Tech Meme

Om Malik / On my Om: Q&A with Humane President Imran Chaudhri on lessons from Apple, having a positive tech outlook, privacy concerns with the Ai Pin, platform transitions, and more  —  Imran Chaudhri spent two decades at Apple, working alongside Steve Jobs.  It was at Apple where he met Bethany Bongiorno … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Tumblr is downscaling its ambitions after failing to reach its goals for a new audience and plans to focus on the site’s “core functionality” in 2024  —  Tumblr is downscaling its ambitions after failing to reach goals for a new audience, aiming to move some staff members to other divisions of parent company Automattic. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Helsinki-based Noice, a game livestreaming service that lets viewers participate in the gameplay experience, raised a $21M Series A  —  Noice has raised $21 million to revolutionize social gaming with a combination of livestreaming and multiplayer gaming in one platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: Apple agrees to pay $25M to settle the US DOJ claims that the company illegally favored immigrant workers over US citizens and green card holders for some jobs  —  Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will pay $25 million to settle claims by the U.S. Department of Justice that the company illegally favored immigrant workers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Internal website: Microsoft restricts employee access to ChatGPT and other external AI services like Midjourney or Replika “due to security and data concerns”  —  – Microsoft employees aren’t allowed to use OpenAI’s ChatGPT, CNBC has learned.  — “Due to security and data concerns … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Unity reports Q3 revenue up 69% YoY to $544.2M, missing estimates of $553.7M partly because of the fallout from new rules on video games in China; U drops 15%+  —  – Unity’s revenue growth fell short of estimates, partly because of fallout from new rules on video games in China. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: The EU Parliament approves the Data Act, which has a kill switch clause for automated data-sharing agreements; the legislation now needs EU Council approval  —  The final version of the bill’s text, reviewed by CoinDesk in July, revealed that it contained a smart-contract kill switch clause. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Mac: Humane’s Ai Pin features a laser projector that shows info on the user’s palm, a 13MP ultrawide camera, “AI experiences” that don’t need a wake word, and more  —  After years of teasing, Humane today fully unveiled its Ai Pin, a wearable camera with laser projector … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: a ransomware attack stopped the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country’s largest bank, from settling US Treasury and some equity trades  —  Chinese bank ‘restoring services’ after hack affected some fixed income and equities transactions Lees verder op Tech Meme

Soma Biswas / Wall Street Journal: A bankruptcy court lets Celsius Network end its bankruptcy case, return most of its deposits back to users, and form a new company focused on mining and staking  —  A bankruptcy judge allowed the onetime crypto lender to return some of its customers’ deposits while forming a new company focused on mining and staking Lees verder op Tech Meme