Tech Meme

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Microsoft’s Windows 11 announcement of adding the new Bing “directly into the taskbar” is wildly misleading since using Bing Chat still requires opening Edge  —  What the hell, Microsoft?  —  Yesterday, Microsoft made a big hubbub about a new Windows 11 update that allegedly puts AI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI launches ChatGPT API for businesses, with dedicated capacity plans and priced at $0.0002/~750 words, and says Snap and Shopify are among early adopters  —  To call ChatGPT, the free text-generating AI developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, a hit is a massive understatement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Amazon’s Ring names former Meta and Microsoft executive Elizabeth Hamren as its CEO, replacing Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, who will remain as chief inventor  —  Five years after its acquisition by Amazon, smart doorbell and home security technology company Ring named a new CEO: Elizabeth … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nektaria Stamouli / Politico: A profile of Christos Rammos, the key investigator of the Greek government’s spyware scandal engulfing PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ administration since summer 2022  —  ATHENS — Christos Rammos is turning the screws on Greece’s government.  —  Rammos has been the key investigator … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patrick George / The Verge: Volkswagen Group plans to roll out an app store for its car brands soon, featuring TikTok, Spotify, Yelp, and other third-party apps optimized for in-car use  —  If you’ve long felt like the one thing missing from your Audi was in-car TikTok, fret no more.  Volkswagen Group is the latest … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: Nansen: investors sold $6B+ of the BUSD stablecoin in the past month after US regulatory pressure; BUSD was ~40% of Binance’s trading volume in December 2022  —  New York regulatory move accelerates withdrawal from BUSD stablecoin  —  Investors have pulled more than $6bn … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: How Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo became a key part of the US’ stricter China policy, including helping with the CHIPS Act, exports, and TikTok  —  Gina Raimondo is the first to admit that she often can’t see the line between work and play—or even work and pray. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chloe Xiang / VICE: OpenAI, founded as a nonprofit to focus on creating a “positive human impact”, now operates as a closed-source and for-profit entity as ChatGPT explodes  —  OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships.  Will it seek to own its shiny AI future? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clément Girardot / Rest of World: A look at Belarus’ once-vibrant tech startup scene, decimated after ruthless repression by Alexander Lukashenko’s regime and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine  —  Ruthless political repression has decimated Belarus’ once-thriving tech scene.  —  • VILNIUS, LITHUANIA Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nektaria Stamouli / Politico: A profile of Christos Rammos, a key investigator of the spyware scandal that has engulfed Greek politics and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis since summer 2022  —  ATHENS — Christos Rammos is turning the screws on Greece’s government.  —  Rammos has been the key investigator of the surveillance scandal … Lees verder op Tech Meme