Tech Meme

Sheena Vasani / The Verge: YouTube begins restricting how often US teens receive repeated video recommendations about sensitive topics like body image and plans to expand globally in 2024  —  Starting November 2nd, YouTube will impose restrictions on how often teens receive repeated video recommendations related … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: A New Jersey high school and police investigate after male students shared AI-generated nudes of female students in group chats; parents are unsure what to do  —  After boys shared faked pornographic images made of female classmates, both the school and the local police began investigating Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Palantir reports Q3 revenue up 17% YoY to $558M, a $72M net income, the fourth straight profitable quarter, and projects 2023 income above est.; PLTR jumps 15%+  —  – Customers have clamored for the company’s new AI offerings  — Palantir missed expectations on sales to governments Lees verder op Tech Meme

Myles McCormick / Financial Times: How Arizona State University, a “secret weapon” that has become an R&D hive for the chip industry, made Phoenix into the beating heart of the US chipmaking boom  —  Arizona State’s role in building skilled labour force is part of national trend as investors scramble for talent Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: US v. Google: Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid disputes the government’s contention that Google “rushed” to release Bard after Microsoft announced Bing Chat  —  – Chatbot offered wrong answer on James Webb telescope images  — Elizabeth Reid testified about AI efforts at antitrust trial Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: US v. Google: Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker says Firefox’s switch to Yahoo in 2014 degraded the UX and Firefox struggled to compete on mobile because of defaults  —  – Mozilla’s Firefox switched to Yahoo from Google in 2014  — Difficulty of switching search engines is key to DOJ case Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hugh Son / CNBC: Amazon plans to roll out a BNPL checkout option for Amazon Business users by November 24 via its Affirm partnership, with loans ranging from $100 to $20,000  —  – Amazon is rolling out its first buy now, pay later checkout option for the millions of small business owners who use its online store, CNBC learned exclusively. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ilya Banares / Bloomberg: Shopify reports Q3 revenue up 25% YoY to $1.71B, beating $1.68B est., a $56.2B GMV, beating $54.42B est., and projects ~25% 2023 revenue growth; SHOP jumps 18%+  —  Revenue for the period came in at $1.71 billion, up about 25% year-over-year and beating the $1.68 billion average estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Feiner / CNBC: New York AG Letitia James says Uber and Lyft agreed to pay a combined $328M to settle allegations they withheld wages from drivers and did not provide sick pay  —  – Uber and Lyft agreed to pay a total of $328 million to settle allegations that they unlawfully withheld wages from drivers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Goldberg / Digits to Dollars: Apple’s M3 series shows a return to simple, consumer-friendly marketing; producing three distinct M3 chips likely has to be close to $1B in tape-out costs  —  Earlier this week Apple unveiled the latest in its line of CPUs – the M3 family.  There has been a lot of CPU news in the past weeks … Lees verder op Tech Meme