Tech Meme

Christian Vasquez / CyberScoop: The US Senate confirms former National Security Agency executive director Harry Coker as the next National Cyber Director, 10 months after Chris Inglis resigned  —  The former National Security Agency executive director will oversee federal cyber policy as the first Senate-confirmed NCD in 10 months. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Microsoft releases Phi-2, an AI language model the company says outperforms Mistral and Llama 2 at 7B and 13B parameters and is small enough to run on a phone  —  The rapid pace of generative AI news and announcements isn’t slowing down, even as we reach the final stretches of 2023 and the traditional winter holiday quiet period. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scott Stein / CNET: Meta rolls out multimodal AI to Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses as an early access test in the US, enabling the device to analyze photos taken with its camera  —  I tried these Ray-Ban AI glasses, and they’re pretty wild.  Here’s how the experimental feature works.  —  “Hey, Meta. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Sources: X generated just over $600M in ad revenue in each of 2023’s first three quarters, down from $1B+ per quarter in 2022 and on track for ~$2.5B in 2023  —  – X to miss internal goals for ad revenue, people familiar say  — Musk’s personal tweets continue to scare off advertisers Lees verder op Tech Meme

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Microsoft debuts Phi-2, an AI language model it says can outperform Llama 2 and Mistral at 7B and 13B parameters and is small enough to run on a smartphone  —  The rapid pace of generative AI news and announcements isn’t slowing down, even as we reach the final stretches of 2023 and the traditional winter holiday quiet period. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google plans to shorten Maps’ default auto-delete history feature from 18 months to three months and let users store Maps Timeline data locally on their devices  —  Google Maps has gotten some fun updates recently, and now it’s offering some more privacy-forward tweaks as it adds more ways to control your location data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: The UK Judicial Office issues guidance letting judges use AI tools like ChatGPT, while warning of their shortcomings, for tasks such as writing legal rulings  —  The UK now permits judges to use the “jolly useful” AI chatbot in court.  —  Robots may help determine your legal fate if you end up in a British court. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Netflix publishes its first What We Watched report, detailing the most-watched content from January to June 2023; The Night Agent was #1 with 812M+ hours viewed  —  Netflix is going to start publishing a new report twice a year that details the most popular shows and movies on the platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Apple releases an iOS beta with Stolen Device Protection; if enabled, the feature limits actions like Apple ID password resets when not in a “familiar location”  —  Stolen Device Protection can prevent criminals from using your passcode to change your Apple account Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elura Nanos / Law & Crime: A US judge allows a class action lawsuit over Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition to proceed; the lawsuit alleges Musk lied about bots to manipulate Twitter’s stock  —  A federal judge ruled to allow a class-action lawsuit over the acquisition of Twitter to proceed against Elon Musk Monday … Lees verder op Tech Meme