Tech Meme

David Ingram / NBC News: TikTok permanently removes accounts associated with the parent organizations of Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik, citing “covert influence operations”  —  Social media rivals Meta and YouTube have announced similar suspensions of Russian state media accounts this month. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cade Metz / New York Times: Harmonic, a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev that aims to build AI better at math than humans, raised a $75M Series A at a $325M valuation  —  Chatbots like ChatGPT get stuff wrong.  But researchers are building new A.I. systems that can verify their own math — and maybe more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: California Governor Gavin Newsom signs the Phone-Free Schools Act, which will require schools to restrict cellphone use during school hours by July 1, 2026  —  Calls for crackdowns have mounted with reports of cyberbullying and studies indicating that smartphones are harmful to children’s mental health. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: Apple says Apple Intelligence will require 4GB of storage on compatible iPhones, and the storage requirement “will increase as more features roll out”  —  Apple Intelligence is releasing soon as part of iOS 18.1.  When it does, you may need to free up some additional storage on your iPhone. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katie Paul / Reuters: Source: Meta plans to launch the voices of Judi Dench, Kristen Bell, John Cena, Awkwafina, and Keegan-Michael Key for its Meta AI chatbot at Connect this week  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) is planning to announce this week that it has secured deals with actors including Judi Dench … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The US Commerce Dept. proposes banning Chinese and Russian internet connected car software and hardware in US; the software ban would start with 2027 model cars  —  Move prompted by fears Beijing could collect data on American drivers and hack internet-connected cars Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: Kaspersky researchers find a new Necro malware version in Google Play apps with 11M+ total downloads; in 2019, Necro was found in Play apps with 100M+ downloads  —  The Necro trojan was found in two Android applications in Google Play with a combined downloads count of over 11 million. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Knibbs / Wired: Cloudflare rolls out Bot Management, a suite of free AI auditing tools meant to help monitor and selectively block AI data-scraping bots, to all its customers  —  “The path we’re on isn’t sustainable,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince tells WIRED, in reference to rampant AI scraping. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tony Romm / Washington Post: Analysis: major crypto companies, executives, and investors have spent $38M+ recently to help Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno’s campaign for the US Senate  —  The industry has spent over $38 million on ads touting Bernie Moreno, the GOP candidate, as it looks to send new allies to Washington in 2024 Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Source: Anthropic has started talking to investors about a future capital raise, floating a $30B-40B valuation, around double its valuation from earlier in 2024  —  Anthropic, OpenAI’s largest startup competitor, has started talking to investors about raising capital in a deal that could value … Lees verder op Tech Meme