Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Automattic plans to shift Tumblr’s backend to WordPress in a bid to make sharing work across the platforms easier, after acquiring Tumblr for $3M in August 2019  —  Tumblr is making the move to WordPress.  After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: French media: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s lawyer says it is “absurd to say that a platform or its boss are responsible for any abuse” carried out on the platform  —  A lawyer for Telegram boss Pavel Durov, who is being investigated in France, said it was “totally absurd” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Google says Russia-linked APT29 is using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” to those previously made by spyware makers Intellexa and NSO Group  —  Google says it has evidence that Russian government hackers are using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” … Lees verder op Tech Meme