Jessica Lyons Hardcastle / The Register: Five teams at DEF CON 2023 plan to try to hack Moonlighter, a US-funded 3U cubesat, the first time DEF CON hackers will get to hack a live, in-orbit satellite  —  ‘World’s first and only’ orbiting infosec playpen due to blast off Sunday  —  FEATURE Assuming the weather and engineering gods cooperate … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: A look at the ad-supported, free dual-screen TV from Ilya Pozin’s Telly, which says its data and analytics tools will be no more invasive than other TV vendors  —  More than 250,000 people have signed up in hopes of getting Telly’s unique TV.  There’s something to this concept, but plenty of unknowns remain. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: Interviews, pitch decks, and internal documents suggest that Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque’s recent success was bolstered by exaggeration and dubious claims  —  Stability AI became a $1 billion company with the help of a viral AI text-to-image generator and — per interviews with more than 30 people … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yvonne Lau / Fortune: As TSMC plans to hire 4,500 workers at its two Arizona fabs, recruiters say the company’s culture, rigid standards, and overseas training turn off candidates  —  On the Glassdoor profile of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC—the world’s biggest manufacturer of semiconductor chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google Wallet for Android rolls out support for US state IDs, starting with Maryland, and plans to add Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia IDs “in the coming months”  —  The state-by-state rollout is still a huge mess, but Android is ready, at least. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michelle Caffrey / EdWeek Market Brief: Swing Education, which connects schools with substitute teachers, raised a $38M Series C led by Apax Partners and Reach, bringing its total funding to $60.8M  —  Swing Education raised $38 million in a Series C round aimed at helping the company, which connects schools with substitute teachers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google is aware of a “very small number” of Pixel Watch 2 users reporting that the back glass panel falls off and is working to find the cause and fix the issue  —  Several users report the back of the Pixel Watch just falls off after a short time.  —  UPDATE: GOOGLE STATEMENT Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: Seattle-based Hubble Network, which aims to build a global satellite network that any Bluetooth device can connect to, raised a $20M Series A led by Transpose  —  Bluetooth-enabled devices are ubiquitous, but how those devices are used is constrained by the relatively short range provided by Bluetooth technology. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post: Some Montana residents speak up against, or for, the state’s highly politicized TikTok ban, including one of the influencers suing the state to overturn the ban  —  How a highly politicized social media ban in Big Sky Country sparked a nationwide debate over freedom of speech Lees verder op Tech Meme