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Amrita Khalid / The Verge: Spotify partners with OpenAI to debut an AI translation feature that reproduces podcasts in other languages using a synthesized version of the podcaster’s voice  —  What if podcasters could flip a switch and instantly speak another language?  That’s the premise behind Spotify’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: OpenAI updates ChatGPT Plus and ChatGPT Enterprise to let users prompt the tool using voice commands or by uploading an image, coming to all users “soon after”  —  Most of OpenAI’s changes to ChatGPT involve what the AI-powered bot can do: questions it can answer, information it can access, improved underlying models. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The EU blocks Booking Holdings’ €1.63B Etraveli acquisition, saying Booking failed to allay concerns that the deal expands its dominance in the hotel OTA market  —  Booking Holdings’ (BKNG.O) proposed 1.63-billion-euro ($1.7 billion) purchase of Swedish peer ETraveli Group was blocked … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Amazon plans to invest $1.25B in Anthropic for a minority stake, with an option to increase the total to $4B; Anthropic plans to use AWS and Amazon’s AI chips  —  Amazon Web Services lures Claude chatbot maker, which was valued at nearly $5bn earlier this year Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit announces a Contributor Program for verified users to get monthly payments based on the gold and karma earned for “eligible contributions” on the site  —  Reddit is going to let users spin Reddit gold into real money as part of its new “Contributor Program,” the company announced on Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Amazon shuts down its Alexa Guard security system and moves the free smoke and carbon monoxide detection features to its $5.99/month Emergency Assist service  —  Amazon has announced that it’s shutting down Alexa Guard — a DIY security feature for Echo devices that listens for intruders or household alarms when you’re away from home. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emilia David / The Verge: Getty partners with Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a tool trained on Getty’s licensed photos that lets users create legally protected images  —  Getty Images is partnering with Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a new tool that lets people create images using Getty’s library of licensed photos. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiens / iFixit News: iPhone 15 Pro Max teardown: a redesigned frame helps with replacing the back glass, a tetraprism periscope lens, software lockdown makes repairs hard, and more  —  Repairable design undermined by parts-pairing DRM  —  iPhone 15 is here, and it boasts a new charge port, titanium frame, a periscope, and a new pro-repair design. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The EU blocks Booking Holdings’ €1.63B Etraveli acquisition, saying Booking failed to allay concerns that the deal expands its dominance in the hotel OTA market  —  Booking Holdings’ (BKNG.O) proposed 1.63-billion-euro ($1.7 billion) purchase of Swedish peer ETraveli Group was blocked … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Sources: China told Tencent and Huya to livestream only multiplayer semifinals and finals at the Hangzhou Asian Games, in part due to internet addiction worries  —  – Only semifinals and finals will be streamed to local viewers  — Esports breaks ground with medal debut at Hangzhou Asian Games Lees verder op Tech Meme