Tech Meme

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate the US’ net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet  —  Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: A look at AI video startup Synthesia, whose avatars are more human-like and expressive than predecessors, raising concerns over the consequences of realistic AI  —  I’m stressed and running late, because what do you wear for the rest of eternity?  —  This makes it sound like I’m dying, but it’s the opposite. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: ByteDance prefers a TikTok shutdown in the US rather than a sale if legal options fail, deeming TikTok’s algorithm as core to overall ByteDance systems  —  TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer shutting down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal: The US awards Micron up to $6.1B under the CHIPS Act, to back an up to $125B investment to build a megafab in New York and a fab in Idaho over the next 20 years  —  Micron Technology MU -.60%decrease; red down pointing triangle is receiving up to $6.1 billion from the federal government … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet  —  Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Brewster / Forbes: Sublime, which monitors emails of companies and political campaigns to spot AI-generated phishing attacks, raised a $20M Series A, taking total funding to $30M  —  While Russian agents were breaking into the Democratic National Committee’s emails in mid-2016 in an attempt to influence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: A look at AI video startup Synthesia, whose avatars are more human-like and expressive than predecessors, raising concerns over the consequences of realistic AI  —  I’m stressed and running late, because what do you wear for the rest of eternity?  —  This makes it sound like I’m dying, but it’s the opposite. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: ByteDance is exploring scenarios for selling a majority stake in TikTok US, preferably to a non-tech company, and without the recommendation algorithm  —  ByteDance is internally exploring scenarios for selling a majority stake in TikTok’s U.S. business, preferably to companies outside … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Interviews with 24+ current and ex-ByteDance staff: the Beijing-based company has tightened its grip on TikTok over the past two years, causing a culture clash  —  Insiders say ByteDance exerting increasing influence over platform despite US pressure over ownership Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: A look at AI video startup Synthesia, whose avatars are more human-like and expressive than predecessors, raising concerns over the consequences of realistic AI  —  I’m stressed and running late, because what do you wear for the rest of eternity?  —  This makes it sound like I’m dying, but it’s the opposite. Lees verder op Tech Meme