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Mandiant: the use of AI-generated images and video in politically motivated online influence campaigns has grown in recent years but overall use remains limited (Zeba Siddiqui/Reuters) 18-08-2023

Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters: Mandiant: the use of AI-generated images and video in politically motivated online influence campaigns has grown in recent years but overall use remains limited  —  Google-owned U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant said on Thursday it had seen increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Private equity firm EQT plans to take German software company SUSE private at €16/share, below its 2021 IPO's €30 price but above August 17's €9.6 closing price (Simon Sharwood/The Register) 18-08-2023

Simon Sharwood / The Register: Private equity firm EQT plans to take German software company SUSE private at €16/share, below its 2021 IPO’s €30 price but above August 17’s €9.6 closing price  —  Buyout offer is at €16 per share, compared to €30 at its 2021 IPO  —  Linux-loving software house SUSE … Lees verder op Tech Meme

An excerpt from the book Number Go Up traces “wrong number” texts to Chinese gangs in Cambodia and Myanmar using forced labor to run pig butchering Tether scams (Zeke Faux/Bloomberg) 18-08-2023

Zeke Faux / Bloomberg: An excerpt from the book Number Go Up traces “wrong number” texts to Chinese gangs in Cambodia and Myanmar using forced labor to run pig butchering Tether scams  —  The mysterious WhatsApp message arrived one night in August 2022, while I was out at a bar with a friend: “Hi David, I’m Vicky Ho don’t you remember me?” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: SoftBank has acquired a 25% stake in Arm from its Vision Fund unit at a $64B valuation and will make the chip designer's IPO filing public on Monday (Anirban Sen/Reuters) 18-08-2023

Anirban Sen / Reuters: Sources: SoftBank has acquired a 25% stake in Arm from its Vision Fund unit at a $64B valuation and will make the chip designer’s IPO filing public on Monday  —  SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) has acquired the 25% stake in Arm Ltd it does not directly own from its Vision Fund unit in a deal … Lees verder op Tech Meme

In a post on X, Elon Musk says “Block is going to be deleted as a 'feature', except for DMs” as it “makes no sense”, without giving further details (Todd Spangler/Variety) 18-08-2023

Todd Spangler / Variety: In a post on X, Elon Musk says “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs” as it “makes no sense”, without giving further details  —  “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” the tech mogul posted on X Friday.  “Makes no sense.” Lees verder op Tech Meme