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Microsoft plans to deprecate WordPad, automatically included with Windows since 1995, via a future Windows update, as the app is no longer under development (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer) 02-09-2023

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft plans to deprecate WordPad, automatically included with Windows since 1995, via a future Windows update, as the app is no longer under development  —  Microsoft announced today that it will deprecate WordPad with a future Windows update as it’s no longer under active development … Lees verder op Tech Meme

How startups offering AI-powered cameras, tree-mounted sensors, water-dumping drones, satellite data, and more are helping prevent, detect, and fight wildfires (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal) 04-09-2023

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How startups offering AI-powered cameras, tree-mounted sensors, water-dumping drones, satellite data, and more are helping prevent, detect, and fight wildfires  —  We can already detect fires from space, soon after they start.  Here’s why we don’t yet have a nationwide system for alerting us when they do—but could someday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

After ADL's CEO noted talking to X CEO Yaccarino last week, anti-Semitic X posts surged and #BanTheADL trended as Elon Musk replied to and liked far-right posts (Matt Binder/Mashable) 04-09-2023

Matt Binder / Mashable: After ADL’s CEO noted talking to X CEO Yaccarino last week, anti-Semitic X posts surged and #BanTheADL trended as Elon Musk replied to and liked far-right posts  —  Anti-Semitic rhetoric has been especially rampant on the platform over the past 24 hours.  —  Over the past 24 hours … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at the endless battle being waged by a group of internet sleuths, trans engineers, and activists to banish stalking forum Kiwi Farms from the internet (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post) 03-09-2023

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: A look at the endless battle being waged by a group of internet sleuths, trans engineers, and activists to banish stalking forum Kiwi Farms from the internet  —  The anonymous forum, known as Kiwi Farms, keeps popping back online despite a relentless campaign by transgender activists and a former insider Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at the iPhone's upcoming Lightning to USB-C transition; sources say the revamped iPad Pro's Magic Keyboard coming in 2024 will have an aluminum top case (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) 03-09-2023

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at the iPhone’s upcoming Lightning to USB-C transition; sources say the revamped iPad Pro’s Magic Keyboard coming in 2024 will have an aluminum top case  —  Also: The company confirms the date of its Sept. 12 iPhone 15 event and aims to overhaul device production with 3D printers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The San Francisco Fire Department says two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a patient who later died at a hospital; Cruise denies any fault (Yiwen Lu/New York Times) 03-09-2023

Yiwen Lu / New York Times: The San Francisco Fire Department says two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a patient who later died at a hospital; Cruise denies any fault  —  Two Cruise taxis delayed an ambulance carrying a car accident victim to a hospital, a department report said.  The company said it was not at fault. Lees verder op Tech Meme

EU study: social media companies have failed to stop pro-Russian disinformation since 2022 and the “reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts” grew in 2023 (James Clayton/BBC) 03-09-2023

James Clayton / BBC: EU study: social media companies have failed to stop pro-Russian disinformation since 2022 and the “reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts” grew in 2023  —  Social media companies have failed to stop “large-scale” Russian disinformation campaigns since the invasion of Ukraine, the EU has said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

X updated its privacy policy to let the company use collected data to train AI models; Elon Musk says X may use “just public data, not DMs or anything private” (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 03-09-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: X updated its privacy policy to let the company use collected data to train AI models; Elon Musk says X may use “just public data, not DMs or anything private”  —  X’s recently updated privacy policy informed its users it would now collect biometric data as well as users’ job … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foxconn founder Terry Gou resigns as a company board member due to “personal reasons”, less than a week after announcing his bid to be Taiwan's next president (Reuters) 03-09-2023

Reuters: Foxconn founder Terry Gou resigns as a company board member due to “personal reasons”, less than a week after announcing his bid to be Taiwan’s next president  —  Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple (AAPL.O) supplier Foxconn (2317.TW), resigned as a company board member … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Senior YouTube staff express concerns that Shorts is drawing audiences away from longer-form videos, which produce more revenue but are “dying out” as a format (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) 03-09-2023

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Senior YouTube staff express concerns that Shorts is drawing audiences away from longer-form videos, which produce more revenue but are “dying out” as a format  —  Concerns raised that TikTok rival is drawing audiences away from the platform’s longer-form videos Lees verder op Tech Meme