Tech Meme

Emily Bell / @emilybell: [Thread] An AI-generated ad from a Twitter Blue account linking to The Guardian and falsely saying TV presenter Ian Wright is dead highlights Twitter’s issues  —  Welcome to the @elonmusk advertising nightmare. Friend sent me this tweet asking wtaf the @guardian url is doing on this weird AI generated ad suggesting (incorrectly) that Ian Wright is dead . The link goes to an old page on the Guardian site 1/ [image] Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jane Lee / Reuters: Toronto-based AI chip designer Tenstorrent partners with LG to build chips for smart TVs, cars, and data centers; CEO Jim Keller worked at Apple, AMD, and Tesla  —  Canadian AI computer design startup Tenstorrent said on Tuesday it was partnering with South Korea’s consumer electronics firm … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft issues a temporary fix for Windows tablets like the Surface Pro X after their cameras stopped working on May 23 likely due to a faulty Qualcomm driver  —  Issues with cameras on some Arm-based devices, including the Surface Pro X, started on May 23rd, with owners reporting … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Binance discusses a proposal to let some institutional clients use bank deposits as collateral for margin trading, to help reduce counterparty risk  —  Binance is discussing a proposal to let some of its institutional clients keep their trading collateral at a bank instead … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: NHTSA closes its investigation into Tesla’s Passenger Play video game feature, after Tesla released a 2021 update to block the service when the car is moving  —  U.S. highway safety regulators have closed an investigation into Tesla allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while vehicles are moving. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: SCOTUS turns away an appeal by victims of child pornography who claimed Reddit facilitated and benefited from CSAM, after two Section 230 rulings in early May  —  The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal from victims of child pornography who claimed Reddit Inc. knowingly facilitates and benefits from images of child sexual abuse. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bethan Staton / Financial Times: Chegg, Duolingo, and other edtech companies insist that generative AI has the potential to enhance their products, despite cheap AI threatening to undercut them  —  Groups including Chegg and Duolingo say new tech presents opportunities as they fight to compete Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Amazon is discontinuing Alexa’s use of Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O’Neal, and Melissa McCarthy’s voices, even for those who paid for them  —  Amazon is getting rid of its celebrity voices for Alexa.  Not only are the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O’Neal, and Melisssa McCarthy … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Bell / @emilybell: [Thread] An AI-generated ad from a verified Twitter account linking to The Guardian and saying TV presenter Ian Wright is dead highlights Twitter’s dysfunction  —  Welcome to the @elonmusk advertising nightmare. Friend sent me this tweet asking wtaf the @guardian url is doing on this weird AI generated ad suggesting (incorrectly) that Ian Wright is dead . The link goes to an old page on the Guardian site 1/ [image] Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Nvidia opens at a $1T market cap, joining Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, after raising its Q2 revenue forecast due to AI demand; NVDA is up 166.5%+ YTD  —  – Nvidia briefly hit a $1 trillion market cap at the start of trading Tuesday  — Nvidia shares are trading at around $409 a share. Lees verder op Tech Meme