Tech Meme

Emma Goldberg / New York Times: A US AT&T call center worker details working with an AI tool that transcribes calls and offers technical solutions, and wonders “am I training my replacement?”  —  To many people, chatbots and other technology feel like a ticking time bomb, sure to explode their work. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Clark / Ars Technica: Amazon plans to start Kuiper satellite production in Washington in the next six months, hoping to build and launch ~80 satellites per month within a few years  —  Amazon unveils satellite facility in Florida, may switch prototype launch to Atlas V  —  Within a few years … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Greig / The Record: Wiz researchers: the compromised MSA signing key could have given Chinese hackers access beyond Outlook.com and Exchange Online; Microsoft disputes the report  —  Microsoft is disputing a new report that claims hackers may have had access to more parts of victims’ systems than previously known … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Twitter sets “daily limits” on the number of direct messages that accounts without Twitter Blue can send, as part of changes to reduce spam in DMs  —  It looks like Elon Musk really wants users to pay for Twitter Blue. … In another controversial change, Twitter will restrict … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: South Korean and Indian filmmakers are hoping the Hollywood strikes will give them more bargaining power with US streaming services and a precedent to follow  —  SEOUL — When Netflix launched in South Korea in 2016, it was a breath of fresh air for filmmakers jaded by a local industry notorious for labor abuses and penny-pinching. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: during DC meetings on July 17, the CEOs of Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm warned Biden officials that export controls risk harming the US’ chip leadership  —  – Intel CEO said new US plants at risk if China market cut off  — Executives warn of harm to US leadership in chip industry Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google plans to integrate the Message Layer Security protocol into its Messages app to allow interoperable E2E encrypted messaging across services and platforms  —  Google today announced its support for interoperable end-to-end encrypted communication between large messaging platforms … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alastair Reed / Bloomberg: Norwegian robotics company AutoStore agrees to pay £200M to UK online supermarket giant Ocado to settle a global dispute over warehouse patent infringements  —  As part of the agreement, the companies will withdraw their actions against each other, Autostore and Ocado said in separate statements on Saturday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katherine Alejandra Cross / Wired: Reddit and Bluesky are contrasting examples on how not to moderate, one centralizing in the worst way possible and the other decentralizing catastrophically  —  Moderating a site isn’t easy—just ask Elon.  But Bluesky and Reddit are contrasting examples of how not to do it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tate Ryan-Mosley / MIT Technology Review: A look at a proposed Massachusetts bill letting police use face recognition for image matching but not face surveillance, which could set the standard in the US  —  A Massachusetts bill restricting police use could set the standard for how the technology is regulated in America. Lees verder op Tech Meme