Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta plans to roll out a more capable web app for Threads in the next few days, offering the ability to post, interact with other posts, and look at the feed  —  Meta is finally launching a much more capable web app for Threads, the company announced on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Cerby, which manages access to “nonstandard” enterprise apps, like those without modern identity protocols, raised a $17M Series A led by Two Sigma Ventures  —  Bel Lepe, a former Google software engineer, tells me that it always seemed risky to him that there were apps business users needed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Riding in three Waymo taxis in San Francisco finds two avoided traffic while another didn’t, the app works like Uber, and the first experience can be confusing  —  On Monday, Waymo began letting the public pay for rides in its driverless cars in San Francisco. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Baidu reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$4.7B, beating ~$4.6B est., and net income up 43% YoY to ~$714M, as China boosts its private sector; BIDU rises 4%+  —  – The company reported a larger than projected 15% jump in sales  — It’s riding a recovery in advertising from Covid depths Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Ivanti warns of a critical Sentry API authentication bypass flaw that is being exploited in the wild, after another zero-day compromised Norway’s government  —  US-based IT software company Ivanti warned customers today that a critical Sentry API authentication bypass vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Nick Clegg says Meta now lets Instagram and Facebook users opt out of its recommendation algorithms for Reels, Stories, Search, and more, to comply with EU DSA  —  Instagram and Facebook users in Europe are getting more options to opt out of Meta’s recommendation algorithms, the company has explained in a blog post today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Nick Clegg says Meta plans to let Instagram and Facebook users opt out of its recommendation algorithms, part of its broader work to comply with the EU DSA  —  Instagram and Facebook users in Europe are getting more options to opt out of Meta’s recommendation algorithms, the company has explained in a blog post today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Arm spent 3,500+ words in its 330-page IPO prospectus explaining the risks in China, a critical market that accounted for ~24% of its sales in the year to March  —  – Geopolitical tensions, China economic woes hurting sales  — Power struggle with fired China unit CEO still casts shadow Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: AlphaSense: ~40% of companies in the S&P 500 mentioned AI or related terms in their latest earnings calls, but only 16% mentioned AI in their regulatory filings  —  S&P 500 groups from a burrito maker to a cruise-ship operator tout promise of emerging technology Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: To appease the UK, Microsoft restructures its Activision deal by agreeing to sell off Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft; the UK CMA will now investigate  —  Microsoft is restructuring its proposed Activision Blizzard deal to transfer cloud gaming rights for current and new Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft. Lees verder op Tech Meme