A look at Vietnam’s plans to make Ho Chi Minh City a startup hub; report: Vietnam drew a record $2.6B in VC funding across 233 deals in 2021, up from $700M YoY (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: A look at Vietnam’s plans to make Ho Chi Minh City a startup hub; report:…

AI-powered Bing Chat loses its mind when fed Ars Technica article

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Over the past few days, early testers of the…

Report: TikTok is planning to let creators charge for content and is working on the Creator Fund 2.0, which could pay creators with more than 100K followers (Aaron Mok/Insider)

Aaron Mok / Insider: Report: TikTok is planning to let creators charge for content and is…

~11,000 sites have been infected with malware that’s good at avoiding detection

Enlarge (credit: CHUYN / Getty Images) Nearly 11,000 websites in recent months have been infected with…

Sources: the SEC has told crypto firm Paxos it plans to sue the company, alleging the Binance USD token, which it issues and lists, is an unregistered security (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the SEC has told crypto firm Paxos it plans to sue the…

Mozilla plans ground-up UI redesign for Thunderbird email client this July

Enlarge (credit: MZLA Technologies) “Why does Thunderbird look so old?” That’s one of the most frequently…

Some local legislators and residents in Northern Virginia, home to ~275 data centers with dozens more planned, complain of land use, cooling fan noise, and more (Antonio Olivo/Washington Post)

Antonio Olivo / Washington Post: Some local legislators and residents in Northern Virginia, home to ~275…

AI-powered Bing Chat spills its secrets via prompt injection attack

Enlarge / With the right suggestions, researchers can “trick” a language model to spill its secrets.…

Sources: China Telecom and China Mobile withdrew their ~20% investment in an Asia-Europe subsea cable project after US firm SubCom was chosen to build the line (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: China Telecom and China Mobile withdrew their ~20% investment in an Asia-Europe subsea…

This week’s Reddit breach shows company’s security is (still) woefully inadequate

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Popular discussion website Reddit proved this week that its security still isn’t…