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Google plans to shut Currents, its Google+ replacement for G Suite launched in 2019, on August 8 so users don't have to work in a “separate, siloed destination” (Mitchell Clark/The Verge) 13-04-2023

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Google plans to shut Currents, its Google+ replacement for G Suite launched in 2019, on August 8 so users don’t have to work in a “separate, siloed destination”  —  / It’ll wind down starting in 2023 and be replaced with Spaces … Google has announced that it’ll shut down Currents … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam (Facundo Iglesia/Rest of World) 13-04-2023

Facundo Iglesia / Rest of World: A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam  —  Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a cryptocurrency backed by gold. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google releases Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel devices, adding sharesheet custom actions, a more prominent back arrow, per-app language preferences, and more (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) 13-04-2023

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google releases Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel devices, adding sharesheet custom actions, a more prominent back arrow, per-app language preferences, and more  —  Google’s Android development cycle runs on a rather predictable cadence these days.  Today, after two developer previews … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ethereum successfully completes its Shanghai, or Shapella update, letting users withdraw staked ether tokens; ~1.2M ETH are expected to be withdrawn in a week (Bloomberg) 13-04-2023

Bloomberg: Ethereum successfully completes its Shanghai, or Shapella update, letting users withdraw staked ether tokens; ~1.2M ETH are expected to be withdrawn in a week  —  The Ethereum blockchain, the most important commercial highway in the digital-asset sector, successfully implemented a widely anticipated software upgrade. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at researchers' use of deep neural networks to examine historical documents and the risks, such as models slipping bias or falsifications into records (Moira Donovan/MIT Technology Review) 13-04-2023

Moira Donovan / MIT Technology Review: A look at researchers’ use of deep neural networks to examine historical documents and the risks, such as models slipping bias or falsifications into records  —  The historians of tomorrow are using computer science to analyze how people lived centuries ago.  —  It’s an evening in 1531, in the city of Venice. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam (Facundo Iglesia/Rest of World) 13-04-2023

Facundo Iglesia / Rest of World: A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam  —  Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a cryptocurrency backed by gold. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A study finds that assigning ChatGPT a persona using its API, like “a bad person” or a certain historical figure, increases the chatbot's toxicity sixfold (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 13-04-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: A study finds that assigning ChatGPT a persona using its API, like “a bad person” or a certain historical figure, increases the chatbot’s toxicity sixfold  —  It’s no secret that OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can be prompted to say sexist, racist and pretty vile things. Lees verder op Tech Meme

SoftBank plans to sell SoftBank Ventures Asia, which manages ~$2B in assets, to an entity led by Masayoshi Son's brother Taizo Son, for an undisclosed sum (Min Jeong Lee/Bloomberg) 13-04-2023

Min Jeong Lee / Bloomberg: SoftBank plans to sell SoftBank Ventures Asia, which manages ~$2B in assets, to an entity led by Masayoshi Son’s brother Taizo Son, for an undisclosed sum  —  SoftBank Group Corp. is selling its early-stage venture capital arm SoftBank Ventures Asia Corp. after suffering billions of dollars in losses from failed startup bets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam (Facundo Iglesia/Rest of World) 13-04-2023

Facundo Iglesia / Rest of World: A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam  —  Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a cryptocurrency backed by gold. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Paul Dochney, the man behind pseudonymous character @dril that emerged from Something Awful to become one of the most influential Twitter accounts (Nate Rogers/The Ringer) 13-04-2023

Nate Rogers / The Ringer: A profile of Paul Dochney, the man behind pseudonymous character @dril that emerged from Something Awful to become one of the most influential Twitter accounts  —  Paul Dochney posted his way into the halls of internet lore.  After 15 years of anonymity, can he emerge without compromising his act? Lees verder op Tech Meme