Matt Binder / Mashable: Twitter’s For You code tracked metrics to categorize users as “republican”, “democrat”, “power user”, or “elon” to keep algorithm tweaks from harming any group — Musk said he had no idea it was doing that! — Twitter has just released … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Brianna Wessling / The Robot Report: Ocado wins AutoStore’s lawsuit after the UK High Court invalidated two of AutoStore’s warehouse automation patents for being publicly disclosed before filing — Yesterday, the UK High Court ruled that AutoStore’s patents, which have been the subject of a patent infringement case against Ocado … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matt Binder / Mashable: Twitter’s For You code tracks metrics for users categorized as “republican”, “democrat”, “power user”, or “elon” to keep tweaks from harming any of these groups — Musk said he had no idea it was doing that! — Twitter has just released … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google confirms putting a 5M-file limit per Drive account, even for paid Google One plans, in February 2023 without telling users, who thought the cap was a bug — The new file limit means you can’t actually use the storage you buy from Google. — “Please delete 2 million files to continue using your Google Drive account.” Lees verder op Tech Meme
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: LeBron James, William Shatner, Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander, and other athletes and celebrities with millions of followers say they won’t pay for Twitter Blue — April 1 is the dumbest day on the internet, and this year, it’s not just because brands will try to prank you by selling “hot iced coffee.” Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: Seattle-based crypto exchange Bittrex shuts down its US operations, telling users to withdraw funds by April 30, but plans to continue to operate Bittrex Global — The American cryptocurrency exchange said it was not “economically viable” to continue doing business in the United States. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: The NLRB says Activision Blizzard broke US labor law by illegally surveilling staff during a walkout and threatening to close Slack channels amid a union drive — Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) violated U.S. labor law by illegally surveilling employees during a walkout and threatening … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: How GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen abandoned his e-commerce push for the company to refocus on its ~4,400 stores, leading to GameStop’s first profit in two years — Videogame retailer, the original meme stock, hits brakes on e-commerce push to refocus on its 4,400 bricks-and-mortar locations Lees verder op Tech Meme
Chloe Xiang / VICE: A Belgian widow claims her husband died by suicide after talking for six weeks with an AI chatbot that presented itself as an emotional being in the app Chai — The incident raises concerns about guardrails around quickly-proliferating conversational AI models. — Chloe Xiang Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: An investigation details how a Georgia man was wrongfully arrested based on a bad facial recognition match and other tech meant to make policing more effective — Because of a bad facial recognition match and other hidden technology, Randal Reid spent nearly a week in jail … Lees verder op Tech Meme