James Titcomb / Telegraph: Israel plans to boycott Europe’s biggest tech conference, Web Summit, after the event’s co-founder accused Israel of war crimes, as many tech companies pull out  —  Dozens of companies pull out of Lisbon event following a wave of protest from tech bosses  —  Israel has said it will boycott … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Comcast resists a call from an ad industry group to reverse course on its February branding of its Xfinity network as “10G”  —  Comcast renamed its whole network “Xfinity 10G” despite cable’s slower speeds.  —  An advertising industry group urged Comcast to stop its “10G” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: Yuga Labs and Pudgy Penguins are among the NFT makers aiming to boycott Blur and OpenSea for recently slashing royalty rates  —  – Top NFT platforms slashed royalties in a bid to revive trading  — NFT projects are withholding collections to protest the change Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Cisco says a zero-day flaw affecting its IOS XE software has been exploited in the wild since at least September 18; Shodan shows ~80K devices may be vulnerable  —  An unknown threat actor is exploiting the vulnerability to create admin accounts.  —  Cisco is urging customers to protect … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: LinkedIn plans to lay off 668 staff, mostly from its engineering team, after cutting 716 jobs in May 2023; a source says LinkedIn is ramping up hiring in India  —  – LinkedIn is cutting almost 700 employees as revenue growth has slowed over the past two years. Lees verder op Tech Meme