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

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Austin-based Overhaul, which uses AI to secure supply chains for freight companies, raised a $38M Series B extension led by Edison Partners and $35M in debt  —  Businesses dependent on the physical supply chain face a number of potential roadblocks.  Customers expect fast deliveries … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Documents detail FBI and Pentagon officials working with researchers to refine AI for identifying or tracking Americans, later folded into the Horus search tool  —  Internal documents released in response to a lawsuit show the government was deeply involved in pushing for face-scanning technology … 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

Clare Duffy / CNN: Meta tests returning messaging capabilities to the Facebook app, years after moving them to Messenger, hoping to “differentiate” the services from TikTok  —  New York CNN —  —  Nearly a decade after Facebook angered some users by splitting off messaging features … 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

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Sources: the upcoming 15 and 13 MacBook Airs, as well as a refreshed 13 MacBook Pro, will feature the new M3 chip, which will have 8 cores like 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