Kevin Roose / New York Times: An interview with Andres Freund, a Microsoft database engineer working on PostgreSQL, on discovering the XZ Utils backdoor, doubting his own findings, and more  —  The internet, as anyone who works deep in its trenches will tell you, is not a smooth, well-oiled machine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Justine Calma / The Verge: Oceana: Amazon created 208M lbs of US plastic packaging waste in 2022, up 9.6% YoY: Amazon says it reduced plastic packaging use by 11.6% YoY globally in 2022  —  Despite making pledges to cut down on plastic packaging, a new report from the nonprofit conservation organization Oceana estimates … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Stelloh / NBC News: A Washington state judge barred the use of AI-enhanced video as trial evidence in a ruling that experts say may be the first-of-its-kind in a US criminal court  —  Lawyers for a man charged with murder in a triple homicide had sought to introduce cellphone video enhanced by machine-learning software. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Business Insider: Meta is testing giving cash bonuses to creators who post engaging content on Threads, as part of an invite-only program  —  – Meta is testing cash bonuses for creators who post engaging content on Threads.  — Threads is currently the top app in Apple’s App Store, and had 130 million active users in February. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Singapore-based SingleInterface, which helps offline businesses manage and grow their online presence, raised $30M, its first external raise since 2015 founding  —  SingleInterface, a SaaS startup offering tools to offline businesses to grow their revenues by leveraging the web … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Google Cloud/Cloud Security Alliance survey of 2,486 IT and security professionals: 63% of security professionals believe AI could help in threat detection  —  Generative artificial intelligence technology is fast finding a home in cybersecurity operations, as a comprehensive … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X rolls out support for posting Community Notes in India ahead of the 2024 general elections and says the program now has contributors in 69 countries  —  Weeks before the national elections in India, Elon Musk-owned X said it is rolling out support for posting Community Notes — the company’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program. Lees verder op Tech Meme