Wired: As the Israel-Hamas war escalates, a look at the role of hacktivism on both sides, supported by groups globally, including DDoSing Israeli government websites  —  Since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Analysis: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao’s Industry Recovery Initiative, which offered $1B+ after FTX collapsed, has deployed less than $30M since November 2022  —  – IRI has invested less than $30 million, wallet analysis shows  — Project had big-name backers like Jump Crypto, Animoca Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google starts prompting users to create a passkey to use as their account default, but says passwords will “still remain part of our lives as we make the pivot”  —  Google is making it easier for users to ditch passwords on their Google accounts in favor of passkeys — a fast … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max A. Cherney / Reuters: AMD plans to acquire Santa Clara-based Nod.ai, whose tech helps companies deploy AI models that are tuned for AMD’s chips and has raised ~$36.5M, per PitchBook  —  AMD said on Tuesday it plans to buy an artificial intelligence startup called Nod.ai as part of an effort to bolster its software capabilities. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Adobe debuts Firefly Image 2 Model in Firefly for the web; the model is larger than its predecessor, better at rendering humans, and coming to Creative Cloud  —  At MAX, its annual conference for creatives, Adobe today announced that it has updated the models that power Firefly, its generative AI image creation service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Lawler / The Verge: X now lets users “limit replies to verified users”  —  The latest turn in the Elon Musk-directed platform X, previously known as Twitter, is that users can now block unverified accounts from replying to their posts.  —  This change arrives about 11 months after Musk launched paid verification … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Some academics in Saudi Arabia worry that Saudi-Chinese AI collaboration could jeopardize their access to US-made chips, as the Gulf states rush to build LLMs  —  Fears grow at Gulf kingdom’s top university that ties to Chinese researchers risk upsetting US government Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Meta’s Oversight Board plans to review Meta’s manipulated content and deepfake policies after Facebook refused to remove a video describing Biden as a pedophile  —  Investigation will review social media giant’s guidelines after ‘manipulated’ clip wrongfully calls US president a paedophile Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sony announces a new $500 PS5 model with a detachable disc drive, 1TB of internal storage, and a slightly slimmer and shorter design, shipping in November  —  Sony officially announced a new PS5 model with a detachable disc drive and 1TB of internal storage. Lees verder op Tech Meme