Tech Meme

Maxwell Strachan / VICE: Some VCs reflect on the industry slowdown; QED Investors co-founder Frank Rotman estimates that up to 80% of VC firms are in strategically challenged positions  —  The venture industry needs to shrink to adjust to the new normal, and even the VCs themselves know it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: Document: the FTC sends OpenAI a 20-page demand for records on the risks of its AI models and a March 2023 security incident over payment-related information  —  The agency’s demand for OpenAI’s documents about AI risks mark the company’s greatest U.S. regulatory threat to date Lees verder op Tech Meme

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple updates macOS Sonoma to bring iCloud Keychain passwords to non-Safari browsers for the first time, expanding on a Chrome extension  —  The macOS Sonoma update that is in testing allows Mac owners who opt to use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or another browser to use Apple’s Password Manager for filling passwords. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clive Cookson / Financial Times: UNESCO calls for regulation of AI-based neurotechnology; research shows private investments in Neuralink and others reached $7.3B in 2020, up ~20x since 2010  —  Manipulation of brain signals advancing so fast it threatens human rights, warns UN body  —  Neurotechnology is advancing so fast … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Commission-free investing platform Public.com launches in the UK, the Robinhood rival’s first expansion outside the US, letting investors trade 5K+ US stocks  —  Commission-free investing platform Public.com is launching in the UK, marking the Robinhood rival’s first expansion outside its American home market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in the UK, starting with Revolut and Tyl by NatWest as the first platforms, following the US, Australia, and Taiwan  —  Apple has announced the launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone in the United Kingdom, allowing independent sellers, small merchants … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: JD.com unveils ChatRhino LLM for enterprise use and plans to introduce the tool internally in ecommerce and other areas before expanding to clients in H1 2024  —  China’s second-largest e-commerce platform JD.com Inc. unveiled a large language model for enterprise use, joining domestic peers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

DigiTimes: Intel’s Habana launched its Gaudi 2 AI processor in China on July 11, to be used by Inspur and other Chinese cloud providers, despite US export controls  —  As the US seeks to tighten export controls on AI chips to China, Intel held a press conference in Beijing on the July 11 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: In June, the US State Department told Microsoft that its emails in Azure were hacked; attackers stole a Microsoft key and hacked ~25 organizations’ emails  —  The State Department discovered the Microsoft vulnerability, which affected unclassified government systems, last month Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: Google updates Bard with support for 43 more languages, including Arabic, and releases the chatbot in Europe and Brazil after adding new privacy features  —  Latest version to also include a privacy hub for all users  —  Google is betting a new version of its artificial-intelligence chatbot will say hallo … Lees verder op Tech Meme