Bloomberg: Sources: the DOJ is poised to sue Google this week over dominating the US digital ad market, the fifth major US case challenging its business practices — The US Justice Department is poised to sue Alphabet Inc.’s Google as soon as Tuesday regarding the search giant’s dominance … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Filings: Apple’s US lobbying spend grew 44% YoY to $9.4M in 2022; Amazon’s grew ~2% to $19.7M, Meta’s fell 4.6% to $19.2M; Google spent $10.9M, Microsoft $9.8M — – Apple grew its lobbying spend the most last year compared to its peers, according to public disclosures. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kaya Yurieff / The Information: Internal messages: TikTok told some of its US employees they could lose their jobs unless they show they already moved to an address near their assigned offices — TikTok is cracking down on remote work, telling some U.S. workers they could lose their jobs unless they show they have already moved near their assigned offices. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: Source: CEO Satya Nadella voiced concerns for years that Microsoft was slow to commercialize its AI research; in 2022, its researchers said rivals seemed ahead — For more than a decade, Microsoft Research, the company’s in-house research group, has touted artificial intelligence breakthroughs … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Vitalik Buterin / Vitalik Buterin’s website: How a “stealth address system” using zero-knowledge proofs could improve Ethereum’s privacy vs. trying to hide or mix transfers using services like Tornado Cash — Special thanks to Ben DiFrancesco, Matt Solomon, Toni Wahrstätter and Antonio Sanso for feedback and review Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mahmoud Itani / XDA Developers: Apple releases iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3, and macOS Ventura 13.2 with FIDO key support for Apple ID, Advanced Data Protection out globally, security fixes, and more — Following several weeks of beta testing, iOS 16.3 and macOS Ventura 13.2 are now available to the public as stable releases. Lees verder op Tech Meme
James Vincent / The Verge: After OpenAI opened a waitlist for a faster, paid version of ChatGPT, some users report seeing a “pro” plan for $42/month; the company hasn’t announced pricing — Earlier this month, OpenAI said it was exploring ways to monetize its AI chatbot ChatGPT, giving users the opportunity … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun says ChatGPT is “not particularly innovative” in its underlying techniques and other research labs are doing similar work — Much ink has been spilled of late about the tremendous promise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT program for generating natural-language utterances in response to human prompts. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: How Esther Crawford, Twitter’s director of product management, became one of the most influential leaders from the old guard in Elon Musk’s “hardcore” Twitter — Days after Elon Musk had completed his $44bn buyout of Twitter, Esther Crawford shared a picture of herself sleeping … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Crypto prices are recovering in January so far: bitcoin is up 26%, including 22% in the past week, to over $20,000, ether is up 29%, and meme coins are rising — Bitcoin is on the charge in 2023, dragging the crypto market off the floor and electrifying bonk, a new meme coin. Lees verder op Tech Meme