Tech Meme

Matthew Champion / VICE: A fake Twitter account, which paid for Blue, for Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, falsely claimed RSF leader Hemedti died; RSF’s real account lost its verification  —  The fake account with a blue tick wrongly claimed that Hemedti, the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, had died. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Google gives Bard the ability to generate, debug, and explain code in 20+ languages including C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, and Python, and export code to Colab  —  Google’s Bard chatbot now has the capability to help you with programming tasks.  The tech giant said that coding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Twitter emails advertisers to say they must now have “a verified checkmark or subscribe to either Twitter Blue or Verified Organizations” to keep running ads  —  As Twitter’s legacy blue check mark system finally comes to an end, the social network’s new paid-for verification system … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jahnavi Nidumolu / Reuters: Twitter drops the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels from accounts of media outlets and journalists, including NPR, BBC, CBC, and Xinhua  —  Twitter dropped the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels, which implies government involvement … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Mullvad VPN says Swedish police visited its office with a search warrant but left without any customer data after being informed of company’s no-logging policy  —  However, Swedish law enforcement left with nothing after learning Mullvad VPN has a strict no-logging policy when it comes to customer information. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri demoed an AI-powered screenless wearable with a projector to display info, voice and gestures for input, and no phone required  —  Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, has given a first live demo of its new device … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Clark / The Information: Amsterdam-based Weaviate, an open-source vector database for startups building generative AI, raised a $50M Series B led by Index Ventures at a $200M valuation  —  Weaviate, an infrastructure startup whose technology is essential for companies trying to build generative AI tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: Docs: Apple plans an iPhone journaling app to let users compile their daily activities, in an expansion of the company’s mental and physical health efforts  —  Daily activities log is set to compete with existing software  —  Apple Inc. is planning an iPhone app to let users compile … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ina Fried / Axios: Humane previews AI-powered wearable  —  Ex-Apple employee Imran Chaudhri gave TED attendees on Thursday an early glimpse of the AI-powered wearable that his startup, Humane, has been developing. … – He also answered a phone call from his wife with the call information appearing as a green image projected onto his hand. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: The Linux Foundation launches the TLA+ Foundation to promote and develop the TLA+ programming language; inaugural members include AWS, Oracle, and Microsoft  —  The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit tech consortium that manages various open source efforts, today announced the launch … Lees verder op Tech Meme