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A year after Russia's invasion, a look at the unprecedented cyberdefense effort by Ukraine and its allies against Russian wiper malware and other attacks (CyberScoop) 24-02-2023

CyberScoop: A year after Russia’s invasion, a look at the unprecedented cyberdefense effort by Ukraine and its allies against Russian wiper malware and other attacks  —  The Ukraine war has inspired a defensive cyber effort that government officials and technology executives describe as unprecedented. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jump Crypto recovers 120,000 ether, worth $140M, stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit after Oasis upgraded a DeFi contract following a UK high court order (Jon Rice/Blockworks) 25-02-2023

Jon Rice / Blockworks: Jump Crypto recovers 120,000 ether, worth $140M, stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit after Oasis upgraded a DeFi contract following a UK high court order  —  The Chicago trading firm appears to have recovered the 120,000 ether stolen during the 2022 Wormhole exploit … UPCOMING EVENT Lees verder op Tech Meme

Politwoops, a ProPublica project that tracked and archived politicians' deleted tweets since 2012, is shutting down as the required Twitter tools no longer work (Derek Willis/ProPublica) 25-02-2023

Derek Willis / ProPublica: Politwoops, a ProPublica project that tracked and archived politicians’ deleted tweets since 2012, is shutting down as the required Twitter tools no longer work  —  Whether officials were deleting an embarrassing post or just correcting a typo, Politwoops tracked them all. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: Apple hired TV and digital video advertising executive Lauren Fry to build a video ad business for Apple TV+, which doesn't have an ad-supported tier (Sahil Patel/The Information) 24-02-2023

Sahil Patel / The Information: Source: Apple hired TV and digital video advertising executive Lauren Fry to build a video ad business for Apple TV+, which doesn’t have an ad-supported tier  —  Apple has hired Lauren Fry, a TV and digital video advertising executive, to help build a video advertising business … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Experts say combining deepfake audio and video, virtual avatars, and large language models like GPT-3 could turbocharge the work of scammers and propagandists (Alex Pasternack/Fast Company) 24-02-2023

Alex Pasternack / Fast Company: Experts say combining deepfake audio and video, virtual avatars, and large language models like GPT-3 could turbocharge the work of scammers and propagandists  —  Dozens of startups are using generative AI to make shiny happy virtual people for fun and profit.  Chatbots add a complicated new dimension. Lees verder op Tech Meme

OpenAI details its preparations for “if AGI is successfully created”, including being cautious with its models and operating as if the risks are existential (Sam Altman/OpenAI) 24-02-2023

Sam Altman / OpenAI: OpenAI details its preparations for “if AGI is successfully created”, including being cautious with its models and operating as if the risks are existential  —  Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence—AI systems that are generally smarter than humans—benefits all of humanity. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A year after Russia's invasion, a look at the unprecedented cyberdefence effort by Ukraine and its allies against Russian wiper malware and other attacks (CyberScoop) 24-02-2023

CyberScoop: A year after Russia’s invasion, a look at the unprecedented cyberdefence effort by Ukraine and its allies against Russian wiper malware and other attacks  —  The Ukraine war has inspired a defensive cyber effort that government officials and technology executives describe as unprecedented. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: Apple has hired a TV and digital video advertising executive, Lauren Fry, to help build a video ad business for Apple TV+ (Sahil Patel/The Information) 24-02-2023

Sahil Patel / The Information: Source: Apple has hired a TV and digital video advertising executive, Lauren Fry, to help build a video ad business for Apple TV+  —  Apple has hired Lauren Fry, a TV and digital video advertising executive, to help build a video advertising business for its Apple TV+ streaming service … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Sequoia Capital China, which raised $8.5B last year, has started screening some investments for US national security concerns, a first for the firm (Wall Street Journal) 24-02-2023

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Sequoia Capital China, which raised $8.5B last year, has started screening some investments for US national security concerns, a first for the firm  —  Venture-capital firm starts screening its China arm’s investments as Washington prepares to limit U.S. capital going to some Chinese tech companies Lees verder op Tech Meme

Canada's second-largest telecom TELUS is investigating a potential data breach after a hacker put up private GitHub repositories and payroll records for sale (Ax Sharma/BleepingComputer) 24-02-2023

Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: Canada’s second-largest telecom TELUS is investigating a potential data breach after a hacker put up private GitHub repositories and payroll records for sale  —  Canada’s second-largest telecom, TELUS is investigating a potential data breach after a threat actor shared samples online of what appears to be employee data. Lees verder op Tech Meme