Tech Meme

Mike Orcutt / MIT Technology Review: A look at the Boston Fed’s Project Hamilton, launched in 2020 to research how to design a US CBDC but ended in 2022 amid opposition from anti-CBDC legislators  —  Prominent politicians want to make sure a central bank digital currency never happens in the US—just as we’ve learned the basics of how one might work. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Smith / Semafor: Sources: IAC, News Corp, the NYT, and other publishers are forming a coalition to push for AI laws and lead a lawsuit against AI firms who trained on their data  —  Barry Diller fired publishers’ opening shot at artificial intelligence platforms in a Semafor interview this April … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Because developers can bring iPad apps to Vision Pro, whose owners will likely pay more for apps, its App Store may fare better than tvOS and watchOS App Stores  —  Third-party apps will be crucial to the success of the Vision Pro, but the pricey and niche nature of the device means that developers may not quickly flock to it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Morgan Meaker / Wired: A profile of Munich-based Helsing, whose battlefield AI distills data from weapons systems and sensors like infrared and sonar into a visualization in real time  —  Helsing AI is building an operating system for warfare and says it’ll only ever sell to democracies.  —  On the screen in front of me is a mountain range. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Nearly 200 US school districts have joined lawsuits against Meta, ByteDance, Snap, and Alphabet, alleging their apps cause disciplinary and mental health issues  —  Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube seek to dismiss federal suits, citing internet liability shield Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Why the Vision Pro app store may be more successful than the Apple Watch or Apple TV app stores, despite the headset’s small user base for the first few years  —  Third-party apps will be crucial to the success of the Vision Pro, but the pricey and niche nature of the device means that developers may not quickly flock to it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Roose / New York Times: An analysis of the potential impact of the eight AI commitments to the White House made by OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Anthropic, and Inflection  —  Seven leading A.I. companies made eight promises about what they’ll do with their technology.  Our columnist sizes up their potential impact. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Elon Musk tweets “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand” and “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide” on July 24  —  Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter’s logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Caiwei Chen / Rest of World: Similarweb: by May-end, daily downloads of ByteDance’s social media app Lemon8 fell to 6.7% of its March peak; the app was in the US App Store’s top 10 in March  —  Users complain the ByteDance app feels inorganic and curated, prioritizing the needs of influencers over ordinary people. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Nearly 200 US school districts have joined lawsuits against Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, alleging their apps cause disciplinary and mental health issues  —  Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube seek to dismiss federal suits, citing internet liability shield Lees verder op Tech Meme