Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: Snap rolls out Dreams, Snapchat’s take on the generative AI selfies that Lensa and others popularized, charging $1 for an eight-photo pack; the first is free  —  After releasing its My AI chatbot earlier this year, Snapchat is now jumping on the AI selfie bandwagon with a new feature called Dreams. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: Google unveils SynthID, a tool that can embed an invisible digital “watermark” into AI-generated images, available now to Cloud customers for Imagen-made images  —  The tech giant is among companies pushing out AI tools while promising to build more tools to protect against their misuse Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube lets creators take an educational training course when they receive a warning, which YouTube lifts if they don’t violate the same policy within 90 days  —  YouTube announced this morning a change to its Community Guidelines that impact creators who break its rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple announces a September 12 event at 10am PT at Apple Park titled “Wonderlust”, where four iPhone 15 models, the Apple Watch Series 9, and more are expected  —  Apple today announced plans to hold a special event on Tuesday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: WhatsApp launches a new native macOS app via its website, coming soon to the App Store, that lets eight users join video calls and 32 users join audio calls  —  WhatsApp said that it has launched a new native app for Mac today.  The app will allow users to participate in video calls … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: Meta removes the largest Chinese influence campaign to date; the campaign spans thousands of accounts, and many are still active on TikTok, X, and Reddit  —  The campaign began at least four years ago and spanned thousands of accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Substack and Chinese websites, Meta said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says Duet AI for Workspace will cost $30/month/user for enterprise, consumer pricing will come in the coming months, and Workspace has 10M paying users  —  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

Sara Fischer / Axios: TechCrunch acquires Connie Loizos’ media startup StrictlyVC and names her as TC’s EIC and GM; longtime EIC Matthew Panzarino will remain an adviser through 2023  —  TechCrunch, the digital tech and business publication owned by Yahoo, has acquired StrictlyVC, a media startup, from longtime Silicon Valley journalist Connie Loizos. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoinDesk: A US appeals court rules that the SEC must “vacate” and review its rejection of Grayscale’s bid to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an ETF  —  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

Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: Meta removes the largest Chinese influence campaign to date from its properties; it spans thousands of accounts, and many are still active on TikTok, X, Reddit  —  The campaign began at least four years ago and spanned thousands of accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Substack and Chinese websites, Meta said. Lees verder op Tech Meme