Saturday, August 5, 2023

How members of the Community, a group of teenage SIM swappers who met on the forum OGUsers, stole millions in crypto in 2018 before turning on each other (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
How members of the Community, a group of teenage SIM swappers who met on the forum OGUsers, stole millions in crypto in 2018 before turning on each other  —  Michael Terpin lost a fortune to a phone “SIM swap.”  When he went to war to get it back, he found some surprising allies.



Some artists say AI tools have made them anxious about the YouTube thumbnail microeconomy's future; creators like MrBeast pay up to $10K for a video thumbnail (Nilesh Christopher/Rest of World)

Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World:
Some artists say AI tools have made them anxious about the YouTube thumbnail microeconomy's future; creators like MrBeast pay up to $10K for a video thumbnail  —  Creators like MrBeast pay up to $10,000 for a single YouTube video thumbnail, but the rise of AI tools have some designers anxious about the microeconomy's future.



Infosys EVP and former HR head Richard Lobo has resigned

Richard Lobo, Executive Vice President and Senior Management Personnel at Infosys, has resigned from his position after a 22-year stint with the company. Lobo served as head of HR from 2015 to 2023 before being internally moved to a special team reporting directly to CEO Salil Parekh. His resignation comes weeks after the appointment of Sushanth Tharappan as head of human resources to replace Lobo. https://ift.tt/Z4iudKL

Friday, August 4, 2023

Qualcomm, NXP, Bosch, and Infineon form a new company in Germany to promote the open-source RISC-V chip architecture, initially targeting the auto industry (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
Qualcomm, NXP, Bosch, and Infineon form a new company in Germany to promote the open-source RISC-V chip architecture, initially targeting the auto industry  —  Together with Nordic Semiconductor ASA and German firms Robert Bosch GmbH and Infineon Technologies AG, the semiconductor firms …



TikTok announces measures to comply with EU DSA, including making reporting illegal content easier for users and removing targeted ads for those aged 13 to 17 (Martin Coulter/Reuters)

Martin Coulter / Reuters:
TikTok announces measures to comply with EU DSA, including making reporting illegal content easier for users and removing targeted ads for those aged 13 to 17  —  Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has announced a raft of new features for European users aimed at improving compliance with incoming European Union regulations.



Apple, Samsung, and others freeze imports of laptops and tablets to India; sources say India's sudden import license rules caught the industry by surprise (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
Apple, Samsung, and others freeze imports of laptops and tablets to India; sources say India's sudden import license rules caught the industry by surprise  —  - India surprised industry with new import license requirement  — Modi government seeks to promote domestic manufacturing



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...