Tech Meme

Washington Post: South Korean and Indian filmmakers are hoping the Hollywood strikes will give them more bargaining power with US streaming services and a precedent to follow  —  SEOUL — When Netflix launched in South Korea in 2016, it was a breath of fresh air for filmmakers jaded by a local industry notorious for labor abuses and penny-pinching. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: during DC meetings on July 17, the CEOs of Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm warned Biden officials that export controls risk harming the US’ chip leadership  —  – Intel CEO said new US plants at risk if China market cut off  — Executives warn of harm to US leadership in chip industry Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katherine Alejandra Cross / Wired: Reddit and Bluesky are contrasting examples on how not to moderate, one centralizing in the worst way possible and the other decentralizing catastrophically  —  Moderating a site isn’t easy—just ask Elon.  But Bluesky and Reddit are contrasting examples of how not to do it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tate Ryan-Mosley / MIT Technology Review: A look at a proposed Massachusetts bill letting police use face recognition for image matching but not face surveillance, which could set the standard in the US  —  A Massachusetts bill restricting police use could set the standard for how the technology is regulated in America. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alastair Reed / Bloomberg: Norwegian robotics company AutoStore agrees to pay £200M to UK supermarket giant Ocado to settle a global dispute over warehouse patent infringements  —  As part of the agreement, the companies will withdraw their actions against each other, Autostore and Ocado said in separate statements on Saturday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Coinbase will fully close its bitcoin-backed loan program Borrow for retail customers and says loan holders have to pay outstanding dues by November 20, 2023  —  – Coinbase will fully sunset its Borrow program for retail customers, effective November 20.  —  Coinbase will shut … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: South Korean and Indian filmmakers are hoping the Hollywood strikes will give them more bargaining power with US streamers and a precedent to follow  —  SEOUL — When Netflix launched in South Korea in 2016, it was a breath of fresh air for filmmakers jaded by a local industry notorious for labor abuses and penny-pinching. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Goldberg / New York Times: A US AT&T call center worker details working with AI, which generates call transcripts and provides suggestions, and wonders if she is training her replacement  —  To many people, chatbots and other technology feel like a ticking time bomb, sure to explode their work.  But to some, the threat is already here. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Clark / Ars Technica: In six months, Amazon plans to begin production of Kuiper satellites in Washington, hoping to build and launch up to 80 satellites per month within a few years  —  Amazon unveils satellite facility in Florida, may switch prototype launch to Atlas V  —  Within a few years … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: during July 17 meetings with officials in DC, the CEOs of Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm warned that export controls risk harming US chip leadership  —  – Intel CEO said new US plants at risk if China market cut off  — Executives warn of harm to US leadership in chip industry Lees verder op Tech Meme