Ashley Capoot / CNBC: How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums — – Surgeons are using Meta’s Quest 2 to simulate procedures, allowing doctors to practice from home. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Hillel Italie / Associated Press: Amazon starts requiring writers in its e-book program to disclose using AI-generated content in their books, after complaints from the Authors Guild and others — After months of complaints from the Authors Guild and other groups, Amazon.com has started requiring writers who want to sell books through … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit now offers translations of posts in English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, and Swedish, in its apps or on the web while logged out — Reddit can now translate posts into eight different languages when viewing them on Reddit’s iOS or Android apps or on the web while logged out … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: X sues California over AB 587, arguing the law forcing social networks to detail their moderation interferes with X’s constitutionally protected editorial calls — Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued California over a law requiring social media companies to explain how their content is moderated. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple no longer plans to launch MacBooks with an M3 chip “before the end of this year”; other reports point to M3 Macs as soon as October 2023 — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has bad news for Apple fans hoping to see a lineup of M3-powered Macs this year. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: The Delhi High Court approves an injunction for preemptive blocks of pirate websites that covers “future content”, as requested by Netflix, Disney, and others — The Delhi High Court in India has approved a new type of pirate site-blocking order, requested by Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, and other Hollywood studios. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Maltese politician Alex Agius Saliba, who led the EU’s legislation to make USB-C the standard, forcing Apple to replace the iPhone’s Lightning port — Apple’s new iPhone is expected to include a big change. Why? Ask someone from the EU’s smallest country. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Code in Uber’s iOS app suggests that the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, that lets users hire people to conduct various tasks — – Uber is looking for new ways to grow beyond rides, deliveries — Uber Technologies Inc. is working on a TaskRabbit-like service … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Vincent Manancourt / Politico: How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK’s Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown — LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain’s Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Delhi High Court approves a pirate site blocking order, requested by Netflix and other studios, allowing for preemptive blocks covering “future content” — The Delhi High Court in India has approved a new type of pirate site-blocking order, requested by Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, and other Hollywood studios. Lees verder op Tech Meme