Maciej Pocwierz: How an empty, private AWS S3 bucket had ~100M PUT requests in a day, racking up a $1,300+ bill, due to a popular open-source tool using the same bucket name  —  Imagine you create an empty, private AWS S3 bucket in a region of your preference.  What will your AWS bill be the next morning? Lees verder op Tech Meme

BBC: A Finnish court sentences hacker Julius Kivimäki to six years and three months, after he breached a healthcare database and attempted to blackmail 33,000 people  —  One of Europe’s most wanted cyber criminals has been jailed for attempting to blackmail 33,000 people whose confidential therapy notes he stole. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: Instagram updates its recommendation algorithms to demote aggregator accounts, hoping to promote original content and increase distribution to smaller accounts  —  Instagram is making significant changes to how its system recommends content, with a focus on original content and increased distribution for smaller accounts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Amazon makes its AI assistant Amazon Q generally available and adds an “app creator” to let employees build generative AI-powered apps based on company data  —  Amazon says it will give non-developers the ability to create apps using natural language as part of a new feature for Amazon Q … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katie Robertson / New York Times: Eight daily newspapers owned by Alden sue OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using copyrighted articles without permission to train generative AI products  —  The suit, which accuses the tech companies of copyright infringement, adds to the fight over the online data used to power artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider: Source: Apple is testing new Safari features including more advanced content blocking and an AI-powered Intelligent Search tool, expected to debut in 2024  —  Apple is testing a version of its Safari web browser that includes UI tweaks, advanced content blocking features … Lees verder op Tech Meme

BBC: A Finnish court sentences hacker Julius Kivimäki to six years and three months, after he breached a healthcare database and attempted to blackmail 33,000 people  —  One of Europe’s most wanted cyber criminals has been jailed for attempting to blackmail 33,000 people whose confidential therapy notes he stole. Lees verder op Tech Meme