Tech Meme

Frank Bajak / Associated Press: Microsoft says DDoS attacks by hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan “temporarily impacted availability” of some of its services, including Azure, in early June 2023  —  In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft’s flagship office suite … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Farah Nayeri / New York Times: How architects are using AI to design workplaces, office buildings, and spaces that cater to workers’ individual needs, as more companies adopt a hybrid model  —  With more hybrid workers and new office needs, firms like Zaha Hadid Architects are turning to artificial intelligence for solutions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Francisco Pires / Tom’s Hardware: Report: ByteDance ordered ~$1B worth of Nvidia GPUs for 2023 so far, or ~100K units split between A100s, ordered before the US’ chip export controls, and H800s  —  Chinese companies are frantically pre-ordering GPUs before government sanctions fully kick in Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: FTC docs: Lina Khan did not recuse herself in the Meta/Within acquisition case, after a top FTC ethics official recommended that she should, but let her decide  —  The Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan declined to recuse herself from an FTC case against Meta Platforms Inc. … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources and docs: the former Samsung executive accused of leaking sensitive tech to advance China’s chip sector had a renowned career in his native South Korea  —  The former Samsung executive had a renowned career at home before working in China’s chip industry Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brad Stone / Bloomberg: How a seminal 2017 paper by Google researchers laid the groundwork for the 2020s AI boom, causing a Silicon Valley frenzy not seen since the 1990s dot-com fever  —  In late May, 300 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, journalists and assorted self-described thought leaders crammed into Shack15 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: Report: a group of central banks developed 33 API functionalities to test 30+ CBDC online, offline, and in-store use cases, via QR codes, phones, and more  —  An API layer could facilitate a wide range of central bank digital currency payment scenarios, a Bank for International Settlements and Bank of England experiment has shown. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wes Davis / The Verge: Google makes third-party “smart chips” in Docs available to all Workspace and personal Google accounts, letting users pull and view data from third-party apps  —  You can now embed third-party app “smart chips” into your Google Doc after the company announced yesterday that the feature … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: A US federal judge signs off on a temporary agreement between Binance, Binance.US, and the SEC to ensure only Binance.US employees can access US customer funds  —  The proposed agreement addresses the SEC’s motion for a temporary restraining order.  —  A federal judge signed off … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Similarweb: Reddit had ~52M visitors on Tuesday, June 13, down from 57M the day before blackouts began; average session was 7.2 minutes, lowest in three years  —  The protest appears to have had a small but noticeable effect on the platform.  —  When more than 8,000 subreddits went dark … Lees verder op Tech Meme