Reuters: Baidu sues “relevant” app developers and Apple over fake apps for its Ernie bot on the App Store; Ernie, launched in March 2023, doesn’t have an official app — Chinese search giant touts product as answer to U.S.-developed ChatGPT chatbot — Baidu lodged lawsuits … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: Twitter replaces the week-old “US state-affiliated media” label on NPR’s account with a new label describing the nonprofit media company as “Government Funded” — Twitter removed the “state-affiliated media” label it had affixed on NPR’s account this week … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matt Novak / Forbes: Elon Musk claims Substack links were never blocked and Substack tried to “download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone” — Elon Musk broke his silence about the Twitter CEO’s conflict with the online publishing site Substack and one of its biggest writers Matt Taibbi on Saturday. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: Twitter replaces the “state-affiliated media” label on NPR’s account with a new label describing the nonprofit media company as “government funded” — Twitter removed the “state-affiliated media” label it had affixed on NPR’s account this week, replacing … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bobby Allyn / @BobbyAllyn: NEW: Label on NPR’s main account changed to “government funded,” and Elon tells me Twitter is “applying it to a larger number of institutions.” Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matt Novak / Forbes: Elon Musk claims Substack links were never blocked and it was “trying to download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone” — Elon Musk broke his silence about the Twitter CEO’s conflict with the online publishing site Substack and one of its biggest writers Matt Taibbi on Saturday. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matt Novak / Forbes: Elon Musk claims Twitter never blocked Substack links and it was “trying to download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone” — Elon Musk broke his silence about the Twitter CEO’s conflict with the online publishing site Substack and one of its biggest writers Matt Taibbi on Saturday. Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: Bob Lee’s death in San Francisco has stirred outrage among tech leaders and could motivate the tech community to become more involved in city politics — Bob Lee’s death has stirred outrage among tech leaders and comes at a precarious time for the industry — and the city it calls home. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Binance.US has struggled to find a bank for its customers’ cash after the failure of Signature Bank and is using at least one middleman to store funds — As a stopgap, the exchange is using at least one middleman to store user funds on its behalf — The U.S. affiliate … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Joel Khalili / Wired: A look at the increasing complexity of the operating environment for crypto companies in the US, as a regulatory turf war between the SEC and the CFTC escalates — US agencies are sparring over who gets to oversee the crypto industry, and companies are stuck in the middle. Lees verder op Tech Meme