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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: Toy startup Curio launches three AI-powered plush toys, including one called Grok, that use OpenAI’s tech to converse with children and are voiced by Grimes  —  Grok is the first in a line of toys from start-up Curio intended to allow kids to converse with an AI chatbot Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Credit Karma co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer Nichole Mustard is leaving the company after 16 years, the third high-profile executive departure in 2023  —  Credit Karma co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer Nichole Mustard is leaving the company after 16-and-a-half years, TechCrunch has exclusively learned today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Willison / Simon Willison’s Weblog: People’s confusion whether Dropbox data will be used as training data for OpenAI resembles the conspiracy theory that Meta spies on users through microphones  —  Dropbox added some new AI features.  In the past couple of days these have attracted a firestorm of criticism. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: Google confirms that it will no longer respond to geofence warrants after making changes to the way Maps stores users’ location data  —  “Geofence warrants,” which allow law enforcement to get location data across a wide area, have become commonplace in recent years. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Intel 5th-Gen Xeon Platinum 8592+ review: the $11,600 64-core chip outperforms AMD’s 64-core EPYC Genoa in several benchmarks, particularly in AI workloads  —  The sun shines brighter for Intel. … Why you can trust Tom’s Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Brewster / Forbes: Filing: Apple and Corellium settle a copyright dispute dating to 2019 in which Apple tried to shut down Corellium’s virtual iPhone software  —  Court announces a settlement after a protracted legal dispute in which Apple tried to shut down Corellium’s virtual iPhone software, which is largely used by security researchers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Horowitz / Andreessen Horowitz: Andreessen Horowitz says “we will, for the first time, get involved with politics by supporting candidates who align with our vision and values” for technology  —  As software has eaten the world, it has become integral to every industry and nearly every endeavor in our society. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: The US FCC grants SpaceX a “temporary authorization” to test its cellular Starlink system by beaming data to unmodified smartphones in over two dozen locations  —  The experimental authorization lets SpaceX test the cellular Starlink system by using 840 satellites to beam the data … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: The US FCC grants SpaceX temporary authorization to test its cellular Starlink system by beaming data to unmodified smartphones in over two dozen locations  —  The experimental authorization lets SpaceX test the cellular Starlink system by using 840 satellites to beam the data to unmodified smartphones in over two dozen locations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: TikTok quietly changed its TOS in July 2023, including removing requiring users to go through private arbitration, making it more difficult to sue the company  —  Some lawyers say the changes could make it more difficult to bring legal action against the company. Lees verder op Tech Meme