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

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: To challenge TikTok, YouTube releases new Shorts creation tools for remixing, adding effects, going live, as well as a new interactive Q&A sticker and more  —  As competition with TikTok and Instagram Reels heats up, YouTube today announced an expanded suite of creation tools for its own short-form video platform, YouTube Shorts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: A look at the nascent scene of AI chatbots trained for phishing and malware attacks, including WormGPT, DarkBERT, and FraudGPT  —  In the wake of WormGPT, a ChatGPT clone trained on malware-focused data, a new generative artificial intelligence hacking tool called FraudGPT has emerged … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rita Liao / TechCrunch: Apple removes many generative AI apps from its China App Store, supposedly over 100, ahead of China’s new generative AI rules taking effect on August 15  —  Multiple generative AI apps have been removed from Apple’s China App Store, two weeks ahead of the country’s new generative AI regulations that are set to take effect on August 15. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak: A new Russian law mandates that internet platforms verify new users’ identities via state-approved systems before granting access, starting in December 2023  —  President Putin has signed off on legal amendments that threaten to destroy online anonymity, crush free speech, and stifle innovation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: Under EU pressure, Meta offers to seek user consent in Europe for targeted ads based on users’ activity to comply with GDPR, sources say as soon as October 2023  —  Under pressure from regulators, the Facebook and Instagram owner proposes asking users to opt in before targeting ads with their digital activity Lees verder op Tech Meme