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Apple and Google submit a proposed industry specification to help combat unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies (Kif Leswing/CNBC) 02-05-2023

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Apple and Google submit a proposed industry specification to help combat unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies  —  – Apple and Google said that they are working together to prevent lost item trackers like Apple’s AirTag from being used to track people without their permission. Lees verder op Tech Meme

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 (Medha Singh/Reuters) 02-05-2023

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

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 (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer) 02-05-2023

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

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 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central) 02-05-2023

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

Meta adds Reels to the top of the Facebook Watch tab and introduces controls that let users customize what types of content they want to see more or less often (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) 02-05-2023

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta adds Reels to the top of the Facebook Watch tab and introduces controls that let users customize what types of content they want to see more or less often  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is introducing new features that make it easier for users to discover … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Snap begins testing sponsored links in My AI conversations, reveals Spotlight grew 170% YoY to reach 350M MAUs, launches its “First Story” ad product, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 02-05-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Snap begins testing sponsored links in My AI conversations, reveals Spotlight grew 170% YoY to reach 350M MAUs, launches its “First Story” ad product, and 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

An in-depth look inside the US DOJ and Volexity's investigation into the SolarWinds hack, one of the most sophisticated cyberespionage campaigns of the decade (Kim Zetter/Wired) 02-05-2023

Kim Zetter / Wired: An in-depth look inside the US DOJ and Volexity’s 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