Tech Meme

David Shepardson / Reuters: Judge declines to order Jonathan Kanter’s recusal from DOJ’s advertising antitrust lawsuit against Google, after Google cited his previous work for its critics  —  U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema on Friday declined to order a Justice Department official to stay out of the government’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Ireland’s DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding the company in breach of GDPR in relation to its handling of children’s data and gives three months to comply  —  It’s been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Ireland’s DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding the company in breach of GDPR in relation to its handling of children’s data and gives three months to comply  —  It’s been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rest of World: How some Chinese data labeling companies hired by Baidu, Alibaba, and JD.com to train AI are exploiting vocational school students via data labeling internships  —  As part of China’s digital underclass, vocational school students work as data annotators – for low pay and little future prospects. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Ireland’s DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding the company in breach of GDPR in relation to its handling of children’s data and gives three months to comply  —  It’s been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Victor / The Information: Sources: Google gave a small group of companies access to an early version of its Gemini AI model, suggesting the company is close to launching the GPT-4 rival  —  Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its highly anticipated conversational artificial intelligence software … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: TSMC told its major suppliers to delay the delivery of high-end chipmaking equipment, as the chipmaker grows increasingly nervous about customer demand  —  Taiwan’s TSMC (2330.TW) has told its major suppliers to delay the delivery of high-end chipmaking equipment … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elizabeth Pineau / Reuters: Apple plans an iPhone 12 software update in France over radiation, saying this is “not a safety concern” and is for the regulators’ “specific testing protocol”  —  Apple said on Friday it would issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in France … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Google confirms the company does not offer repair options for cracked Pixel Watch screens; Google’s hardware warranty policy does not cover accidental damage  —  If you crack the screen on the Pixel Watch, getting it officially repaired by Google isn’t in the cards. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Ireland’s DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding it in breach of GDPR in relation to how it handles children’s data and gives the company three months to comply  —  It’s been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation … Lees verder op Tech Meme