Tech Meme

Sigal Samuel / Vox: A case for slowing down AI due to existential and bias risks, despite objections like its alleged inevitability and the AI arms race with China  —  Pumping the brakes on artificial intelligence could be the best thing we ever do for humanity.  —  “Computers need to be accountable to machines … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Qianer Liu / Financial Times: Sources: China is giving its most successful chipmakers, including SMIC, Huawei, and Hua Hong, easier subsidy access and more control over state-backed research  —  Under US pressure, Beijing is changing strategy and relying on a select group of companies to shape its domestic sector Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Scarcella / Reuters: Filing: Google denies intentionally destroying evidence in the US antitrust lawsuit over its search business, in a response to the DOJ’s bid for court sanctions  —  Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has denied intentionally destroying evidence in the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Maryland-based identity management startup Aembit launches its service and announces a $16.6M seed from Ballistic Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures  —  Aembit, a Maryland-based security startup that focuses on helping DevOps and security teams manage how federated workloads talk to each other … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Google suspends Pinduoduo’s app on the Play Store “for security concerns” and flags several Pinduoduo apps as malware, alerting users who had them installed  —  On Monday, Google announced that it had flagged several apps made by a Chinese e-commerce giant as malware … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Varun Mishra / Counterpoint Research: Global premium smartphone sales rose 1% YoY in 2022, taking 50%+ of the smartphone market’s revenue for the first time; Apple took 75% of the premium market  —  Although overall global smartphone sales in 2022 fell 12% YoY due to macroeconomic difficulties, global premium (≥$600 wholesale price) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Reebelo, a marketplace for pre-owned smartphones, tablets, and more, raised a $29M Series A extension, bringing its Series A total to ~$50M  —  The global circular economy, comprising the sale of secondhand and refurbished goods, was valued at about $339 billion in 2022 and is poised to more than double by 2026. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mandiant: An overview of 55 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in 2022, mostly in products from Apple, Microsoft, and Google; Chinese groups exploited more than others  —  THREAT INTELLIGENCEZERO DAY THREATSVULNERABILITIES  —  Executive Summary  — Mandiant tracked 55 zero-day vulnerabilities that we judge were exploited in 2022. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Study: GPT models and related technologies could seriously affect ~19% of workers in the US, with higher-income jobs potentially facing greater exposure  —  Researchers examine how OpenAI’s GPT technology could affect the workforce, and find ’the influence spans all wage levels … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Maryland-based identity management startup Aembit launches its service on Monday and announces a $16.6M seed from Ballistic Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures  —  Aembit, a Maryland-based security startup that focuses on helping DevOps and security teams manage how federated workloads talk to each other … Lees verder op Tech Meme