Tech Meme

Joseph Cox / VICE: Meta stands by its release strategy after LLaMA, an LLM the company gave to approved organizations and researchers, was apparently leaked as a torrent on 4chan  —  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

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

Vish Gain / Silicon Republic: A report by Ireland’s DPC: 17 large inquiries concluded in 2022, resulting in €1B+ fines; 10K+ cases concluded in 2022, including 246 cross-border complaints  —  Helen Dixon said the DPC issued two-thirds of fines issued across Europe last year on foot of ‘detailed and comprehensive investigations’. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Overhaul, which uses AI to help secure physical supply chains for freight companies, raised a $38M Series A 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 with visibility into each step … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Internal FBI and Pentagon documents detail early research to improve AI to aid with 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 that could be used for mass surveillance Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vish Gain / Silicon Republic: A report by Ireland’s DPC: 17 large inquiries concluded in 2022, resulting in €1B+ fines; 10K+ cases concluded in 2022, including 246 cross-border complaints  —  Helen Dixon said the DPC issued two-thirds of fines issued across Europe last year on foot of ‘detailed and comprehensive investigations’. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Marino / The Verge: Q&A with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence and producer Giles Martin on the new Era 300 and 100 speakers, spatial audio, Atmos, sustainability, 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

Todd Spangler / Variety: TikTok launches Series, letting select creators sell Collections of content of up to 80 videos, each up to 20 minutes; creators initially get 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