Tech Meme

Casey Newton / Platformer: Hands-on with Threads: fairly basic text-based messaging app, log in via Instagram handle, no hashtags, can’t search for anything other than user handles, more  —  Programming note: I really was trying to take a vacation, but this felt like it was worth the one-day interruption. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Meta launches Instagram’s Threads, now available on the App Store and Google Play in over 100 countries  —  – Threads is a text-based messaging app that looks very similar to Twitter.  — People will be able to use their Instagram usernames on Threads and follow the same accounts on Threads as they do on Meta’s photo-sharing app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: A US Navy red team member releases TeamsPhisher, which leverages an unfixed Microsoft Teams bug to send malware from an account outside a targeted organization  —  A member of U.S. Navy’s red team has published a tool called TeamsPhisher that leverages an unresolved security issue … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Australia searched several local Binance offices as part of its derivatives investigation; CZ acknowledged that “external pressure” has hurt Binance  —  Binance’s offices in Australia were searched by the country’s financial markets regulator as governments around … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Source: the US State Dept. cancels regular meetings with Meta about 2024 election prep, one day after a judge limited Biden officials’ contact with tech firms  —  A Louisiana federal court’s order limiting the Biden administration’s communications with tech firms already is disrupting efforts to fight misinformation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: A US Navy member releases TeamsPhisher, which leverages an unfixed Microsoft Teams security bug to send malware from an account outside a targeted organization  —  A member of U.S. Navy’s red team has published a tool called TeamsPhisher that leverages an unresolved security issue … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jesse Levine / Bloomberg: Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud plans to step down at the end of August 2023 “to pursue a new opportunity”; board member Adam Gross will become interim CEO on September 1  —  Vimeo Inc. Chief Executive Officer Anjali Sud will step down from her position at the business video software company at the end of August. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI forms Superalignment, a team for developing ways to steer and control “superintelligent” AI systems, with access to 20% of its compute secured to date  —  OpenAI is forming a new team led by Ilya Sutskever, its chief scientist and one of the company’s co-founders … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: Gfycat, a Snap-owned GIF-hosting platform, plans to shut down on September 1, 2023; the site was down for five days in May due to an expired SSL certificate  —  Snap-owned service has little to say, other than save or delete your stuff.  —  The internet continues to get a bit more fragmented and less accessible every week. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Sensor Tower: ChatGPT iOS app downloads and Bing app downloads in the US were down 38% MoM in June 2023; Bank of America: visits to ChatGPT were down ~11% MoM  —  – AI may be the hottest thing in the technology industry, but OpenAI’s ChatGPT is not on pace to challenge Google’s grip … Lees verder op Tech Meme