Mia Sato / The Verge: After a fake Pentagon “explosion” image went viral, Twitter adds Community Notes to images; the notes will also appear on “recent and future matching images” — Twitter is expanding its crowdsourced fact-checking program to include images, shortly … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andy Greenberg / Wired: Eclypsium: a firmware flaw in 271 models of Gigabyte motherboards could let hackers install malware at restart; Gigabyte plans a fix but problems could persist — Hidden code in hundreds of models of Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs—a feature ripe for abuse, researchers say. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: Magic, which offers SDKs to help companies create and maintain crypto wallets, raised $52M led by PayPal Ventures at a ~$500M valuation — The biggest crypto wallet you’ve never heard of is flourishing. San Francisco-based Magic announced on Wednesday that it’s raised $52 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Toronto-based Hostaway, which offers vacation rental management tools, raised $175M led by PSG Equity, after raising under $3M since its founding in 2015 — Tourism and travel have come roaring back into business post-pandemic, and today a startup called Hostaway that’s building technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Victoria Song / The Verge: Garmin launches the $800 Fenix 7 Pro and $900 Epix 2 Pro in 42mm, 47mm, and 51mm sizes, both offering an LED flashlight, heart rate sensor, and improved maps — Garmin’s joining the Pro bandwagon. On Wednesday, it’s launching the Epix 2 Pro and Fenix 7 Pro, which both come with a boatload … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Iain Withers / Reuters: Monzo reports £356M in FY2023 revenue, up from £154M in FY2022, and a £116M net loss, down from £119M YoY; CEO TS Anil says an IPO is “some ways down the road” — British digital bank Monzo marginally narrowed its annual loss in the year to February 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Iain Withers / Reuters: Monzo reports £356M in FY2023 revenue, up from £154M in FY2022, and a £116M net loss, down from £119M YoY; CEO TS Anil says an IPO is “some ways down the road” — British digital bank Monzo marginally narrowed its annual loss in the year to February 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kevin Roose / New York Times: How the Shoggoth, a character from a 1936 H.P. Lovecraft novella, became a meme among AI workers as a metaphor for not fully understanding LLMs’ inner workings — The Shoggoth, a character from a science fiction story, captures the essential weirdness of the A.I. moment. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: A profile of Plaid, valued at $13.4B, and founder Zach Perret, after a $58M data scraping settlement in 2022, as the company expands and fights a lawsuit by PNC — Over the past decade, Plaid’s digital pipes have enabled 1 in every 3 people with a US bank account to connect it to the app or service of their choosing. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Iain Withers / Reuters: Monzo reports £356M in FY2023 revenue, up from £154M in FY2022, and a £116M net loss, down from £119M YoY; CEO TS Anil says an IPO is “some ways down the road” — British digital bank Monzo marginally narrowed its annual loss in the year to February 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme