Bloomberg: The US awards $750M to Wolfspeed, which makes EV chips, alongside $750M in financing led by Apollo to build new $6B+ factories in North Carolina and New York — – US grant of $750 million will support NC, NY factory sites — Company has struggled to turn a profit over the past decade Lees verder op Tech Meme
Victoria Song / The Verge: Oura Ring 4 review: more sizes, slimmer body, redesigned app, and better battery life and auto workout detection, but needs a subscription and no charging case — Oura furthers its lead among smart rings with hardware and software refinements, but its subscription is still its biggest downside. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: WordPress plugin Jetpack releases a critical security update to fix a bug letting logged-in users access forms from website visitors, in all versions since 2016 — WordPress plugin Jetpack released a critical security update earlier today, addressing a vulnerability that allowed a logged … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: In a report citing experts, China rejects US and Microsoft claims that Chinese hackers were behind Volt Typhoon, calling the claims a “political farce” — – China says US frames other countries for own cyber-spying — US has tied Volt Typhoon group to hacking of critical networks Lees verder op Tech Meme
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), a foundational technology of the internet age, died at age 78 on October 11 — On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: UK podcaster Harry Stebbings’ 20VC raised a $400M fund for early stage startups, one of Europe’s biggest venture funds; the podcast recently hosted Sam Altman — British firm 20VC pulls in $400mn to invest in early stage tech start-ups — A venture firm founded by 28-year-old British … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: The NYT sends a cease-and-desist letter to AI startup Perplexity to stop using its content; Perplexity says it is “interested in working with every” publisher — Publisher demands that Perplexity stop accessing its content. Startup isn’t interested “in being anyone’s antagonist,” CEO says. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Chris Kornelis / New York Times: Lillian Schwartz, one of the first artists to use a computer to make films and who brought together art, science, and tech communities in the 1970s, died at 97 — Early in the digital era, she worked at Bell Labs on the intersection of art and technology, making films and at one point arriving at a novel theory about the “Mona Lisa.” Lees verder op Tech Meme
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Florida-based data broker National Public Data, which was hacked and lost hundreds of millions of SSNs and more earlier in 2024, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy — A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ashley Stewart / Business Insider: Sources: Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens before discontinuing the device, and is pulling back work on IVAS, the combat goggles for the US Army — – Microsoft is discontinuing HoloLens after losing billions of dollars on the project. — The company’s 10-year IVAS contract … Lees verder op Tech Meme