Tech Meme

Matthew Lynley / Supervised: Google Cloud unveils Vertex AI improvements to better compete with Azure AI Studio and Amazon Bedrock; Nvidia announces PaxML, built on Google’s JAX framework  —  Google’s long and storied history of getting in its own way rears its head in the new battleground of generative AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: In a “safety” blog post, X announces “paid-for promoted political posts”, starting in the US, and plans to “provide a global advertising transparency center”  —  X (née Twitter) published a “safety” brief on its blog today outlining new policies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Google discontinues its $45+ Pixel Pass subscription bundle, launched in 2021 in the US; subscribers won’t be able to upgrade once their two-year term expires  —  With just a few weeks to go until the launch of the Pixel 8 series, Google has discontinued the Pixel Pass subscription, closing it to new subscribers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Heaney / UploadVR: Meta Avatars finally have legs in Quest Home, with the v57 update on the Public Test Channel, after the company said in October 2022 they were “coming soon”  —  Meta Avatars finally have legs in Quest Home with the v57 update on the Public Test Channel. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Klar / The Hill: Meta rejects the Oversight Board’s recommendation to suspend former Cambodian PM Hun Sen’s account because doing so would “not be consistent with our policies”  —  Meta, the parent company of Facebook, rejected a recommendation from its Oversight Board to suspend the account … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Google launches previews of Duet AI in Mandiant Threat Intelligence, Duet AI for Chronicle Security Operations, and Duet AI in Security Command Center  —  Today at Google Cloud Next, the company announced several new generative AI enhancements to its security product line in an effort … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says Duet AI for Workspace costs $30/month/user for enterprise, consumer pricing will come in the coming months, and Workspace has 10M paying customers  —  Back at I/O in May, Google announced that Duet AI would be the brand for generative AI in Workspace (and Cloud). Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoinDesk: A US court rules that the SEC must review its rejection of Grayscale’s bid to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an ETF after approving two bitcoin ETPs  —  A federal appeals court ordered the SEC to “vacate” its rejection of the trust issuer’s bid to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an exchange-traded fund. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: X says in a blog post that it is going to allow political advertising starting in the US and will “also provide a global advertising transparency center”  —  X (née Twitter) published a “safety” brief on its blog today outlining new policies for protecting political speech … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Google ends its phone subscription bundle, Pixel Pass, for new customers after launching it in 2021 alongside the Pixel 6 series in the US  —  With just a few weeks to go until the launch of the Pixel 8 series, Google has discontinued the Pixel Pass subscription, closing it to new subscribers. Lees verder op Tech Meme