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Dave Lawler / Axios: A look at Ukraine’s Diia app, used by 19M citizens to access digital IDs and other government services, along with an “e-Enemy” feature to report Russian troops  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was elected in 2019 on a pledge to put “the state in a smartphone.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: MCNA Dental, one of the largest US government-sponsored dental insurers, says hackers stole data of ~8.9M people; LockBit claimed responsibility for the attack  —  Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental has published a data breach notification on its website, informing almost 9 million patients … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Glassnode: 14.85% of all ether was held in exchange-controlled wallets on May 25, the lowest level since summer 2016, as staking soaks up the available supply  —  The drop comes as the number of staked ether has surged.  —  The number of ether (ETH) on exchanges has hit a low … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: Tokyo-based Gitai, which develops a robotic arm and a robotic rover for in-space applications, raised a ~$30M Series B extension led by Global Brain Corporation  —  There is a groundswell of commercial space initiatives focused on the moon, with established companies and newer upstarts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Nvidia announces AI products and updates, including the DGX GH200 supercomputer platform, gaming features, data center networking tools, and a robotics platform  —  In a two-hour presentation in Taiwan, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang unveiled a new batch of products … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Gault / VICE: A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others that uses AI-generated captchas to train ML systems and generative adversarial networks  —  Discord’s captcha is asking users to identify a ‘Yoko,’ a snail-like object that does not exist and was created by AI.  —  Matthew Gault Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: A profile of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, credited with bulking up its ad and subscription businesses while seeking to crack down on dangerous and misleading videos  —  Neal Mohan goofs around with creators and woos advertisers to the platform’s short videos and TV offerings Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph White / Reuters: MediaTek partners with Nvidia to integrate Nvidia’s GPU chiplets and software into MediaTek SoCs supplied to automakers for infotainment systems  —  Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) and MediaTek Inc (2454.TW) on Monday said they will collaborate on technology to power advanced vehicle infotainment systems … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Kleinman / Sky News: Source: HSBC plans to rebrand Silicon Valley Bank UK, acquired for £1, as HSBC Innovation Banking and announce the change during London Tech Week in June  —  Europe’s biggest lender will next month announce that SVBUK is being renamed HSBC Innovation Banking, Sky News learns. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: An interview with Niels Provos and David Mazieres, co-inventors of the password-hashing function bcrypt, which turns 25 in 2023, on password security and more  —  The co-inventor of “bcrypt” is reflecting on the ubiquitous function’s 25 years and channeling cybersecurity’s core themes into electronic dance music. Lees verder op Tech Meme