Tech Meme

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Microsoft seemingly stopped working on Surface Duo bug fixes and new features after the Android 12L update in October 2022, possibly due to the recent layoffs  —  Lack of resources and recent layoffs aren’t helping.  —  Microsoft’s dual-screen foldable smartphone has seemingly been abandoned. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Europol, the FBI, and others take down the dark web Monopoly Market, arrest 288 vendors and customers, and seize €50.8M in cash and crypto and 850kg of drugs  —  An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘SpecTor’ has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Medha Singh / Reuters: Online study company Chegg suspends its full-year outlook, saying ChatGPT’s popularity is pressuring its subscriber growth; CHGG drops ~50%, now down 64%+ YTD  —  What’s the cost of students using ChatGPT for homework?  For U.S. education services provider Chegg Inc (CHGG.N), it could be nearly $1 billion in market valuation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adam Conway / XDA Developers: Source: Motorola’s rumored Razr 40 Ultra foldable to have a 2640×1080 HDR AMOLED 120Hz main and 1056×1066 cover display, Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, and up to 12GB RAM  —  Motorola is leaning into high-end foldables with its most powerful yet.  —  Source: Evan Blass Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Europol, the FBI, and others seize the dark web Monopoly Market, arrest 288, and seize €50.8M in cash and crypto and 850kg of drugs, after Hydra’s 2022 takedown  —  An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘SpecTor’ has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Holmes / The Information: Sources: Microsoft plans to sell a ChatGPT version on a dedicated cloud server in Q2 that separates the data from that of other clients and costs up to 10x more  —  Not everyone trusts OpenAI’s ChatGPT.  —  While the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot has proved popular … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Despite Google’s October 2021 pledge to demonetize climate denial content, CCDH researchers find 100 YouTube videos with 18M+ views featuring ads for big brands  —  Google said in 2021 that it would stop running ads alongside videos and other content that denied the existence and causes of climate change. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kim Zetter / Wired: An in-depth look inside the US investigation into the SolarWinds hack, one of the most sophisticated cyberespionage campaigns of the decade  —  The attackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks.  They might still be there now.  Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Snap says it has begun testing sponsored links in My AI conversations, reveals Spotlight grew 170% YoY to 350 MAUs, launches “First Story” ad product, more  —  After Snap’s stock took a hit from its weak first-quarter earnings, the company today made its pitch to advertisers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jen Wieczner / New York Magazine: Crypto advocates say recent written and unwritten polices by US financial regulators make it unfeasible or impossible for crypto firms to operate in the country  —  The industry sure thinks so — even as the White House denies it.  —  The crypto company was essentially reverse-engineered for Washington, D.C.’s stamp of approval. Lees verder op Tech Meme