Jonathan Greig / The Record: Data leak site BreachForums plans to shut down following the arrest of the alleged operator of “Pompompurin”, citing fears law enforcement has backdoor access  —  In an abrupt about-face, the new administrator of popular cybercriminal platform BreachForums said they plan to shut … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The US proposes barring CHIPS Act beneficiaries from expanding manufacturing output in “countries of concern” by 5% for advanced chips and 10% for legacy chips  —  The Biden administration unveiled tight restrictions on new operations in China by chipmakers that get federal funds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Silicon Canals: Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision SaaS provider for the deployment and configuration of video stream analysis algorithms, raised a €22M Series A  —  Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €22M in a Series … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Nvidia announces the H800 chip, a modified H100 chip, for export to China; Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, and other Chinese companies are already using the H800  —  Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), the U.S. semiconductor designer that dominates the market for artificial intelligence (AI) chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Arian Khameneh / Wired: Researchers: Iran’s cyber army, or Cyberi, ramped up spear-phishing and adopted new tactics aiming to sow distrust among citizens as political unrest continues  —  Amid ongoing protests, the Iranian regime has lost control of its image, pushing it to employ increasingly drastic tactics where everyone loses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Luke Plunkett / Kotaku: Ubisoft unveils Ghostwriter and says the internal AI tool will help scriptwriters save time and create more realistic non-player character interactions  —  Ubisoft Ghostwriter is described by the company as ‘an AI tool’  —  Ubisoft, the publishers behind Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cade Metz / New York Times: The Association for Computing Machinery awards Bob Metcalfe the Turing Award for his work on Ethernet at the Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s  —  In the 1970s, Bob Metcalfe helped develop the primary technology that lets you send email or connect with a printer over an office network. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: GP Bullhound: European tech startups raised €30.5B in debt in 2022, up from €15.9B in 2021, as the global tech slump made raising new equity more difficult  —  European technology startups nearly doubled the amount of debt they took on last year, exposing them to the turmoil … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Silicon Canals: Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision SaaS provider for the deployment and configuration of video stream analysis algorithms, raised a €22M Series A  —  Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €22M in a Series … Lees verder op Tech Meme