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Indigenous communities in Borneo are using mapping tech like GPS and GIS to claim their rights to ancestral land and stop the expansion of oil palm plantations (Liani MK/Rest of World) 22-06-2023

Liani MK / Rest of World: Indigenous communities in Borneo are using mapping tech like GPS and GIS to claim their rights to ancestral land and stop the expansion of oil palm plantations  —  In Borneo, Indigenous communities are using mapping tech to claim their land rights and fight the expansion of oil palm plantations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: the Biden administration has ramped up exploration of security concerns with Chinese cloud computing firms, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing (David McCabe/New York Times) 22-06-2023

David McCabe / New York Times: Sources: the Biden administration has ramped up exploration of security concerns with Chinese cloud computing firms, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing  —  The Biden administration is exploring whether it can mount a campaign against Chinese tech giants like Alibaba and Huawei, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Big firms want to trade crypto with the structure of traditional finance, including orders intermediated by brokers and asset custody separate from the exchange (Matt Levine/Bloomberg) 22-06-2023

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Big firms want to trade crypto with the structure of traditional finance, including orders intermediated by brokers and asset custody separate from the exchange  —  Institutional crypto  —  I think even a year ago it was possible to imagine the traditional financial system learning something from crypto. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Australia's online safety regulator gives Twitter 28 days to explain the steps it is taking to combat hate speech or face $475K in fines (Ina Fried/Axios) 22-06-2023

Ina Fried / Axios: Australia’s online safety regulator gives Twitter 28 days to explain the steps it is taking to combat hate speech or face $475K in fines  —  Australia’s online safety regulator sent a legal notice to Twitter demanding the social network explain the steps it is taking to combat online hate or risk being slapped with fines. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft aims to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years, after Microsoft researchers claim to create Majorana particles for scalable and stable qubits (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) 22-06-2023

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Microsoft aims to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years, after Microsoft researchers claim to create Majorana particles for scalable and stable qubits  —  Microsoft today announced its roadmap for building its own quantum supercomputer, using the topological qubits the company’s researchers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ripple says it got in-principle regulatory approval from Singapore to offer digital payment token products and expand XRP cross-border transfers in the country (Ryan Browne/CNBC) 22-06-2023

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Ripple says it got in-principle regulatory approval from Singapore to offer digital payment token products and expand XRP cross-border transfers in the country  —  – Ripple said it received in-principle approval of a Major Payment Institution Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country’s central bank. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why UX matters for AI, AGI going “wrong” vs. “AGI is going to go fantastically well”, capping profit, regulation, and more (Edward Felsenthal/TIME) 22-06-2023

Edward Felsenthal / TIME: Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why UX matters for AI, AGI going “wrong” vs. “AGI is going to go fantastically well”, capping profit, regulation, and more  —  For this week’s TIME100 Most Influential Companies cover story about OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vannacht droog. Overdag in het zuidoosten veel regen en kans op onweer. KNMI : 22-06-2023

Vannacht droog. Overdag in het zuidoosten veel regen en kans op onweer. Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Vandaag in het zuidoosten plaatselijk kans op veel regen, in Limburg tevens kans op stevige onweersbuien (code geel). Vannacht is het vrijwel overal droog. In het noorden en noordwesten is er kans op mist. De minimumtemperatuur is ongeveer 15 graden. Er staat weinig wind. Vanochtend schijnt de zon eerst volop, maar later neemt in het zuidoosten de bewolking toe en gaat het daar regenen. In het noorden is er in het begin kans op mist. De wind uit het noordoosten neemt toe… Lees verder »Vannacht droog. Overdag in het zuidoosten veel regen en kans op onweer. KNMI : 22-06-2023

NYC-based Warp, a Rust-based terminal app for macOS with features like AI-powered auto-complete suggestions of commands, raised a $50M Series B led by Sequoia (Harry McCracken/Fast Company) 22-06-2023

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: NYC-based Warp, a Rust-based terminal app for macOS with features like AI-powered auto-complete suggestions of commands, raised a $50M Series B led by Sequoia  —  Command-line interfaces have barely changed in decades, but remain beloved by techies.  Warp aims to modernize the whole experience—and add a dash of AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

After Elon Musk tweeted he is “up for a cage fight” with Mark Zuckerberg, both parties agree to a fight in principle without agreeing to specifics (Alex Heath/The Verge) 22-06-2023

Alex Heath / The Verge: After Elon Musk tweeted he is “up for a cage fight” with Mark Zuckerberg, both parties agree to a fight in principle without agreeing to specifics  —  Here we go.  —  After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot … Lees verder op Tech Meme