Category Archives: Tech News

Reddit messages some moderators of the communities participating in the API pricing change protest, looking for defectors "willing to work towards reopening" (The Verge)

The Verge: Reddit messages some moderators of the communities participating in the API pricing change [...]

16
Jun
CISA confirms "several" US federal government agencies "experienced intrusions" in the hack of Progress' MOVEit Transfer tool and is providing support to them (Sean Lyngaas/CNN)

Sean Lyngaas / CNN: CISA confirms “several” US federal government agencies “experienced intrusions” in the [...]

15
Jun
Google Shopping gets a virtual try-on clothing feature that uses a diffusion-based generative AI model, letting US users see how items look on many human models (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google Shopping gets a virtual try-on clothing feature that uses a [...]

14
Jun
Q&A with Satya Nadella on the "eureka moment" for generative AI, OpenAI, helping anyone become a developer, pausing AI development, Bing's relevancy, and more (Steven Levy/Wired)

Steven Levy / Wired: Q&A with Satya Nadella on the “eureka moment” for generative AI, [...]

13
Jun
Sources: the EU is about to hit Google with a formal antitrust complaint focusing on its ad tech, with a statement of objections coming as soon as Wednesday (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Sources: the EU is about to hit Google with a formal [...]

12
Jun
A look at LUUM, a California eyelash studio using robots with computer vision to apply eyelash extensions and planning to sell its $60K robots to other studios (Amber Ferguson/Washington Post)

Amber Ferguson / Washington Post: A look at LUUM, a California eyelash studio using robots [...]

11
Jun
An interview with Jinman Han, head of Samsung's US chip business, on the chip shortage during the pandemic, geopolitics, its $17B fab in Taylor, Texas, and more (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

Katie Tarasov / CNBC: An interview with Jinman Han, head of Samsung’s US chip business, [...]

10
Jun
US DOJ unseals a 2019 indictment charging two Russians with stealing ~647K BTC in a Mt. Gox hack; one of them is also charged with conspiring to operate BTC-e (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: US DOJ unseals a 2019 indictment charging two Russians with stealing [...]

09
Jun
Google plans to launch the US version of its News Showcase aggregation service this summer, after announcing it in October 2020 (William Turvill/Press Gazette)

William Turvill / Press Gazette: Google plans to launch the US version of its News [...]

08
Jun
Sources: Amazon plans to launch an ad-supported tier of Prime Video and is in talks with WBD and Paramount to add their ad-based tiers to Prime Video Channels (Jessica Toonkel/Wall Street Journal)

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon plans to launch an ad-supported tier of [...]

07
Jun