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Wolkenvelden en (onweers)buien KNMI : 06-05-2023

Wolkenvelden en (onweers)buien Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwing: Er zijn geen waarschuwingen.Vanavond zijn er wolkenvelden en trekt er een regengebied noordwaarts over het land. Plaatselijk kan het stevig regenen. Er is weinig wind. Komende nacht komen er nog enkele buien voor. De minimumtemperatuur loopt uiteen van 13°C in het zuidwesten tot 9°C in het noordoosten. In het noordelijk kustgebied en boven het IJsselmeer staat een matige oostenwind, elders is er weinig wind. Morgenochtend raakt het in het zuiden bewolkt en valt er regen. In het noorden schijnt de zon af en toe maar kan er ook een bui voorkomen.… Lees verder »Wolkenvelden en (onweers)buien KNMI : 06-05-2023

In an email, Twitter acknowledges a “security incident” that showed Circle tweets to users outside of the Circle in April 2023 and says the bug has been fixed (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac) 06-05-2023

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: In an email, Twitter acknowledges a “security incident” that showed Circle tweets to users outside of the Circle in April 2023 and says the bug has been fixed  —  Back in April, several Twitter users were affected by a bug that showed private Twitter Circle tweets to random users in the For You tab. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Slash, a neobank focused on Gen Z entrepreneurs, raised $19M in seed and Series A funding from NEA, Menlo Ventures, Connect Ventures, Y Combinator, and others (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 06-05-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Slash, a neobank focused on Gen Z entrepreneurs, raised $19M in seed and Series A funding from NEA, Menlo Ventures, Connect Ventures, Y Combinator, and others  —  Around two years ago, Victor Cardenas and Kevin Bai — college dropouts from Stanford University and the University of Waterloo … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Former staff say TikTok had a dashboard of users who watch LGBTQ content; TikTok claims to have deleted the dashboard in the US in 2022, but the data remains (Wall Street Journal) 06-05-2023

Wall Street Journal: Former staff say TikTok had a dashboard of users who watch LGBTQ content; TikTok claims to have deleted the dashboard in the US in 2022, but the data remains  —  Company logged categories of content and users on app in effort to boost engagement; spokeswoman says TikTok has restricted access to that data Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: API marketplace Rapid laid off 82% of its staff in under two weeks, reducing its headcount from 230 to 42; the startup had a $1B valuation in March 2022 (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch) 06-05-2023

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Source: API marketplace Rapid laid off 82% of its staff in under two weeks, reducing its headcount from 230 to 42; the startup had a $1B valuation in March 2022  —  Rapid (previously known as RapidAPI), a startup that built out an API marketplace valued at $1 billion last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Roger Lee, who runs Layoffs.fyi, which has catalogued nearly 450,000 tech cuts, and Comprehensive.io, which tracks compensation in tech job posts (Lora Kelley/New York Times) 06-05-2023

Lora Kelley / New York Times: A profile of Roger Lee, who runs Layoffs.fyi, which has catalogued nearly 450,000 tech cuts, and Comprehensive.io, which tracks compensation in tech job posts  —  Roger Lee has cataloged hundreds of thousands of tech job cuts on his site Layoffs.fyi.  He still believes the industry will “100 percent” bounce back. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Q&A with Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, who was awarded IEEE's Medal of Honor, on how Google has changed since 2005, the hazards of LLMs, and more (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch) 06-05-2023

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Q&A with Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, who was awarded IEEE’s Medal of Honor, on how Google has changed since 2005, the hazards of LLMs, and more  —  “That’s always an exciting place to be — a place where nobody’s ever been before.  —  Vint Cerf has been a near-constant influence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Discord plans to let “high-visibility users” secure usernames to “reduce the risk of impersonation”, as some users criticize the company's username change push (Umar Shakir/The Verge) 06-05-2023

Umar Shakir / The Verge: Discord plans to let “high-visibility users” secure usernames to “reduce the risk of impersonation”, as some users criticize the company’s username change push  —  A race to reserve usernames is kicking off on Discord.  —  Starting in the next couple of weeks … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scammers appear to be hacking verified Meta accounts to impersonate the company and run Facebook ads asking users to download shady tools likely with malware (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch) 06-05-2023

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Scammers appear to be hacking verified Meta accounts to impersonate the company and run Facebook ads asking users to download shady tools likely with malware  —  Sketchy Facebook pages impersonating businesses are nothing new, but a flurry of recent scams is particularly brazen. Lees verder op Tech Meme

In an email to users, Twitter acknowledges a bug that showed some Circle tweets to users outside of the Circle in April 2023 and says the issue has been fixed (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac) 06-05-2023

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: In an email to users, Twitter acknowledges a bug that showed some Circle tweets to users outside of the Circle in April 2023 and says the issue has been fixed  —  Back in April, several Twitter users were affected by a bug that showed private Twitter Circle tweets to random users in the For You tab. Lees verder op Tech Meme