consumers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Isaac / New York Times: Reddit to charge companies for API access, which many have used to train AI systems; the API will remain free for devs building apps that help people use Reddit  —  The internet site has long been a forum for discussion on a huge variety of topics, and companies like Google and OpenAI have been using it in their A.I. projects. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Keary / VentureBeat: SpecterOps, which analyzes potential attack paths hackers could exploit on platforms like Active Directory and Azure AD, raised a $25M Series A led by Decibel  —  Today, adversary simulation, detection and training services provider SpecterOps announced it has raised $25 million as part of a series A funding round led by Decibel. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Intel says it is discontinuing its Blockscale chips, meant for mining bitcoin, after announcing them about a year ago  —  Came in late, leaving too early.  —  It’s been just a year since Intel officially announced its Bitcoin-mining Blockscale ASICs, but today the company announced the end … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg announces Instagram now lets users add up to five links to their account bios, challenging Linktree, Beacons, and other “link in bio” services  —  Instagram today is rolling out a new feature for adding links to user profiles that challenges Linktree … Lees verder op Tech Meme