Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: CISA releases a report detailing Lapsus$’s key techniques, calls for passwordless logins, and asks the FTC and the FCC for stricter SIM swapping protections  —  The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is calling for stricter SIM swapping protections and the transition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: OpenAI expands “custom instructions”, the user’s details that ChatGPT should remember, to all users, after launching the ChatGPT Plus beta feature in July 2023  —  OpenAI announced that it’s expanding custom instructions — a way to give users more control over how ChatGPT responds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Filing: autonomous sidewalk delivery company Serve Robotics, which was spun out from Uber-owned Postmates and raised $56M, plans to go public via a SPAC merger  —  Serve Robotics, the autonomous sidewalk delivery robot startup that spun out of Uber’s acquisition of Postmates … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 review: powerful multitasking, a hinge that folds flat, and good software support, but expensive, heavy, chunky, and unknown durability  —  Samsung’s head start in foldables is paying off, but it’ll have to do more next time around to stay in front. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Fielding / Engadget: YouTube plans to deactivate links in Shorts descriptions, comments, and the vertical feed from August 31 to fight spam  —  The move follows other anti-spam measures.  —  YouTube knows that it has a spam problem, particularly when it comes to its two-year-old Shorts feature. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: CISA releases a report detailing Lapsus$’s key techniques and calls on the FTC and FCC for stricter SIM swapping rules and a transition to a passwordless future  —  The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is calling for stricter SIM swapping protections and the transition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: OpenAI expands custom instructions, the details that ChatGPT needs to remember, to all users, after launching them in July 2023 in beta  —  OpenAI announced that it’s expanding custom instructions — a way to give users more control over how ChatGPT responds — to all users, including those on the free tier of the service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sheila Chiang / CNBC: SMIC reports Q2 revenue down 18% YoY to $1.56B and net income down 21.7% YoY to $402.76M, weighed down by US sanctions and slow recovery in global chip demand  —  – SMCIC posted a drop in second-quarter revenue amid ongoing U.S. sanctions and a sluggish recovery in global chip demand. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Bankruptcy filing: FTX accuses “unrestricted crypto traders and market makers” on its creditor panel of seeking control of assets and “unprofessional conduct”  —  – Spat erupts between FTX’s administrators and creditor panel  — Administrators say panel may be willing to ‘gamble’ assets Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Meta plans to build only ~1,000 units of its first-gen AR glasses due in 2024, using silicon carbide in the lenses and requiring a complicated assembly  —  Meta Platforms plans to build only around a thousand units of the first generation of its augmented-reality glasses due out next year … Lees verder op Tech Meme