Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Pharmacy chain Rite Aid must stop using facial recognition for five years as part of a settlement with the US FTC, which says the tech falsely flagged customers  —  – FTC says chain’s surveillance system falsely flagged customers  — Bankrupt pharmacy chain will stop using system, delete images Lees verder op Tech Meme

Isabel Gottlieb / Bloomberg Law: Harvey, which builds generative AI tools for law firms using OpenAI’s tech, raised an $80M Series B co-led by Elad Gil and Kleiner Perkins at a $715M valuation  —  Harvey.ai raised an additional $80 million, it announced Tuesday, valuing the generative AI legal technology platform at $715 million. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Matter broke its promise of an easier smart home experience, as the standard suffers from poor implementation, significant backpedaling, and glacial progress  —  The new smart home standard finally arrived this year.  But poor implementation, significant backpedaling, and glacial progress have left it broken. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Victor / The Information: Source: Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30K-person ad sales unit, as the company relies more on ML techniques to help customers buy even more ads  —  Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30,000-person ad sales unit, an executive told some staff last week, prompting anxiety that some departments will face job cuts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu takes over for e-commerce business head Trudy Dai, one of Alibaba’s earliest employees, who will now help oversee non-core assets globally  —  – Two-decade veteran Trudy Dai will help set up a holding firm  — Alibaba’s growth has fizzled out in recent years as PDD arose Lees verder op Tech Meme

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: An interview with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman about the moderator rebellion, limiting free access to the company’s API, AI’s role in Reddit’s future, and more  —  Rebellious moderators.  Large language models’ peril and promise.  Maybe a long-awaited IPO.  Amid it all, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says the web megacommunity is on a roll. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nickolas Diaz / Android Central: Samsung adds the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 to its Self-Repair program, the first foldable devices, and expands the program to 30 more countries in Europe  —  Its latest smartphone series and laptop join in, too.  —  What you need to know  — Samsung has expanded coverage of its Self-Repair program … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brady Snyder / Android Central: Google plans to limit the types of election-related queries for which Bard and SGE respond to, starting in early 2024, in preparation for elections worldwide  —  The move is intended to curb misinformation as the 2024 election nears  —  What you need to know Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Victor / The Information: Source: Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30,000-person ad sales unit, as the company increases its reliance on ML to help customers buy more ads  —  Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30,000-person ad sales unit, an executive told some staff last week, prompting anxiety that some departments will face job cuts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Alibaba replaces its e-commerce business head Trudy Dai with CEO Eddie Wu; Dai, one of Alibaba’s earliest employees, will now help oversee non-core assets  —  – Two-decade veteran Trudy Dai will help set up a holding firm  — Alibaba’s growth has fizzled out in recent years as PDD arose Lees verder op Tech Meme