Financial Times: The UK CMA launches a “fact-finding” review of the AI market, including LLMs, to assess opportunities, guardrails, and principles to protect competition — CMA chief Sarah Cardell says the regulator will examine technology behind software such as ChatGPT Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kate Morgan / Wall Street Journal: Some Gen Z customers in the US are buying flip phones like the $75 TCL Classic or $90 Nokia 2780, seeking a break from endless notifications and social media — Modern models are a bit smarter than those from the early 2000s, but still offer a needed break from endless notifications Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sam Jabri-Pickett / Reuters: Google and Meta executives say their platforms would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if the proposed Online News Act passes — Google and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if legislation compelling internet companies to pay news publishers is passed … Lees verder op Tech Meme
CoinDesk: Coinbase will stop issuing loans in the US via its Borrow program from May 10 due to low demand; source: the move had nothing to do with Coinbase’s SEC troubles — May 10 is the final day customers will be allowed to take out new loans through Coinbase Borrow. — Coinbase Borrow’s days are numbered. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kate Morgan / Wall Street Journal: Some Gen Zers in the US are buying flip phones like the $75 TCL Classic or the $90 Nokia 2780, seeking a break from endless social media and email notifications — Modern models are a bit smarter than those from the early 2000s, but still offer a needed break from endless notifications Lees verder op Tech Meme
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: TikTok announces Pulse Premiere, which lets select publishers, such as Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, and NBC, sell ads alongside their posts and keep 50% of the revenue — New product will let publishers sell ads alongside their posts and take home half the revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme
David Pierce / The Verge: Q&A with upcoming film BlackBerry director Matt Johnson on tech movies, why BlackBerry died, and why he disagrees with the “nerds rule the world” narrative — / ‘It’s so weird to see, now, a culture trying to recapture whatever it was that the BlackBerry was trying to do at first.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: TikTok announces Pulse Premiere, which lets select publishers, such as Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, and NBC, sell ads alongside their posts and keep 50% of the revenue — New product will let publishers sell ads alongside their posts and take home half the revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: TikTok announces Pulse Premiere, which lets select publishers, such as Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, and NBC, sell ads alongside their posts and keep 50% of the revenue — New product will let publishers sell ads alongside their posts and take home half the revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sam Jabri-Pickett / Reuters: Google and Meta executives say their platforms would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if the proposed Online News Act is passed — Google and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if legislation compelling internet companies to pay news publishers is passed … Lees verder op Tech Meme