Tech Meme

Chris Miller / Financial Times: SMIC used DUV lithography, not EUV, for its 7nm chip, which isn’t a breakthrough but does show progress and reaffirms China’s commitment to domestic production  —  The advances in domestic chipmaking suggest western controls will be far from watertight  —  What is the significance of Huawei’s new smartphone chip? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ella Creamer / The Guardian: Amazon limits the number of books that authors can self-publish on its site to three a day, after an influx of suspected AI-generated material  —  The company announced the new limitations after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale but said that ‘very few’ publishers will be affected Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lara O’Reilly / Insider: TikTok is testing a Google integration in different markets; researcher: TikTok’s search feature includes an in-app option to search the same query on Google  —  – TikTok is testing a search partnership with Google.  — An option to search on Google.com now appears on some searches within the TikTok app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: Nnete Matima and Joël Carter, two Black ex-TikTok staff, file a civil rights complaint alleging ByteDance fired them because they spoke up about discrimination  —  TikTok’s parent company was accused of racism and retaliation by Black former employees in a complaint … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Mesh, which helps its customers transfer and manage digital assets like crypto, raised a $22M Series A led by Money Forward, bringing its total funding to $32M  —  Mesh (formerly Front Finance), a startup developing a service to help customers transfer and manage digital assets like crypto … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: Nnete Matima and Joël Carter, two Black ex-TikTok staff, file a civil rights complaint alleging ByteDance fired them because they spoke up about discrimination  —  TikTok’s parent company was accused of racism and retaliation by Black former employees in a complaint … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: Snap says Snapchat+ now has 5M+ subscribers, up from 3M in April 2023; the $3.99 per month tier launched in June 2022, after an industry slowdown in ad revenue  —  Snap Inc. has gained more than 5 million subscribers for its paid service, an offering that gives users early access to new features … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Microsoft announces the Surface Hub 3, offering 50 or 85 4K PixelSense displays with anti-glare, smart rotation, and portrait mode, available later in 2023  —  Microsoft has revealed the Surface Hub 3, the latest version of the company’s all-in-one collaborative touchscreen device. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: Nnete Matima and Joël Carter, two Black ex-TikTok staff, file a civil rights complaint alleging ByteDance fired them because they spoke up about discrimination  —  TikTok’s parent company was accused of racism and retaliation by Black former employees in a complaint … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Mastodon releases Mastodon 4.2, which makes it easier for users to get started, use its network even when logged out, more easily search for content, and more  —  As changes at Elon Musk’s X continue to push former Twitter users to seek alternatives, the open-sourced, decentralized social network Mastodon … Lees verder op Tech Meme