Tech Meme

Emma Goldberg / New York Times: A US AT&T call center worker details working with AI, which generates call transcripts and provides suggestions, and wonders if she is training her replacement  —  To many people, chatbots and other technology feel like a ticking time bomb, sure to explode their work.  But to some, the threat is already here. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Clark / Ars Technica: In six months, Amazon plans to begin production of Kuiper satellites in Washington, hoping to build and launch up to 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

Bloomberg: Sources: during July 17 meetings with officials in DC, the CEOs of Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm warned that export controls risk harming 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

Ash Hill / Tom’s Hardware: The Linux Foundation forms the Ultra Ethernet Consortium with AMD, Cisco, HPE, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, and others to optimize Ethernet standards for AI and HPC  —  Big names come together to refine Ethernet standards for AI and high-performance computing.  —  Earlier today … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Greig / The Record: A report says the Microsoft key that Chinese hackers stole could have given them more access than originally assumed; 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 in a campaign … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Twitter says unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of direct messages they 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 the number … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google plans to adopt the Message Layer Security protocol for its Messages app; MLS allows 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

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Sources: Amazon plans to force some remote corporate employees to relocate as part of a mandate requiring workers to be in the office three days a week  —  – Requirement comes amid souring morale in wake of layoffs  — Company requires workers to be in office three days a week Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Spotify plans to raise its US ad-free premium tier’s price for the first time, by $1 to $10.99/month, and increase prices globally in the coming months  —  Audio company had avoided raising prices, but faces investor pressure to increase profitability Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lindsey Choo / Wall Street Journal: Sensor Tower: Threads’ DAUs declined to 13M, down 70% from the July 7 peak; Similarweb: the average time spent in the app has decreased from 19 minutes to four  —  Data show user engagement has fallen 70% as executives focus on options such as a chronological feed Lees verder op Tech Meme