David Pierce / The Verge: The social web is changing: Twitter set up limits, Reddit alienated its users, TikTok could get banned, and Instagram has turned into an entertainment platform  —  An era of the internet is ending, and we’re watching it happen practically in real time.  Twitter has been on a steep … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The world’s 500 richest people together gained $852B in H1 2023, the best half-year since H2 2020; Musk and Zuckerberg led with $96.6B and $58.9B, respectively  —  The world’s 500 richest people added $852 billion to their fortunes in the first half of 2023. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bradley Keoun / CoinDesk: Cameron Winklevoss makes a ~$1.47B “final offer” to DCG CEO Barry Silbert for Genesis’ bankruptcy restructuring and threatens lawsuits if Silbert fails to agree  —  Creditors of the crypto financial firm Genesis propose a package $1.5 billion of forbearance payments and loans denominated … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the US plans to require AWS and other cloud providers to seek permission before providing services that use advanced AI chips to Chinese customers  —  Biden administration proposal, aimed at closing loophole in chip export controls, could escalate tit-for-tat fight with Beijing Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: Google updates its privacy policy to say the company may use “publicly available information” to train its AI models and build products like Translate and Bard  —  An update to Google’s privacy policy suggests that the entire public internet is fair game for it’s AI projects. Lees verder op Tech Meme