Elliptic: North Korea-tied Lazarus Group stole nearly $240M in crypto in the past 104 days, ramping up hacks and shifting focus from decentralized to centralized services  —  The elite North Korean hacking group Lazarus appears to have recently ramped up its operations, conducting a confirmed four attacks against crypto entities since June 3rd. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: One year after Ethereum’s Merge, developers approve a change to slow down staking, which has emerged as one of the few reliable ways to earn returns in crypto  —  – With validators piling in, the network risks getting clogged  — Ethereum developers approved a software fix to that Thursday Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as bite-sized clips by accounts that don’t appear to make money from the content  —  The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now  —  “Barbie” just hit streaming platforms.  It was on TikTok first. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: Q&A with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman on LLMs becoming more controllable, “interactive” AI after generative AI, AI regulation being achievable, and more  —  DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as small clips by accounts that don’t appear to make any money from the content  —  The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now  —  “Barbie” just hit streaming platforms.  It was on TikTok first. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: Q&A with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman on maintaining AI optimism, how “interactive” AI will follow the generative AI wave, AI regulation, and more  —  DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Dickerson / CBS News: An interview with Tim Cook on Apple’s pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030, the Vision Pro, return to the office, why Apple still advertises on X, and more  —  In Brown County, Texas – flat, dry, near the geographical center of the state – Apple has invested in a joint venture to power 100,000 homes with clean energy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Taylor Lyles / IGN: Q&A with Apple execs Jeremy Sandmel, Tim Millet, and Kaiann Drance on gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro, MetalFX’s upscaling, game controllers, and more  —  Apple is really leaning into the “Pro” aspect of the iPhone 15 Pro.  —  Apple finally announced the iPhone 15 earlier this week, and pre-orders are now live. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as small clips by accounts that don’t appear to make any money from the content  —  The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now  —  “Barbie” just hit streaming platforms.  It was on TikTok first. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as small clips by accounts that don’t appear to make any money from the content  —  The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now  —  “Barbie” just hit streaming platforms.  It was on TikTok first. Lees verder op Tech Meme