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Ari Levy / CNBC : Nasdaq gained 32% in H1 2023, its best first half since 1983's 37% rise; Nvidia is up 195%+, Meta is up 130%+, Apple and Amazon are up 50%+, Alphabet is up 34%+   —  - The Nasdaq jumped 32% in the first six months of the year, its best first half since the tech-heavy index climbed 37% in 1983. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/redC8nW via IFTTT

Hayden Field / CNBC : Apple becomes the first publicly traded company to close with a $3T market cap; the company hit a $3T market cap during intraday trading in January 2022   —  - Apple's market cap topped $3 trillion on Friday, passing the $190.73 share price required to hit the milestone, according to CNBC's most recent share count. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/KyOWU1o via IFTTT

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security : Kazakhstan arrested Nikita Kislitsin, Group-IB's former head of network security, on June 22 for his alleged role in the LinkedIn and Dropbox hacks in 2012   —  Nikita Kislitsin, formerly the head of network security for one of Russia's top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/S4cTbJ1 via IFTTT

Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press : Industry group NetChoice, which includes Meta and Twitter, sues Arkansas over a new law requiring parental permission for minors to create social media accounts   —  A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas on Thursday challenging a new state law that requires parental permission for minors to create social media accounts. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/VBE7uIO via IFTTT

Josh Scott / BetaKit : Ontario-based Passage, which is building a service that helps immigrants access financing to learn and work in Canada, raised a CA$40M seed led by Drive Capital   —  Ex-ApplyBoard CEO plans to finance skilled immigrants that meet Canada's workforce needs.  —  After spending seven years … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/0gMosu5 via IFTTT

Ryan Naraine / SecurityWeek : NYC-based Venn Software, which is developing a Secure Enclave product that can be installed on remote employee laptops, raised a $29M Series A led by NewSpring   —  New York startup scores early stage financing to build new technology to replace virtual desktop infrastructure. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/H9mtGIp via IFTTT

Alex Heath / The Verge : Meta plans to let people in the EU directly download apps through Facebook ads; a pilot is set to start as soon as this year with select Android app developers   —  Meta is planning to let people in the EU directly download apps through Facebook ads, setting the company up to eventually compete with Google and Apple's app stores. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/LEGXMem via IFTTT

Richard Priday / Tom's Guide : Review of £749 Asus Zenfone 10: compact with a 5.9" display, good performance and battery life, but cameras are limited and only two years of software updates   —  Everything you need in a premium Android phone, in a surprisingly small frame  —  Tom's Guide Verdict … Why you can trust Tom's Guide? from Techmeme https://ift.tt/KO9vjf5 via IFTTT

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer : YouTube is running a test globally that limits ad block users to three videos, giving them the option to turn off ad blockers or subscribe to YouTube Premium   —  YouTube is currently running what it describes as a “small experiment globally,” warning users to toggle off their ad blockers … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Di3Qh2g via IFTTT

Julia Love / Bloomberg : Police in San Francisco and other cities are obtaining warrants for Waymo and Cruise driverless car camera footage to help solve murders and other crimes   —  In December 2021, San Francisco police were working to solve the murder of an Uber driver.  As detectives reviewed local surveillance footage … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/5s6ybIw via IFTTT

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch : Phone monitoring app LetMeSpy, used to spy on thousands of Android users, says a hacker stole the messages, call logs, and locations the spyware had intercepted   —  A data breach reveals the spyware is built by a Polish developer  —  A hacker has stolen the messages, call logs … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/LV0DY8e via IFTTT

Alan Ohnsman / Forbes : Autonomous trucking company TuSimple aims to sell its US business; CEO Cheng Lu says the plan is not the result of pressure due to CFIUS' review of the company   —  The company's CEO says there's no firm buyer lined up and that the plan to separate U.S. operations doesn't arise from pressure related to a CFIUS review. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/53peGaD via IFTTT

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch : Proton launches its E2E encrypted open-source password manager Proton Pass, available for free on iOS, Android, and as a browser extension   —  A couple of months after unveiling Proton Pass, Proton — the company behind end-to-end encrypted email service Proton Mail — is officially launching its password manager to everyone. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/63HSd8z via IFTTT

Andrew Brust / The New Stack : Databricks announces LakehouseIQ, which lets companies use natural language to search and query their data, new tools for its Lakehouse AI platform, and more   —  We review Databricks' announcements at Data and AI Summit, and how they counter yesterday's Snowflake Summit reveals. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/6EHojMg via IFTTT

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat : New York-based Slang.ai, which offers an AI-powered phone answering service for restaurants and retailers, raised a $20M Series A led by Homebrew   —  Slang.ai, an AI-powered phone answering product for the restaurant industry founded by two former Spotify data scientists … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/drCYmaW via IFTTT

As organizations transition to data-driven business models, they must store, protect, and most importantly analyze their data. AI, automation, cloud, and as-a-service models all must frictionlessly interweave to achieve universal data intelligence and enable businesses to gain a competitive advantage from their data. About the speakers Bharti Patel, SVP, Head of Engineering, Hitachi Vantara Bharti Patel is SVP, Head of Engineering at Hitachi Vantara, heading the company’s cutting-edge data and infrastructure product offerings. She was previously CTO at Austin-based Alen where she led digital transformation and exponential growth for medical-grade HEPA air purification systems. Prior to that, she spent +20 years at IBM where she led large global R&D teams across ecommerce, mobility, client platforms, and – most notably – data and storage management. While she is proud to say she is a developer at heart, Patel is best known for her passion for driving innovation that ...

I often explain the concept of structural inequality using the example of MIT’s bathrooms. Though the Institute never explicitly banned women, its buildings were designed for male students and the overwhelmingly male faculty and staff. When MIT’s Cambridge campus opened in 1916, the bathrooms along the Infinite Corridor accommodated only men. Female undergraduate enrollment hovered around 5% or less until the 1960s, when it began increasing steadily. Eventually, MIT had to address the issue of bathrooms head-on, converting some men’s rooms into women’s. But even now, gendered bathrooms along the Infinite Corridor are often a floor apart or around a corner from each other, since they were not originally designed in sets of two. As a result, those new to campus may find it difficult to find the right bathroom. The effects of past decisions remain even after corrections have been made, and they remain even as we progress to new concerns, such as the need for gender-agnostic facilities. It...

Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger : Tel Aviv-based Anzu, which offers in-game ad tools across mobile, PC, and console platforms, raised a $48M Series B led by Emmis Corporation   —  Investors are betting on the growth of video games as an advertising channel.  —  On Tuesday, in-game ad company Anzu announced a $48 million Series B round … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Y7U1zDh via IFTTT

Issie Lapowsky / Fast Company : SCOTUS 7-2 ruling: for alleged cyberstalkers' words to be “true threats”, a court must prove a person recklessly disregarded that the words were seen as threats   —  The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that in order to find someone guilty of making a “true threat” … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/vuM7ULK via IFTTT

Kif Leswing / CNBC : Unity's shares jump 14%+ after it announces its Asset Store will sell third-party “AI solutions” that can generate game dialogue, graphics, and more   —  - Unity shares rose 12% on Tuesday after the gaming tool maker announced a marketplace for AI software that positions … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/JoDvAK6 via IFTTT

Robert D. McFadden / New York Times : John B. Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in developing the lithium-ion battery used in mobile devices and EVs, dies at 100   —  An unassuming professor who remained active into his 90s, he is credited with the breakthrough that gave rise to the batteries powering today's electronic devices. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/OE58rdN via IFTTT

Lam Le / Rest of World : In the first five months of 2023, ~45,000 people in Vietnam lost jobs in electronics manufacturing, after Samsung and others substantially slowed production   —  A year ago, Samsung and suppliers for Apple and Google were crazy for Vietnam.  Now demand for electronics has dropped, pushing some 45,000 people out of work. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/tVSvl7X via IFTTT

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg : Stability AI's head of research David Ha and COO Ren Ito left the company in June 2023; VP of product Christian Cantrell left the company in March 2023   —  Stability AI, the closely watched artificial intelligence startup, has lost at least two top executives in recent weeks, including its head of research and chief operating officer. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/FUICaJT via IFTTT

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : Decentralized social media app Damus says Apple rejected an app update and asked it to either remove its tipping feature or use Apple's in-app purchase system   —  Damus, a decentralized social networking app backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will be removed from the App Store due to Apple's strict payment rules. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/nkKBida via IFTTT

NewsGuard : Analysis: in May and June, 141 major brands ran programmatic ads on 55 low-quality sites, 90%+ via Google; one site can produce ~1,200 AI-generated articles/day   —  NewsGuard identified 141 brands that are feeding programmatic ad dollars to low-quality AI-generated news and information sites operating with little to no human oversight from Techmeme https://ift.tt/CmAhRT3 via IFTTT

David Meyer / Fortune : A last-minute amendment to an Irish bill would allow the Data Protection Commission to declare some info in privacy complaints confidential, causing an uproar   —  European privacy advocates are hopping mad at what they see as an attempt by the Irish government to draw a veil over the activities … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/a5WDITN via IFTTT