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

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Tokyo-based CADDi, which offers a B2B marketplace for the manufacturing sector and an AI-based cloud service for managing drawing data, raised an $89M Series C  —  The pandemic has damaged the entire manufacturing supply chain, which is not likely to return to normal until at least 2024 due … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Greig / The Record: After Fortinet patched a major FortiOS bug on June 12, researchers find that ~336K out of ~490K affected SSL VPN interfaces are still unpatched and open to RCE  —  Cybersecurity experts are raising the alarm about a new vulnerability that leaves hundreds of thousands of Fortinet customers vulnerable to attack. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Munich-based EGYM, which sells smart fitness apps, diagnostics, and hardware to measure how people work out, raised a $225M Series F led by Affinity Partners  —  The technology industry at large might not be in the best of health at the moment, but health and fitness startups appear to be alive and well. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Australia searched many Binance Australia locations 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

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Fairphone and Murena partner to launch the user-repairable, modular Fairphone 4 in the US for $599+, unlocked and running the Google-free /e/ OS, not Android  —  The storage of both models can be expanded via microSD, and the phone features a modular design that can be easily disassembled using … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: Andy Jassy asked Amazon’s Hollywood studio for detailed budgets to scrutinize ballooning costs; Amazon spent $7B on originals, sports, and more in 2022  —  I am off this week; that means no newsletter Sunday.  —  (Tips are still welcome at lshaw31@bloomberg.net or on Signal. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: The Port of Nagoya, Japan’s largest and busiest port, plans to resume operations by July 6 after a July 4 ransomware attack; no group has claimed responsibility  —  The Port of Nagoya, the largest and busiest port in Japan, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that currently impacts the operation of container terminals. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Instagram briefly launched a basic Threads web interface, offering an early look at what to expect at launch on July 6; the service appears to have 2,500+ users  —  Instagram’s new Threads app, a Twitter competitor, isn’t supposed to launch until July 6th, but the web interface went live for a few hours today for everyone to explore. 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; BofA estimates traffic to ChatGPT was 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