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Intel discontinues its Blockscale 1000-series ASICs, designed for mining bitcoin, after announcing the chips in March 2022, and doesn't announce any successors (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware) 18-04-2023

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Intel discontinues its Blockscale 1000-series ASICs, designed for mining bitcoin, after announcing the chips in March 2022, and doesn’t announce any successors  —  Came in late, leaving too early.  —  It’s been just a year since Intel officially announced its Bitcoin-mining Blockscale ASICs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Virginia-based SpecterOps, which analyzes potential hacking attack paths for platforms like Active Directory and Azure AD, raised a $25M Series A led by Decibel (Tim Keary/VentureBeat) 18-04-2023

Tim Keary / VentureBeat: Virginia-based SpecterOps, which analyzes potential hacking attack paths for platforms like Active Directory and Azure AD, raised a $25M Series A led by Decibel  —  Today, adversary simulation, detection and training services provider SpecterOps announced it has raised $25 million as part of a series A funding round led by Decibel. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reddit plans to charge companies to access its API, which many have used to train AI tools; the API will stay free for developers building apps for Reddit users (Mike Isaac/New York Times) 18-04-2023

Mike Isaac / New York Times: Reddit plans to charge companies to access its API, which many have used to train AI tools; the API will stay free for developers building apps for Reddit users  —  The internet site has long been a forum for discussion on a huge variety of topics, and companies like Google and OpenAI have been using it in their A.I. projects. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Apple is developing VR apps and services for its upcoming headset across gaming, fitness, live sports, and collaboration, like FaceTime and Freeform (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) 18-04-2023

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is developing VR apps and services for its upcoming headset across gaming, fitness, live sports, and collaboration, like FaceTime and Freeform  —  Apple Inc. is racing to build a trove of software and services for its upcoming mixed-reality headset, seeking to win … Lees verder op Tech Meme

During a hearing, House Republicans grilled SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, who refused to state whether ether is a security, despite saying bitcoin is a commodity (Chris Matthews/MarketWatch) 18-04-2023

Chris Matthews / MarketWatch: During a hearing, House Republicans grilled SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, who refused to state whether ether is a security, despite saying bitcoin is a commodity  —  SEC chief has argued laws clearly outline definition of security  —  House Republicans took aim at the nation’s top markets regulator Tuesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitter quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for transgender users, including prohibiting “misgendering or deadnaming” (The Verge) 18-04-2023

The Verge: Twitter quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for transgender users, including prohibiting “misgendering or deadnaming”  —  Twitter has quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for its transgender users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says “anything is on the table, including relocating” if “regulatory clarity” for the crypto industry does not emerge in the US (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk) 18-04-2023

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says “anything is on the table, including relocating” if “regulatory clarity” for the crypto industry does not emerge in the US  —  Armstrong said “anything is on the table” in terms of Coinbase’s plans should greater regulatory clarity not emerge in the U.S. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Citizen Lab: in 2022, NSO Group deployed at least three new “zero-click” hacks against iPhones with iOS 15 and early versions of iOS 16; Apple fixed the flaws (Joseph Menn/Washington Post) 18-04-2023

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Citizen Lab: in 2022, NSO Group deployed at least three new “zero-click” hacks against iPhones with iOS 15 and early versions of iOS 16; Apple fixed the flaws  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Israeli spyware maker NSO Group deployed at least three new “zero-click” hacks against iPhones last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme