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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Microsoft’s disclosures about Chinese hackers accessing US government email accounts were opaque about the breach’s root cause and the company’s role in it  —  Critics also decry Microsoft’s “pay-to-play” monitoring that detected intrusions.  —  On Friday, Microsoft attempted to explain … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: the CEOs of Intel and Qualcomm are planning to meet US officials in DC next week to discuss China policy, export controls, market conditions, and more  —  The chief executives of Intel Corp (INTC.O) and Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) are planning to visit Washington next week to discuss China policy … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Updraft patches its AIOS WordPress plugin, used by 1M+ sites, after it logged plaintext passwords; Updraft didn’t warn its users during the exposure period  —  The All-In-One Security (AIOS) WordPress security plugin, used by over a million WordPress sites, was found to be logging plaintext passwords … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Creator monetization platform Fanhouse agrees to sell to rival Passes, which only launched in December 2022, but some creators are apprehensive about the merger  —  The creator monetization platform Fanhouse announced yesterday that it was acquired by Passes, a similar startup that only launched in beta in December. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kaya Yurieff / The Information: Lucy Guo’s Passes to Buy Fanhouse  —  A startup that rode the pandemic-era frenzy around OnlyFans is selling to a rival.  Fanhouse, which operates a website where creators charge fans for exclusive content, has agreed to sell itself to Passes, a Miami-based membership service for creators … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Economic Times: Sources: Foxconn is in talks with TSMC and Japan’s TMH to build chip factories in India, days after its $19.5B venture with Vedanta ended  —  Foxconn is likely to soon finalise the details of the partnership to manufacture both advanced and legacy node chips, a source close to the development told ET. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brendan Pierson / Reuters: A US appeals court temporarily blocks a lower court order that sharply limited US government officials’ and agencies’ contacts with social media companies  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court order that had sharply limited certain Biden administration officials … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kaya Yurieff / The Information: Creator monetization platform Fanhouse agrees to be acquired by Passes, a rival platform that only launched in beta in December 2022 and raised a $9M seed  —  A startup that rode the pandemic-era frenzy around OnlyFans is selling to a rival.  Fanhouse, which operates a website … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: The US Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit denies the FTC’s appeal for an injunctive relief to stop Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard from closing  —  In a victory for Microsoft, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit late on Friday denied the Federal Trade Commission’s appeal … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lora Kolodny / CNBC: In a Twitter Spaces chat, Elon Musk says xAI plans to collaborate with Tesla on silicon and AI software, use public tweets for AI training, and more  —  – During a live audio session on Twitter, owner and chairman Elon Musk said his new AI startup, xAI, will use Twitter data for training the … Lees verder op Tech Meme