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Bloomberg: Samsung is exploring the development of noninvasive glucose monitoring and blood pressure checking, as part of a push to put health features in various devices  —  – Company’s mobile health chief discusses plans in interview  — Health push also includes new Galaxy Ring and future earbuds Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Filing: Figure, a blockchain and lending startup founded by ex-SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, seeks approval from US regulators to issue an interest-bearing stablecoin  —  – Company has filed S-1 form in hope to register the stablecoin  — Figure’s digital asset arm plans to raise $50 million round Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Tencent-owned Riot Games plans to lay off 530 employees globally, or about 11% of staff, saying Riot “more than doubled in headcount” over the past few years  —  “This isn’t to appease shareholders or to hit a quarterly earnings number it’s a necessity,” the League of Legends maker … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Nvidia releases RTX Remix in open beta, letting modders remaster classic games with AI-powered texture tools, ray tracing, and Nvidia DLSS 3  —  Nvidia’s RTX Remix tool is now available for modders to try.  The game remastering tool, currently out in open beta, allows modders to give older games … Lees verder op Tech Meme

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: The US SEC says the January 9 hack of its X account was via a SIM swap attack to reset its password; it had disabled 2FA in July 2023 over account access issues  —  – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that a SIM swap attack was to blame for the breach of its official account on X … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Axelrod / Awful Announcing: Nearly two months after pulling its Surviving Barstool series from YouTube over censorship claims, Barstool Sports announces a deal with Rumble; RUM jumps 30%+  —  Screen grab: Dave Portnoy on X  —  Nearly two months after pulling its popular Surviving Barstool series from YouTube over claims … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Weber / Wall Street Journal: Researchers: only 18 of 391 companies analyzed seem to follow a NYC law that went into effect six months ago and requires disclosing how hiring algorithms work  —  The law requires employers to disclose how algorithms screen job candidates  —  It has been six months since New York City began enforcing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: How Japan plans to use avatars, robots, and AI in construction, trucking, farming, and retail to tackle its estimated labor shortage of 11M people by 2040  —  Farmers, retailers and builders rethink business models as world’s fastest-ageing society runs out of workers Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Source: Jensen Huang visited Nvidia’s offices in Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing earlier in January in a low-key tour, as the US curbs Nvidia’s exports to China  —  – Company’s chips have become central to US-China tech race  — Huang kept a low profile during his visit to the country Lees verder op Tech Meme

NBC News: Following complaints and a recording, New Hampshire’s AG probes fake Joe Biden robocalls, apparently artificially generated, that tell Democrats not to vote  —  The call, an apparent imitation or digital manipulation of the president’s voice, says, “Voting this Tuesday only enables the Republicans … Lees verder op Tech Meme