Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Counterpoint: about 16M foldable phones were sold in 2023, just 1.3% of the 1.2B smartphone market, as foldables start to gain traction in the US and China  —  Samsung, Motorola and Huawei continue to invest in high-priced flip devices despite weak sales  —  Every large smartphone maker except Apple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Justin Garrison / Justin Garrison: An AWS developer claims Amazon is silently sacking people after enforcing a strict RTO policy, without being required to give them severance or announce layoffs  —  Amazon has a stock problem.  It’s not only Amazon, but they have more to lose.  If you’re a customer, that’s going to be bad for your business too. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikkei Asia: Nikon, Sony, and Canon are developing camera tech that embeds digital signatures in images so that they can be distinguished from realistic AI-generated fakes  —  Digital signatures to provide way to tell real photos from  —  Sony will release a firmware for professional-grade cameras to embed digital signatures to photos. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anil Dash / Rolling Stone: In 2024, the internet is about to see the biggest reshuffling of power in 25 years, with a resurgent “human web” and regulators forcing tech giants to open up  —  The new year offers many of the promises of an online moment we haven’t seen in a quarter-century … Everything is changing rapidly. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brendan Bordelon / Politico: How effective altruism, described by some as a cult obsessed with AI doomsday, is influencing White House, Congress, and others’ approach toward AI regulation  —  Effective altruism is increasingly described as a cult.  But as the movement’s billionaire adherents pour money into D.C. … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anil Dash / Rolling Stone: In 2024, the internet is about to see the biggest reshuffling of power in 25 years, with the “human web” resurgent and regulators forcing tech giants to open up  —  The new year offers many of the promises of an online moment we haven’t seen in a quarter-century … Everything is changing rapidly. Lees verder op Tech Meme