Financial Times: US-based MKS Instruments, a little-known but key chip equipment supplier, says a “ransomware event” on “production-related systems” will cause delays into March — US-based MKS Instruments says attack would cost at least $200mn in lost or delayed sales Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft releases a Windows 11 update that adds the new AI-powered Bing search to the taskbar, Phone Link for iOS, screen recording, Notepad tabs, and more — Microsoft is releasing a big update to Windows 11 today that adds the company’s new AI-powered Bing search to the taskbar. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: After declining Twitter engagement, a writer games the For You feed, which he suspects uses invisible subreddit-like Topics to algorithmically organize tweets — Read to the end for some really good horse content — I Gave Into The New Twitter Algorithm And I Went Way Too Viral Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Some marketers worry that Meta’s AI-based Advantage+ ad tool, added after Apple’s ATT to generate multiple ads, forces them to relinquish too much control — Social network claims successes with tool to counteract Apple’s privacy changes that resulted in billions in lost revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme
Niha Masih / Washington Post: Access Now: in 2022, 35 countries instituted internet shutdowns at least 187 times, led by India with 84, Russia causing 22 in Ukraine, Iran with 18, and more — More countries shut down the internet in 2022 than ever before, according to a new report by digital rights researchers … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Temporal, which offers an open-source microservices orchestration service, raised a $75M “Series B-Prime” at a $1.5B+ valuation, following a $103M Series B — The news: Temporal, a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, raised $75 million. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Memo: Dish CEO Erik Carlson tells staff that data was stolen in a cyberattack that has kept its systems down for days; DISH falls over 7% in intraday trading — Dish has told employees that it’s “investigating a cybersecurity incident” and that it’s “aware that certain data was extracted” … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Entitle, which helps businesses automate permissions for cloud resources for developers, raised a $15M seed led by Glilot Capital Partners — Tel Aviv-based Entitle, a startup that helps businesses automate how their developers gain permission to access cloud resources … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Three SIM-swapping gangs separately claimed multiple times on Telegram to have phished staff at T-Mobile throughout 2022, far more often than other US carriers — Three different cybercriminal groups claimed access to internal networks at communications giant T-Mobile in more than 100 … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh plans to plead guilty to three US fraud charges, per his lawyer, becoming the latest FTX executive to cooperate — Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has agreed to plead guilty to U.S. fraud charges … Lees verder op Tech Meme