Tech Meme

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Six months since Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, a brief overview of Twitter alternatives, including Mastodon, Bluesky, and Nostr, and how they might evolve  —  Today is six months since Elon took over Twitter and began this bizarre speedrun of the content moderation learning curve in which he seems … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vivian Wang / New York Times: A look at livestream shopping in China, where an estimated $500B in goods were sold on apps like Douyin in 2022, an 8x jump since 2019, amid regulatory scrutiny  —  Star sellers can amass huge followings and eye-popping fortunes, through a format that mixes consumerism and entertainment. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: A WSJ columnist used Synthesia, ElevenLabs, and ChatGPT to create an AI clone that could trick her bank’s voice biometric system, make a TikTok, and more  —  Our columnist replaced herself with AI voice and video to see how humanlike the tech can be.  The results were eerie. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Jack Dorsey criticized Elon Musk’s leadership of Twitter on Bluesky and refused to take responsibility for the acquisition, claiming “it all went south”  —  The former CEO issued his strongest criticism yet of Musk’s takeover of the social media site Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Inside Miami Tech Week, where more attention was devoted to AI than crypto this year and the tech downturn was hardly noticeable despite a plunge in VC funding  —  It was not a good quarter for Miami startups.  Venture investment in the area plunged 92% during the first three months … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Didi, in its first annual report since its US delisting, reports 2022 net revenue down 19% YoY to ~$20.37B and a net loss of ~$3.44B, down from ~$7.13B in 2021  —  Chinese ride hailing giant Didi Global on Saturday reported a 19% year-on-year fall in 2022 revenue, as the country’s COVID lockdowns and a regulatory crackdown took a toll. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charlize Alcaraz / BetaKit: Quebec-based E2ip, which develops tech for smart displays and surfaces, raised a $120M Series B co-led by Export Development Canada and McRock Capital  —  Export Development Canada and McRock Capital co-led the round.  —  St-Laurent, Québec-based E2ip Technologies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Interviews with lawmakers and sources reveal how, over just 11 days, MEPs created a draft bill on generative AI, a rare example of quick consensus in the EU  —  As recently as February, generative AI did not feature prominently in EU lawmakers’ plans for regulating generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as ChatGPT. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: Apple drops its lawsuit against Gerard Williams III, a former Apple chip executive who allegedly poached its employees and used company resources to start Nuvia  —  Apple Inc. dropped its lawsuit against a former chip executive the company sued for allegedly poaching its employees for a startup. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Matousek / The Information: Source: IRL CEO Abraham Shafi has stepped down, following allegations the messaging startup used bots to inflate the users it reported publicly and to investors  —  Abraham Shafi has stepped down as CEO of messaging app IRL following allegations that the company used bots to inflate the users … Lees verder op Tech Meme