Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Snap begins testing sponsored links in My AI conversations, reveals Spotlight grew 170% YoY to reach 350M MAUs, launches its “First Story” ad product, and more  —  After Snap’s stock took a hit from its weak first-quarter earnings, the company today made its pitch to advertisers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kim Zetter / Wired: An in-depth look inside the US DOJ and Volexity’s investigation into the SolarWinds hack, one of the most sophisticated cyberespionage campaigns of the decade  —  The attackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks.  They might still be there now.  Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Despite Google’s October 2021 pledge to demonetize climate denial content, CCDH researchers find 100 YouTube videos with 18M+ views featuring ads for big brands  —  Google said in 2021 that it would stop running ads alongside videos and other content that denied the existence and causes of climate change. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Holmes / The Information: Sources: Microsoft plans to sell a ChatGPT version on a dedicated cloud server in Q2 that separates the data from that of other clients and costs up to 10x more  —  Not everyone trusts OpenAI’s ChatGPT.  —  While the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot has proved popular … Lees verder op Tech Meme