Bloomberg: Sources: OpenAI is giving employees an extra month, until January 5, to decide whether they want to sell shares in the company through a tender offer — – Concerns over the tender had arisen amid tumult over Altman — AI startup is giving staff an extra month to opt into the sale Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: TikTok plans to spend €12B over 10 years in Europe, including on three data centers and a security audit, as the company begins work on its Norway data center — TikTok says it will spend €12 billion as part of an ongoing push to ingratiate itself with European regulators … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: TikTok plans to spend €12B over 10 years in Europe, including on three data centers and a security audit, as the company begins work on its Norway data center — TikTok says it will spend €12 billion as part of an ongoing push to ingratiate itself with European regulators … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: Google rolls out updates to Android, Wear OS, and Google TV devices, including adding AI-created image descriptions and an Assistant Routines feature — Wear OS and Google TV are also getting new tools. — Google is rolling out a trio of system updates to Android, Wear OS and Google TV devices. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The BEUC and its members follow noyb in filing a complaint against Meta’s €9.99+/month subscriptions in the EU, saying the tier amounts to charging for privacy — Meta Platforms’ (META.O) advertising-free subscription service, a fee-based offering rolled out in Europe this month … Lees verder op Tech Meme
David Pierce / The Verge: How OpenAI’s low-key ChatGPT launch a year ago kickstarted a generational shift in the tech industry and what it means for the future of AI and the world — OpenAI didn’t mean to kickstart a generational shift in the technology industry. But it did. Now all we have to decide is where to go from here. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sheena Vasani / The Verge: TikTok launches verified artist accounts, offering various tools to deepen engagement and improve discoverability, seemingly inspired by Spotify — These accounts can be activated by any musician and come with tools to help artists reach new fans and increase engagement with existing ones. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Meta sues the FTC, claiming its in-house trials violate the Constitution, and asks a court to halt the agency’s bid to change a $5B privacy settlement in 2020 — – Suit says agency proceedings violate constitutional rights — FTC sought to amend privacy pact over alleged broken promises Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Kognitos, which helps businesses automate transcription, data visualizations, and back-office processes, raised $20M led by Khosla, taking its funding to $30M — Businesses will never not (forgive the double negative) push to improve efficiency. It’s their commercial imperative. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ben Mitchell / The Independent: Facebook, Instagram, Google, Amazon, TikTok, YouTube, Microsoft, and others sign the UK’s Online Fraud Charter to fight scams, fake ads, and romance fraud — Home Secretary James Cleverly hosted representatives from several leading tech companies to sign the Charter. Lees verder op Tech Meme