Tech Meme

New York Times: Sources and docs: ChatGPT’s success made Microsoft and Google willing to take greater risks with their ethical guidelines for ensuring tech doesn’t hurt society  —  Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do.  Now the priority is winning control of the industry’s next big thing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Hindu: Twitter seemingly removed a journalist’s tweet about India’s Home Minister globally, not just in the country, an apparent first, in response to a “legal demand”  —  The move is an apparent first, as Twitter generally takes down posts in response to government demands only in the country whose government demanded censorship Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nathan Edwards / The Verge: Google plans to end support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system on April 8, 2024, continuing to drop products outside of Google Home  —  Google is ending support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system in exactly one year, on April 8th, 2024. Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: Anthropic’s Series C pitch deck shows the AI startup aims to raise up to $5B over the next two years to take on OpenAI and enter over a dozen major industries  —  Anthropic plans to train a powerful model with billions in new funding  —  AI research startup Anthropic aims to raise … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Primack / Axios: Substack shares its financials as required by crowdfunding rules: $11.9M in 2021 gross revenue vs. $2.4M in 2020 and a $22.9M net loss in 2021 vs. $2.3M in 2020  —  When newsletter platform Substack last month launched a crowdfunding campaign, its writers and fans responded with more than $7.5 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Amazon bans the sale of Flipper Zero, a $169 portable security penetration testing tool for wireless devices, tagging the product as a card-skimming device  —  Amazon has banned the sale of the Flipper Zero portable multi-tool for pen-testers as it no longer allows its sale on the platform after tagging it as a card-skimming device. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoinDesk: The US Treasury warns that DeFi services that aren’t compliant with AML and terrorist financing rules pose “the most significant current illicit finance risk”  —  The department’s first analysis of illicit finance risks associated with DeFi recommends the U.S. look at enhancements … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: Samsung plans to cut memory chip production to a “meaningful level” after estimating that its Q1 operating profit fell 95%+ YoY to ~$450M, its lowest since 2009  —  Samsung Electronics Co. said it is cutting memory chip production after reporting its slimmest profit since … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: Denver-based True Anomaly, founded by ex-Space Force members to make “autonomous orbital pursuit” intelligence satellites, raised $30M including a $17M Series A  —  As tensions between the United States and China continue to escalate, a new startup has emerged from stealth … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Keary / VentureBeat: Bitdefender survey of 400+ IT and security professionals: 42% were told to cover up data breaches that should have been reported and 29.9% admit doing so  —  In a world where cybercrime is becoming more difficult to prevent, many security leaders are putting pressure on IT professionals to bury the truth. Lees verder op Tech Meme