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How a false facial recognition match led to Detroit police wrongfully arresting a Black woman for carjacking and robbery, the first such known case for a woman (Kashmir Hill/New York Times) 07-08-2023

Kashmir Hill / New York Times: How a false facial recognition match led to Detroit police wrongfully arresting a Black woman for carjacking and robbery, the first such known case for a woman  —  Porcha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Black Twitter users have become a “digital diaspora” searching for a replacement after Elon Musk's takeover, such as Mastodon, Threads, Spoutible, and Fanbase (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post) 07-08-2023

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: Black Twitter users have become a “digital diaspora” searching for a replacement after Elon Musk’s takeover, such as Mastodon, Threads, Spoutible, and Fanbase  —  The influential online community that gave rise to social movements like #BlackLivesMatter is now a “digital diaspora” in search of a new home. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Researchers: North Korean hackers placed backdoors at Russian rocket design bureau NPO Mashinostroyeniya for at least five months in 2022 to see emails and more (Reuters) 07-08-2023

Reuters: Researchers: North Korean hackers placed backdoors at Russian rocket design bureau NPO Mashinostroyeniya for at least five months in 2022 to see emails and more  —  An elite group of North Korean hackers secretly breached computer networks at a major Russian missile developer for at least five months … Lees verder op Tech Meme

PayPal debuts PYUSD, a Paxos-issued stablecoin and fully backed by USD deposits, short-term Treasuries, and cash equivalents, rolling out to US users gradually (Anna Irrera/Bloomberg) 07-08-2023

Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: PayPal debuts PYUSD, a Paxos-issued stablecoin and fully backed by USD deposits, short-term Treasuries, and cash equivalents, rolling out to US users gradually  —  – PayPal USD will be pegged to dollar, issued by Paxos Trust  — Stablecoins have yet to take off in consumer-payment sector Lees verder op Tech Meme

The SEC's recent cyber regulations should drive industry awareness, but the incident reporting rules are redundant, misdirected, and overlap with CISA reporting (Chris Krebs/Financial Times) 07-08-2023

Chris Krebs / Financial Times: The SEC’s recent cyber regulations should drive industry awareness, but the incident reporting rules are redundant, misdirected, and overlap with CISA reporting  —  The new SEC rules are redundant and misdirected: business needs to know how to deal with the government Lees verder op Tech Meme

How Lionel Messi coming to MLS may help Apple attract international TV+ subscribers, as the service has almost no content made for non-English-speaking markets (Alex Webb/Bloomberg) 07-08-2023

Alex Webb / Bloomberg: How Lionel Messi coming to MLS may help Apple attract international TV+ subscribers, as the service has almost no content made for non-English-speaking markets  —  Messi+ Apple TV+ has come a long way in a relatively short period of time.  The streaming service won an Academy Award for best picture with CODA. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: TSMC and Apple have a deal where TSMC basically eats the cost of chip defects; Apple will save billions of dollars and get 3nm chips long before rivals (Wayne Ma/The Information) 07-08-2023

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: TSMC and Apple have a deal where TSMC basically eats the cost of chip defects; Apple will save billions of dollars and get 3nm chips long before rivals  —  When Apple’s next iPhone goes on sale in September, its upgraded core processor will be more powerful than that of any rival smartphone. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bing Chat, which previously was only available in Microsoft products like the Edge browser and Bing app, is coming to third-party browsers, including on mobile (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 07-08-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Bing Chat, which previously was only available in Microsoft products like the Edge browser and Bing app, is coming to third-party browsers, including on mobile  —  In late July, Microsoft confirmed its ChatGPT-like Bing Chat was testing in third-party browsers like Chrome and Safari … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoom updates terms letting it use customer data to train AI; Zoom says only for users who consented, but consent must be given to enable generative AI features (Hayden Field/CNBC) 07-08-2023

Hayden Field / CNBC: Zoom updates terms letting it use customer data to train AI; Zoom says only for users who consented, but consent must be given to enable generative AI features  —  – Zoom’s terms of service update establishes the video platform’s right to use some customer data for training its AI models. Lees verder op Tech Meme