Tech Meme

Rebecca Klar / The Hill: Meta rejects the Oversight Board’s recommendation to suspend former Cambodian PM Hun Sen’s account, determining it wouldn’t “be consistent with our policies”  —  Meta, the parent company of Facebook, rejected a recommendation from its Oversight Board to suspend the account … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Google launches Duet AI in Mandiant Threat Intelligence, Duet AI for Chronicle Security Operations, and Duet AI in Security Command Center, all in preview  —  Today at Google Cloud Next, the company announced several new generative AI enhancements to its security product line in an effort … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: The FBI led an effort to dismantle the Qakbot botnet, which ransomware gangs used as an infection vector for years, on August 25 after infiltrating its network  —  Qakbot, one of the largest and longest-running botnets to date, was taken down following a multinational law enforcement operation spearheaded … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube now lets creators take an educational training course when they receive a warning, which YouTube lifts if they don’t violate the same policy for 90 days  —  YouTube announced this morning a change to its Community Guidelines that impact creators who break its rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: The UN Human Rights Office: 120K+ people in Myanmar and ~100K people in Cambodia “may be held in situations where they are forced to carry out online scams”  —  The U.N. human rights office says criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Similarweb and Data.ai: Meta blocking news in Canada barely impacted Canadians’ Facebook usage, backing Meta’s claim that news has little value for the company  —  Meta’s (META.O) decision to block news links in Canada this month has had almost no impact on Canadians’ usage of Facebook … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: Snap rolls out Dreams, Snapchat’s take on the generative AI selfies that Lensa and others popularized, charging $1 for an eight-photo pack; the first is free  —  After releasing its My AI chatbot earlier this year, Snapchat is now jumping on the AI selfie bandwagon with a new feature called Dreams. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: Google unveils SynthID, a tool that can embed an invisible digital “watermark” into AI-generated images, available now to Cloud customers for Imagen-made images  —  The tech giant is among companies pushing out AI tools while promising to build more tools to protect against their misuse Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube lets creators take an educational training course when they receive a warning, which YouTube lifts if they don’t violate the same policy within 90 days  —  YouTube announced this morning a change to its Community Guidelines that impact creators who break its rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple announces a September 12 event at 10am PT at Apple Park titled “Wonderlust”, where four iPhone 15 models, the Apple Watch Series 9, and more are expected  —  Apple today announced plans to hold a special event on Tuesday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Lees verder op Tech Meme