Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Epic releases MetaHuman Animator, which lets Unreal Engine users capture a facial performance with an iPhone and apply the animation to a character in “minutes”  —  Today, Epic is releasing a new tool designed to capture an actor’s facial performance using a device as simple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Amazon launches its “Hey Disney!” voice command for most Echo devices in the US, featuring 20+ characters, the first Alexa Custom Assistant for customers’ homes  —  Amazon and Disney announced Thursday that “Hey Disney!,” the new voice assistant built on Alexa technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Streamlabs launches Podcast Editor, offering text-based editing, content reformatting for other platforms, and more, included in the $19 per month Ultra package  —  Announced today by Streamlabs’ parent company Logitech, the new Podcast Editor includes AI-assisted tools like text-based editing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A look at Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s bet, made over a decade ago, to build AI chips; data center operators jointly spent $15B on bulk orders from Nvidia in 2022  —  The first time Jensen Huang tried ChatGPT, he asked it to write a poem about his company.  Huang, who’d made a bet … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Carly Page / TechCrunch: Russia-linked ransomware gang Clop lists its first victims, targeted via Progress’ MOVEit Transfer tool since May 2023, including US banks and universities  —  Researchers say the newly discovered security flaw was exploited as far back as 2021  —  Clop, the ransomware gang responsible … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: Sources: European Commission is planning to ban equipment from Huawei and ZTE from its own internal telecom networks, ahead of an update to its 5G guidance  —  The European Commission is planning to ban equipment from Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from its own internal … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Epic releases MetaHuman Animator, which lets Unreal Engine users capture a performance with an iPhone and apply it to a MetaHuman character in “minutes”  —  Today, Epic is releasing a new tool designed to capture an actor’s facial performance using a device as simple as an iPhone … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Amazon launches its “Hey Disney!” voice command for Alexa in the US, featuring over 20 characters, the first example of an Alexa Custom Assistant  —  Amazon and Disney announced Thursday that “Hey Disney!,” the new voice assistant built on Alexa technology, is officially available … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mandiant: A look at Barracuda’s Email Security Gateway zero-day, exploited by a China-linked actor since October 2022 to spy on governments, mostly in the Americas  —  On May 23, 2023, Barracuda announced that a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) in the Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Revill / Reuters: Siemens plans to spend €2B to build factories, R&D centers, and more, including a €200M plant in Singapore for automation; revenue in 2022 rose 16% YoY to €72B  —  Siemens (SIEGn.DE) will spend 2 billion euros ($2.16 billion) on a new global investment plan … Lees verder op Tech Meme