Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Researcher: firmware for 290+ MSI motherboards has a default UEFI Secure Boot setting that lets any OS run, even those lacking a signature  —  Over 290 MSI motherboards are reportedly affected by an insecure default UEFI Secure Boot setting settings that allows any operating system image … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: A look at Elon Musk’s options to meet his $13B debt obligations after the Twitter buyout; sources say the first interest installment could be due by January-end  —  Billionaire faces tough choices to meet financial obligations of takeover financed by $13bn debt Lees verder op Tech Meme

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Sources: Foxconn appoints Michael Chiang as the head of its iPhone assembly business, replacing longtime leader Wang Charng-yang, after a tough year in China  —  Key Apple Inc. manufacturing partner Foxconn Technology Group has appointed a new boss for its iPhone assembly business … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Hendrickson / Review Geek: Scammers on Amazon are selling fake 16TB portable SSDs for ~$100 by hijacking listings like pillow covers, keeping the reviews, and then listing new products  —  When it comes to portable hard drives, bigger is usually better.  You want lots of space for photos, videos, or anything else. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Samsung announces the ISOCELL HP2, a 200-megapixel, 1/1.3-inch smartphone camera sensor with pixel binning, which could debut in the upcoming Galaxy S23 Ultra  —  Just a couple of weeks ahead of the full launch, Samsung just officially announced the 200MP camera that will make its debut in the Galaxy S23 Ultra. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Sources: activist investor Ryan Cohen has built a stake worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Alibaba and is pushing the company to accelerate stock buybacks  —  Cohen first contacted the Chinese e-commerce giant’s board in August to say he saw the company’s shares as undervalued Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Vallance / BBC: Wikimedia says the UK’s Online Safety Bill was designed for social media and a proposed change, expected Tuesday, would limit Wikipedia’s freedom of expression  —  Wikipedia should be treated differently to the big social media firms in the Online Safety Bill, a leading member of its foundation says. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Rooney / CNBC: Coinbase plans to lay off a further ~950 employees, or ~20% of its workforce, seeking to reduce its operating expense by 25% QoQ; Coinbase laid off 18% in June  —  – Coinbase is cutting a fifth of its workforce following an 18% staff reduction in June.  — CEO Brian Armstrong pointed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: VaynerMedia: in 2022, buying 1K video ad impressions on TikTok cost around 50% less than Instagram’s Reels, ~33% less than Twitter, and 62% less than Snapchat  —  Advertisers and brands say an increasing amount of digital ads spend is moving away from Meta, YouTube and Twitter Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Copeland / The Block: Coin ATM Rader: there are now 38,641 bitcoin ATMs globally, up from 14,051 at the start of 2021 but flat from around July 2022 when bitcoin’s price collapsed  —  – The number of Bitcoin ATMs globally has largely remained flat over the last six months.  — While that’s mostly due to stagnation … Lees verder op Tech Meme