Tech Meme

Heather Kelly / Washington Post: Uber plans to let minors aged 13 to 17 ride solo for the first time in select US and Canadian cities starting on May 22, via the use of a special family account  —  Kids between 13 and 17 years old will soon be able to hail a ride in an Uber  —  Until now, teenagers weren’t supposed to ride alone in an Uber. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon announces the new $40 semi-circle design Echo Pop, updates the $90 Echo Show 5, $100 Echo Show 5 Kids Edition, $50 Echo Buds, expands Echo Auto, and more  —  After last fall’s Amazon hardware event which brought us a handful of new Echo devices, like the Dot with the clock and other minor updates … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Beats Studio Buds+ review: better sound, ANC, battery, and calls, but ANC lags AirPods Pro 2, no wireless charging, and lacks some of Apple’s ecosystem tricks  —  With better sound, improved noise cancellation, and a standout translucent design, these are everything the original Beats Studio Buds should’ve been. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Stability AI releases StableStudio, an open-source version of DreamStudio, its commercial interface for the company’s text-to-image Stable Diffusion model  —  Stability AI is releasing an open-source version of DreamStudio, a commercial interface for the company’s AI image generator model, Stable Diffusion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: Sources: the Irish DPC is set to hand Meta a record EU privacy fine and order the company to halt data transfers to the US that rely on certain clauses  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. is set to be handed a record European Union privacy fine for failing to heed a top court warning aimed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Peter Landers / Wall Street Journal: IBM plans to give $100M and Google $50M for quantum computing research to the University of Chicago and the University of Tokyo ahead of the G7 summit  —  Deal to be announced at Hiroshima G-7 summit seeks to preserve American lead in critical technology  —  TOKYO—IBM and Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Heather Kelly / Washington Post: Uber plans to let minors aged 13 to 17 ride solo for the first time in select US and Canadian cities starting on May 22, requiring a special family account  —  Kids between 13 and 17 years old will soon be able to hail a ride in an Uber  —  Until now, teenagers weren’t supposed to ride alone in an Uber. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Greig / The Record: Symantec says the advanced persistent threat Lancefly used custom malware to attack Asian governments, telcos, and other organizations from mid-2022 to Q1 2023  —  A government-backed hacking group known as “Lancefly” has been seen using custom-made malware to attack governments, telecoms and other organizations across Asia. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Douglas MacMillan / Washington Post: Investigation: some US public housing agencies use surveillance cameras with facial recognition and other AI to evict residents, sometimes for minor violations  —  Surveillance cameras purchased with federal crime-fighting grants are being used to punish and evict public housing residents … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon announces new devices: the $40 Echo Pop with a semi-circle design, updated Echo Show 5 and 5 Kids Edition, $50 Echo Buds, expanded Echo Auto, and more  —  After last fall’s Amazon hardware event which brought us a handful of new Echo devices, like the Dot with the clock and other minor updates … Lees verder op Tech Meme