Tech Meme

Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will testify to Congress for the first time on May 16 over AI safeguards alongside IBM VP Christina Montgomery and professor Gary Marcus  —  Sam Altman, the OpenAI chief, will appear for the first time as AI scrutiny soars in Washington Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on the revamped Rooms feature, flexible work, making principle decisions, the future of AI, inspiration from Apple, and more  —  Airbnb is revamping its Rooms feature while eyeing AI and betting on work from anywhere.  —  Brian Chesky, the co-founder … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to $5.8B, beating estimates, a $106.8M operating profit, and active customers up 5% to 19M  —  Coupang Inc., the South Korean e-commerce giant backed by SoftBank Group Corp., reported better-than-expected revenue growth … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google posts an unlisted video ad featuring high-res images of the Pixel Fold, expected to be announced at I/O, showing the hinge, a darker color, and more  —  Ahead of the announcement at I/O 2023 tomorrow, Google has released an ad that features NBA stars with the Pixel Fold. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Laine Nooney / VICE: A look at Locksmith, which let Apple II users make duplications of floppy disks, kickstarting one of the earliest copy protection battles of the PC era  —  A computer historian tells the story of one of the earliest copy protection battles of the personal computer era. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Molly White: A critique of a16z’s State of Crypto 2023 report, which seems to be an exercise in propaganda with the sole goal of bolstering the VC firm’s bottom line  —  Venture capital firm and crypto pusher Andreessen Horowitz wants you to keep buying crypto, and is not above publishing blatant falsehoods to convince you to do so. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Jump Crypto and Jane Street are pulling back from US crypto trading over regulatory uncertainty; Jump is expanding globally while Jane scales back  —  Jane Street Group and Jump Crypto — two of the world’s top market-making firms — are pulling back from trading digital assets … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Uber launches flight bookings on its UK app in partnership with travel booking company Hopper as part of its efforts to become a travel “super app”  —  Ride-booking giant expands offering after rolling out train, coach and Eurostar ticket tool  —  Uber has launched flight bookings … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: The American Psychological Association issues an advisory on social media use by adolescents, saying social networks are “not inherently beneficial or harmful”  —  One of the most prominent mental health organizations in the U.S. is out with a set guidelines designed to protect children … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: An interview with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on the revamped Rooms feature, flexible work arrangements, the future of AI, inspiration from Apple, and more  —  Airbnb is revamping its Rooms feature while eyeing AI and betting on work from anywhere.  —  Brian Chesky, the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, was previously on the show in 2021. Lees verder op Tech Meme