Tech Transparency Project: Researchers find YouTube’s algorithm recommended videos on guns and shooting to young gamers, despite the platform’s policies against violent and gory content  —  YouTube says it delivers ‘responsible’ video recommendations.  But its algorithms steered accounts for young gamers toward content on guns … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Volkswagen has held talks to use Huawei software in its cars in China, after its software unit Cariad was hit by budget misses and development delays  —  Turmoil at German carmaker’s in-house tech arm threatens to affect market share  —  Volkswagen has held talks to use Huawei software … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Zürich-based ANYbotics, which develops autonomous legged robots for industrial inspection, raised a $50M Series B led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital  —  ANYbotics this week announced a $50 million Series B. The round, led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital, comes as the firm is pushing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Zürich-based ANYbotics, which develops autonomous legged robots for industrial inspection, raised a $50M Series B led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital  —  ANYbotics this week announced a $50 million Series B. The round, led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital, comes as the firm is pushing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Maryland-based Huntress, a managed security platform focused on SMBs, raised a $60M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures, bringing its total funding to ~$160M  —  Managed cybersecurity platform startup Huntress Labs Inc. today announced that it has raised $60 million in new funding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: Belkin says the company won’t patch a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Wemo Mini Smart Plug V2 disclosed on March 14 as the device is at the end of its life  —  Tricking a plug with a too-long name could lead to buffer overflows, injections.  —  I once co-owned a coworking space. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins raise concerns over Google’s new .zip and .mov TLDs, warning that threat actors could use them for phishing and malware  —  Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins have raised concerns over Google’s new ZIP and MOV Internet domains … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, who joined Amazon in 2018’s acquisition, sells startup Honest Day’s Work to smart lock maker Latch and is set to become Latch’s CEO  —  Jamie Siminoff has been busy.  The Ring founder quietly exited the advisor role he took back in March after exiting the brand’s CEO role. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Judith Bannermanquist / Cointelegraph: Crypto wallet startup Ledger faces criticism after unveiling an optional seed phrase recovery subscription service that some security experts say is insecure  —  Many members of the crypto community believe Ledger’s latest seed phrase recovery feature is a bad idea.  —  362 Total views Lees verder op Tech Meme