Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Hacker group naming schemes, such as Microsoft’s new system, are counterproductive for cybersecurity analysis; a government body should set a naming convention  —  Pumpkin Sandstorm.  Spandex Tempest.  Charming Kitten.  Is this really how we want to name the hackers wreaking havoc worldwide? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Arm plans to work with manufacturing partners to build a test chip showcasing the capabilities of its designs, its most advanced chipmaking effort yet  —  Company to build test chip with factory partners, stoking fears it could in future compete with its biggest customers Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: GitHub’s private vulnerability reporting, which lets researchers confidentially disclose flaws to open-source project maintainers, hits general availability  —  GitHub announced that private vulnerability reporting is now generally available and can be enabled at scale, on all repositories belonging to an organization. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meir Orbach / CTech: Boston-based cloud infrastructure startup Volumez, which develops controller orchestration software, raised a $20M Series A led by Koch Disruptive Technologies  —  Volumez’s controller-less architecture composes direct Linux data paths between media and applications, helping companies convert knowledge … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: the UK plans to propose a bill next week letting the CMA’s digital markets unit target Big Tech companies with £25B+ global revenue or £1B UK revenue  —  Draft bill expected within days that will put CMA’s digital markets unit on a statutory footing Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: details on Apple XR headset’s external battery pack and charging cable, and a look at its app strategy – throw everything but the kitchen sink at users  —  Apple is taking a scattershot approach to the upcoming Reality headset’s features, hoping that a wide variety of options will get consumers to try the product. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: the UK plans to propose a bill next week letting the CMA’s digital markets unit target Big Tech companies with £25B+ global revenue or £1B UK revenue  —  Draft bill expected within days that will put CMA’s digital markets unit on a statutory footing Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victor Swezey / The Daily Beast: Twitter appears to have restored verification checkmarks to many accounts with 1M+ followers, saying they are subscribed to Blue; some deny they paid for Blue  —  Across Twitter on Saturday, some of the platform’s biggest names expressed surprise when their fickle checkmarks suddenly reappeared. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: the UK plans to propose a bill next week letting the CMA’s digital markets unit target Big Tech companies with £25B+ global revenue or £1B UK revenue  —  Draft bill expected within days that will put CMA’s digital markets unit on a statutory footing Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: the UK plans to propose a bill next week letting the CMA’s digital markets unit target Big Tech companies with £25B+ global revenue or £1B UK revenue  —  Draft bill expected within days that will put CMA’s digital markets unit on a statutory footing Lees verder op Tech Meme