Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: The EU opens an investigation into X over hosting disinformation tied to Hamas’ Israel attack; X could be fined up to 5% of its daily global turnover  —  Investigation is the first under the bloc’s Digital Services Act and comes after letter to Musk raising concerns Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Google says it will defend users of generative AI services in Workspace and Cloud from copyright claims; Microsoft, Adobe, and others made similar pledges  —  Google said on Thursday that it will defend users of generative artificial-intelligence systems in its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: Caltech settles a patent lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom, after suing them in 2016 for allegedly infringing its Wi-Fi patents  —  The California Institute of Technology has reached an agreement to end a patent lawsuit against Apple (AAPL.O) and Broadcom (AVGO.O) over Wi-Fi chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: Filing: Sam Altman is the largest investor in Humane, which plans to unveil its AI Pin in November, with a 14.93% equity; Humane’s two co-founders own 13% each  —  Sam Altman is Humane’s biggest shareholder  —  Secretive AI hardware startup Humane is getting ready to officially unveil … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Over 220 VC firms, including Bain, Bessemer, and GGV, sign a statement supporting Israel and call for the investor community to support Israel’s tech ecosystem  —  The open letter published on Thursday is the latest effort by startup investors to provide support for the state of Israel and its tech community, with 221 firms signed on. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: CCData: Coinbase’s spot trading volume fell 52% YoY to $76B in Q3 2023, likely the lowest quarterly volume since Coinbase’s Nasdaq direct listing in April 2021  —  – Transaction revenue accounts for about half of total revenue  — Quarterly spot trading volume fell to $76 billion, CCData says Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amir Efrati / The Information: Sources: Sam Altman told staff that OpenAI is generating revenue at a $1.3B/year pace, implying the company now generates $100M+/month, up 30% in three months  —  ChatGPT maker OpenAI is generating revenue at a pace of $1.3 billion a year, CEO Sam Altman told staff this week, according to several people with knowledge of the matter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Monica Chin / The Verge: Surface Laptop Go 3 review: light, compact, and a premium design, but a low-resolution screen, the keyboard isn’t backlit, few ports, and too expensive at $800+  —  The Go 3 is a nice-looking and well-built device, but the $999 price makes no sense. … The chassis looks identical … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: EU launched a probe into X over hosting misinformation in the wake of Hamas’ attack on Israel; X could be fined up to 5% of its daily global turnover  —  Investigation is the first under the bloc’s Digital Services Act and comes after letter to Musk raising concerns Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Threads rolls out voice posts and a free edit button; users can edit a post within five minutes of sending it, and Threads doesn’t show an edit history  —  Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is now rolling out one of its most-requested features – an edit button. Lees verder op Tech Meme