Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola review: great build quality with IP68 rating and useful PC integration features but a lackluster camera and finicky app streaming  —  The ThinkPhone is a successful collaboration nine years in the making and a step in the right direction for Motorola. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: Uber reports Q1 revenue up 29% YoY to $8.82B, gross bookings up 19% YoY to $31.4B, adjusted EBITDA up 353% YoY to $761M, and a $157M net loss; UBER jumps 9%+  —  Ride-hailing leader predicts continuing growth for current quarter  —  Continued demand for Uber Technologies ‘ ride-share … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Medha Singh / Reuters: Online study company Chegg suspends full-year outlook, saying ChatGPT’s rising popularity is pressuring subscriber growth; CHGG drops ~50% and is down ~64% YTD  —  What’s the cost of students using ChatGPT for homework?  For U.S. education services provider Chegg Inc (CHGG.N), it could be nearly $1 billion in market valuation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jen Wieczner / New York Magazine: Crypto advocates say recent written and unwritten polices by financial regulators are making it unfeasible or impossible for crypto firms to operate in the US  —  The industry sure thinks so — even as the White House denies it.  —  The crypto company was essentially reverse-engineered for Washington, D.C.’s stamp of approval. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: Seattle-based compsci education nonprofit Code.org announces TeachAI, helping guide teaching on AI by convening leaders from Amazon, OpenAI, Microsoft, and more  —  Seattle-based computer science education nonprofit Code.org is helping to launch TeachAI, a new effort aimed at guiding governments … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: A profile of and interview with deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who shares why he now thinks neural networks represent a “better form of intelligence”  —  “I have suddenly switched my views on whether these things are going to be more intelligent than us.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Holmes / The Information: Sources: Microsoft plans to sell a ChatGPT version on a dedicated server in Q2, separating data from that of other customers and costing up to 10x more  —  Not everyone trusts OpenAI’s ChatGPT.  —  While the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot has proved popular with some businesses looking … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Apple and Google submit an industry specification proposal to address unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies  —  – Apple and Google said that they are working together to prevent lost item trackers like Apple’s AirTag from being used to track people without their permission. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frank Chaparro / The Block: Coinbase launches International Exchange, planning to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda, as the company tussles with US regulators  —  – Coinbase plans to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda through a new platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: CCDH: despite Google’s promise to demonetize climate denial content in 2021, researchers find 100 YouTube videos with 18M+ views that feature ads for big brands  —  Google said in 2021 that it would stop running ads alongside videos and other content that denied the existence and causes of climate change. Lees verder op Tech Meme