Financial Times: AWS CEO Adam Selipsky takes a thinly veiled swipe at Microsoft at re:Invent: “You don’t want a cloud provider that’s beholden primarily to one model provider” — Adam Selipsky says companies ‘don’t want a cloud provider that’s beholden primarily to one model provider’ Lees verder op Tech Meme
Emma Roth / The Verge: Google Registry launches a new .meme top level domain, adding to .dad, .boo, .ing, and its other unconventional domain names — If you ever wanted to make your website sound a little more silly, now’s your chance. Google Registry just released a new top-level domain that lets you slap a big ol’ .meme at the end of your website. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: Samsung launches its Samsung Internet browser on Windows via the Microsoft Store, offering a similar design to Chrome — Samsung Internet has moved out of the mobile space and onto the desktop with a new version available through the Microsoft Store for Windows PCs. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mike Seymour / fxguide: Unity plans to cut 265 jobs, or 3.8% of its staff, and end its services deal with VFX company Wētā FX to focus on its “core business” — UPDATE: Scroll down for a statement from WētāFX: — Reuters is reporting that Unity Software (U.N) … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami on Wix’s embrace of AI, how the business models of the web can survive AI, Israel-Hamas war content moderation, and more — The co-founder of website builder Wix is embracing generative AI, and he’s not too worried that it might destroy the business models of the web. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Meta tells US officials that the company plans to block new political ads on Facebook and Instagram one week before the 2024 election, similar to past elections — – Facebook owner to block political ads one week before US vote — First US election with broad generative AI will test democracy Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Uber plans to start listing London’s famed black cabs in early 2024, despite objections from the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association trade group — Uber notched another win in its effort to win over the beleaguered taxi industry, announcing a plan to start listing London’s famed black cabbies in its app. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Adalytics: Google ads appear on many compromising sites that make up its Search Partners network; Google attacks Adalytics but plans to review its findings — Adtech report exposes brand safety and ad fraud risks lurking in the Google Search Partners network… Lees verder op Tech Meme
Amir Efrati / The Information: Source: OpenAI’s revamped board does not plan to offer a seat to Microsoft and other outside investors, a sign of prioritizing safety ahead of financial returns — OpenAI’s revamped board of directors doesn’t plan to include representatives from outside investors, according to a person familiar with the situation. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Didi blamed a “low-level” software glitch for an outage that disrupted its car-hailing service in China and added the outage wasn’t the result of a cyberattack — – The company discovered a ‘low-level’ software systems glitch — Didi trying to stage a comeback and list in Hong Kong in 2024 Lees verder op Tech Meme