Tech Meme

Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak: Putin signs a Russian law requiring that internet platforms verify new users’ identities via state-approved systems during registration, effective December 2023  —  Since its invasion of Ukraine in February, Russian Members of Parliament and lawmakers have taken turns to see who can come … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post: X sues the Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging CCDH researchers violated Twitter’s terms of service and the CFAA while studying hate speech on the site  —  X, the company formerly known as Twitter, sued a research group that had investigated hate speech on the social media platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Robert Carnevale / The Wrap: EA reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to $1.92B, vs. $1.59B est., net income up 29% YoY to $402M, and net bookings up 21% YoY to $1.58B  —  The video game maker’s latest figures surpass quarterly expectations and blast past fiscal year 2023’s first quarter  —  Electronic Arts managed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Match Group reports Q2 revenue up 4% YoY to $830M, vs. $811M est., payers down 5% YoY to 15.6M, and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates; MTCH jumps 11%+  —  Match Group (MTCH.O) forecast revenue for the third quarter above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as the Tinder parent expects stronger marketing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: AMD reports Q2 revenue down 18% YoY to $5.36B, net income down 94% to $27M, Client revenue down 54% to $998M, and Data Center revenue down 11% to $1.3B  —  – AMD said revenue for the second quarter fell 18% from a year earlier.  — The company’s sales forecast for the third quarter trailed analysts’ estimates. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eari Nakano / Bloomberg: Pinterest reports Q2 revenue up 6% YoY to $708M, vs. $699M est., MAUs up 8% YoY to 465M, and says Q3 revenue will grow in the high single digits year over year  —  The company, which runs a social media site for being inspired by images, said sales rose 6% to $708 million in the period ended June 30. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Annie Palmer / CNBC: How illicit data brokers on apps like Telegram peddle internal Amazon market data and offer services like attacking rivals’ product listings  —  – Amazon internal information is finding its way onto messaging apps like Telegram, where brokers are selling data to third-party sellers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Carly Page / TechCrunch: Halcyon: Cloudzy, a Wyoming-registered web hosting firm likely operating out of Tehran, is acting as a command-and-control provider for state-backed hackers  —  A little-known cloud company provided web hosting and internet services to more than two dozen different state-sponsored hacking groups … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chavi Mehta / Reuters: Meta says it has begun ending access to news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada, following a new law that would force it to negotiate deals to pay publishers  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Tuesday it has begun the process to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Socket, which offers a scanning tool to detect vulnerabilities in open-source code, raised a $20M Series A led by a16z, taking its total funding to $24.6M  —  Socket, a startup that provides a scanning tool to detect security vulnerabilities in open source code, today announced … Lees verder op Tech Meme