Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Antenna: Netflix added ~2.6M new US users in July, more than any other paid streaming service but down 26% from June 2023; ~23% signed up for Netflix’s ad tier  —  – The streaming service had more sign-ups than any other in July  — Netflix user growth in the US had stopped in recent years Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sony unveils the PlayStation Portal, an 8-inch handheld console that can stream games from a PS5 over Wi-Fi in 1080p at 60fps, available later in 2023 for $200  —  Sony is officially launching its portable PlayStation later this year, the PlayStation Portal remote player. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Nvidia plans to at least triple its production of the H100 in 2024, predicting shipments of between 1.5M to 2M units, up from 500K expected in 2023  —  Server production hampered by tight stocks of Nvidia processors and other components  —  Investors are set to assess whether enormous demand … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elad Gil / Elad Blog: LLMs, Transformers, and diffusion models represent an entirely new AI era and discontinuity from the past machine learning capabilities of the CNN/RNN/GAN world  —  Rather then view LLMs, Transformers, and diffusion models as part of a continuum with past “AI”, it is worth thinking … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katherine Ross / Blockworks: The US DOJ charges Tornado Cash founders Roman Storm, of Auburn, WA, and Roman Semenov, a Russian national, with money laundering and sanctions violations  —  The inclusion of the Tornado Cash co-founder on the list marks an escalation of the US government’s previous investigations into the crypto mixer Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify introduces new podcaster tools, including customized pages, impression analytics, controls for previews, and a new dashboard for Megaphone publishers  —  Following Apple’s announcement of podcast creator tools for subscriptions on Monday, Spotify today also introduced its own latest developments … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: NCC Group observed a record 502 ransomware attacks in July, up from 198 in July 2022, and tied the Cl0p ransomware-as-a-service gang to 171 attacks in July 2023  —  Ransomware attacks reached record levels in July 2023, driven by the Cl0p ransomware group’s exploitation of MOVEit software. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: NCC Group: July saw a record 502 ransomware attacks, up from 198 in July 2022; the Cl0p ransomware-as-a-service gang was tied to 171 of the July 2023 attacks  —  Ransomware attacks reached record levels in July 2023, driven by the Cl0p ransomware group’s exploitation of MOVEit software. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail Ventures, which runs 18,500 stores and e-commerce platforms, raised $1B from Qatar’s QIA for a 0.99% stake at a $100B valuation  —  Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is investing $1 billion in Reliance Retail as India’s largest retail chain looks to expand its operations and enter new categories. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Weeks / The Block: The FBI details North Korea’s Lazarus-tied actors, responsible for the Alphapo, CoinsPaid, and Atomic Wallet hacks, and says they may try to sell $40M+ in BTC  —  – The warning, issued today, comes after a series of high profile crypto heists carried out by North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group in recent years. Lees verder op Tech Meme