CNN: Filing: Twitter was fined $350K for not giving Trump’s account records after special counsel Jack Smith got a warrant in January; Twitter ultimately complied — The special counsel investigation into Donald Trump secured a search warrant of the former president’s Twitter account … Lees verder op Tech Meme
The Citizen Lab: Analysis: Tencent’s Sogou Input Method, the top Chinese character inputting tool in China with 450M+ MAUs, had since-fixed data-leaking flaws in its encryption — We urge Sogou Input Method users to immediately update to the most recent version of the app (at least Windows version 13.7, Android version 11.26, or iOS version 11.25). Lees verder op Tech Meme
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India’s upper parliament passes the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, including up to $30M fines and child wellbeing rules; President Murmu must approve it — The upper house of India’s parliament greenlit the long-delayed data protection bill on Wednesday, facing no resistance as opposition leaders opted out of participation. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Joel Khalili / Wired: Sex workers who use crypto to store wealth and accept payment, bypassing the banking system, are finding the limits of its utility amid the regulatory scrutiny — Banks and payments companies have long penalized sex workers. Many thought crypto would be a solution, but now exchanges are dumping them too. Lees verder op Tech Meme
The Citizen Lab: An analysis of Tencent’s Sogou Input Method, the top tool in China for inputting Chinese characters with 450M+ MAUs, finds data-leaking flaws in its encryption — We urge Sogou Input Method users to immediately update to the most recent version of the app (at least Windows version 13.7, Android version 11.26, or iOS version 11.25). Lees verder op Tech Meme
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India’s upper parliament passes the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, including up to $30M fines and child wellbeing rules; the president must now approve — The upper house of India’s parliament greenlit the long-delayed data protection bill on Wednesday, facing no resistance as opposition leaders opted out of participation. Lees verder op Tech Meme
David Shepardson / Reuters: The US Commerce Department says 460+ companies have expressed interest in winning some of the $52.7B CHIPS Act subsidy funding, which includes $39B for chips — The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday that more than 460 companies have expressed interested in winning government … Lees verder op Tech Meme
David Pierce / The Verge: Slack announces its biggest-ever redesign, catering to power users, adding a new Home section, a new sidebar on the left, a new DMs section, and Activity window — Slack is many things. Which is kind of the problem. … Eventually, that even affects the “talk to your team” part of Slack … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Aaron Pressman / The Boston Globe: Boston-based cybersecurity company Rapid7 lays off 18% of its workforce, or around 470 people, and reports Q2 revenue rose 14% YoY to $190M and a $67M net loss — The Boston-based cybersecurity firm said the cuts will enable it to continue to grow while also freeing up cash Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Roblox reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$681M, bookings up 22% YoY to $780.7M, vs. $785M est., and a $282.8M net loss; DAUs up 25% YoY to 65.5M; RBLX drops 9%+ — – Shares of Roblox fell in premarket trading Wednesday after the company reported second-quarter results that missed analysts’ expectations on top and bottom lines. Lees verder op Tech Meme