Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says its new “affirmative litigation” policy of pursuing hackers and scammers in court, like two Russians behind the 2021 Glupteba botnet, has paid off — The tech giant says its “affirmative litigation” deters and raises awareness of bad behavior.
How University of California doctors used brain implants and AI to help an ALS patient speak again; the implants recognize words, and AI replicates his voice (Benjamin Mueller/New York Times)
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
How University of California doctors used brain implants and AI to help an ALS patient speak again; the implants recognize words, and AI replicates his voice — Casey Harrell, who has A.L.S., received surgically implanted electrodes last July that help connect his brain to a computer allowing …
New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012 (Reuters)
Reuters:
New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012 — Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, will be extradited …
Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and others leaked GitHub auth tokens via GitHub Actions; GitHub decided not to address the risk (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and others leaked GitHub auth tokens via GitHub Actions; GitHub decided not to address the risk — Multiple high-profile open-source projects, including those from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Red Hat, were found …
A look at the rise in demand for data center technicians in the US; CompTIA says technicians’ pay is up 43% in the past three years to a median of $75,100 (Te-Ping Chen/Wall Street Journal)
Te-Ping Chen / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the rise in demand for data center technicians in the US; CompTIA says technicians’ pay is up 43% in the past three years to a median of $75,100 — The technicians who keep America’s colossal data centers humming enjoy huge demand and earnings potential—and defy the traditional blue- and white-collar categories of work
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority selects six projects, including Amazon’s, to test drones for deliveries, inspecting infrastructure, and emergency services (Catarina Demony/Reuters)
Catarina Demony / Reuters:
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority selects six projects, including Amazon’s, to test drones for deliveries, inspecting infrastructure, and emergency services — Britain’s aviation regulator has selected six projects, including one by e-commerce giant Amazon (AMZN.O), to test the use of drones in deliveries …
A profile of Chinese self-driving startup WeRide, which is set for a US IPO as soon as this week; PitchBook: WeRide has raised $1.4B and was last valued at ~$5B (Daisuke Wakabayashi/New York Times)
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
A profile of Chinese self-driving startup WeRide, which is set for a US IPO as soon as this week; PitchBook: WeRide has raised $1.4B and was last valued at ~$5B — WeRide, a $5 billion software maker, is set for an I.P.O. amid geopolitical risks and a rush by Chinese automotive tech firms to raise money in the United States.
Amsterdam-based payments giant Adyen reports H1 2024 net revenue up 24% YoY to €913.4M, vs. €908.9M est., and processed volume up 45% YoY to €619.5B (Sarah Jacob/Bloomberg)
Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg:
Amsterdam-based payments giant Adyen reports H1 2024 net revenue up 24% YoY to €913.4M, vs. €908.9M est., and processed volume up 45% YoY to €619.5B — Adyen, which handles e-commerce payments for large enterprises and through point-of-sale terminals in physical stores …
Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about making an AI chip to compete with Nvidia but Intel couldn’t meet demands; SoftBank is now in discussions with TSMC (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about making an AI chip to compete with Nvidia but Intel couldn’t meet demands; SoftBank is now in discussions with TSMC — Son hopes to put Japanese group at centre of artificial intelligence boom but talks with US chipmaker failed to progress
Lenovo reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to $15.4B, vs. $14.1B est., a third consecutive quarter of revenue growth, a $243M net income, as the PC market recovers (Reuters)
Reuters:
Lenovo reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to $15.4B, vs. $14.1B est., a third consecutive quarter of revenue growth, a $243M net income, as the PC market recovers — China’s Lenovo Group (0992.HK) reported a 20% rise in its quarterly revenue on Thursday, as the global personal computer market showed signs …
