Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Twitter emails advertisers to say they must now have “a verified checkmark or subscribe to either Twitter Blue or Verified Organizations” to keep running ads  —  As Twitter’s legacy blue check mark system finally comes to an end, the social network’s new paid-for verification system … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jahnavi Nidumolu / Reuters: Twitter drops the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels from accounts of media outlets and journalists, including NPR, BBC, CBC, and Xinhua  —  Twitter dropped the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels, which implies government involvement … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Mandiant says the North Korea-linked hack of VoIP company 3CX’s customers is the first confirmed incident of one software-supply-chain attack enabling another  —  The mass compromise of the VoIP firm’s customers is the first confirmed incident where one software supply chain attack enabled another, researchers say. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Mullvad VPN says Swedish police visited its office with a search warrant but left with nothing after the company revealed its no-logging policy on customer data  —  However, Swedish law enforcement left with nothing after learning Mullvad VPN has a strict no-logging policy when it comes to customer information. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dara Kerr / NPR: Sources: Twitter removed its “visibility filtering rules”, or “shadow bans”, for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian government accounts and state-affiliated media  —  Dmitry Medvedev, a leading government official and former president of Russia, took to Twitter earlier … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Champion / VICE: A fake Twitter account, which paid for Blue, for Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, falsely claimed RSF leader Hemedti died; RSF’s real account lost its verification  —  The fake account with a blue tick wrongly claimed that Hemedti, the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, had died. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Google gives Bard the ability to generate, debug, and explain code in 20+ languages including C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, and Python, and export code to Colab  —  Google’s Bard chatbot now has the capability to help you with programming tasks.  The tech giant said that coding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Mullvad VPN says Swedish police visited its office with a search warrant but left without any customer data after being informed of company’s no-logging policy  —  However, Swedish law enforcement left with nothing after learning Mullvad VPN has a strict no-logging policy when it comes to customer information. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri demoed an AI-powered screenless wearable with a projector to display info, voice and gestures for input, and no phone required  —  Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, has given a first live demo of its new device … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Clark / The Information: Amsterdam-based Weaviate, an open-source vector database for startups building generative AI, raised a $50M Series B led by Index Ventures at a $200M valuation  —  Weaviate, an infrastructure startup whose technology is essential for companies trying to build generative AI tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme