Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Volkswagen has held talks to use Huawei software in its cars in China, after its software unit Cariad was hit by budget misses and development delays  —  Turmoil at German carmaker’s in-house tech arm threatens to affect market share  —  Volkswagen has held talks to use Huawei software … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tech Transparency Project: Researchers find YouTube’s algorithm recommended videos on guns and shooting to young gamers, despite the platform’s policies against violent and gory content  —  YouTube says it delivers ‘responsible’ video recommendations.  But its algorithms steered accounts for young gamers toward content on guns … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: As Chinese companies recruit South Korean tech talent more aggressively, Seoul creates a database to monitor South Korean chip engineers’ international travel  —  Seoul says US export controls have made Chinese companies more aggressive in acquiring expertise Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Zürich-based ANYbotics, which develops autonomous legged robots for industrial inspection, raised a $50M Series B led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital  —  ANYbotics this week announced a $50 million Series B. The round, led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital, comes as the firm is pushing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Zürich-based ANYbotics, which develops autonomous legged robots for industrial inspection, raised a $50M Series B led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital  —  ANYbotics this week announced a $50 million Series B. The round, led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital, comes as the firm is pushing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: Belkin says the company won’t patch a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Wemo Mini Smart Plug V2 disclosed on March 14 as the device is at the end of its life  —  Tricking a plug with a too-long name could lead to buffer overflows, injections.  —  I once co-owned a coworking space. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Maryland-based Huntress, a managed security platform focused on SMBs, raised a $60M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures, bringing its total funding to ~$160M  —  Managed cybersecurity platform startup Huntress Labs Inc. today announced that it has raised $60 million in new funding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Zürich-based ANYbotics, which develops autonomous legged robots for industrial inspection, raised a $50M Series B led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital  —  ANYbotics this week announced a $50 million Series B. The round, led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital, comes as the firm is pushing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins raise concerns over Google’s new .zip and .mov TLDs, warning that threat actors could use them for phishing and malware  —  Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins have raised concerns over Google’s new ZIP and MOV Internet domains … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: In an interview, Elon Musk discussed acquiring Twitter, defended his inflammatory tweets, called tech workers the “laptop class living in la-la-land”, and more  —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk sat down for a sprawling interview with CNBC anchor David Faber on Tuesday following . Lees verder op Tech Meme