Clare Duffy / CNN: Meta tests returning messaging features to the Facebook app, nearly a decade after moving them to Messenger, hoping to “differentiate” Facebook from TikTok — New York CNN — — Nearly a decade after Facebook angered some users by splitting off messaging features … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: Biden FCC nominee Gigi Sohn tells the White House she is dropping out, after her nomination stalled for 16 months amid industry opposition and personal attacks — Gigi Sohn notified the White House she would drop out after her nomination stalled for 16 months, amid industry opposition Lees verder op Tech Meme
Joseph Cox / VICE: Meta stands by its AI release strategy after LLaMA, an LLM the company gave to approved organizations and researchers, was leaked as a torrent by a 4chan user — The leaked language model was posted to 4chan. The model was previously only given to approved researchers, government organizations, and members of civil society. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Sources: Apple’s upcoming 15-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro will feature an 8-core M3 chip, the same core count as the M1 and M2 — We’ve been hearing rumors about a new MacBook Air for a while, but some details about it remain unclear. 9to5Mac has now heard … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andrew Marino / The Verge: Q&A with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence and producer Giles Martin on the Era 100 and 300 speakers, spatial audio, Atmos, sustainability, the Google lawsuit, and more — They join The Vergecast to discuss Sonos’ new Era 300 and 100 speakers, the ins and outs of spatial audio, and why this is the time to get behind it. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jordan Novet / CNBC: Salesforce announces Einstein GPT, bringing OpenAI-based generative AI tools to Customer 360, Tableau, MuleSoft, and Slack using data from its Data Cloud — – Salesforce clients will be able to exchange Slack messages with a ChatGPT chatbot that can show data from Salesforce. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Todd Spangler / Variety: TikTok launches Series, letting select creators sell Collections of up to 80 paywalled videos, each up to 20 minutes; creators initially keep 100% of earnings — TikTok is opening up a new monetization spigot for creators on the popular short-form video app. Lees verder op Tech Meme
David Pierce / The Verge: All TV streaming boxes suck in 2023, as the ever-cheaper, ad-supported commodity items fail to improve on smart TVs, most of which are slow and riddled with ads — There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. … Streaming boxes had so much potential. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram helped Indian cow-protection influencer Monu Manesar, wanted for ties to two murders, despite violent and Islamophobic posts — Killings prompt scrutiny of companies’ handling of influencer whose accounts thrived years with violent and anti-Muslim posts Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jon Fingas / Engadget: Twitch updates adult nudity policy to ban synthetic non-consensual exploitative images, after a streamer accidentally revealed paying for deepfakes of streamers — Twitch already forbids explicit deepfake images and videos, but it’s taking a tougher position against them today. Lees verder op Tech Meme