Tech Meme

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Ford launches Latitude AI, a subsidiary run by former Argo AI employees, to focus initially on commercializing a hands-free, eyes-off driver assistance system  —  Ford has launched a wholly owned subsidiary — staffed by hundreds of former employees of Argo AI — that will initially focus … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: Coinbase, Circle, Paxos, Crypto.com, Bitstamp, Cboe, and Gemini suspend business operations with Silvergate, which reported being “less than well-capitalized”  —  Silvergate’s clients Coinbase, Circle, Paxos, Crypto.com, Bitstamp, Cboe Digital Markets and Gemini said they will suspend business with the bank. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft updates its Bing chatbot to let users toggle between creative, balanced, and precise tones for its responses, hoping to counter Bing’s wild outbursts  —  Microsoft has added a new feature to its Bing chatbot that lets you toggle between different tones for responses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CyberScoop: The Biden administration issues a national cybersecurity strategy, seeking to impose minimum standards, shift responsibility to larger software makers, and more  —  The strategy represents a shift in how Washington approaches cybersecurity, veering toward a more strictly regulated approach. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Z. Morris / CoinDesk: After a report said Binance misplaced $1.78B in USDC, Binance offered confused and sometimes contradictory responses, continuing its petulant and defensive tone  —  The FUD is coming from inside the building, says David Z. Morris, CoinDesk’s chief insights columnist. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Gruber / Daring Fireball: After Twitter banned third-party clients, Tapbots and The Iconfactory update Tweetbot and Twitterrific to ask subscribers to consider declining prorated refunds  —  Long story short: If you’re a subscriber to either Tweetbot or Twitterrific, you can help them out with three simple steps: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elizabeth Weil / New York Magazine: A profile of Emily M. Bender, a University of Washington computational linguist who co-wrote a paper published in 2020 to illustrate what LLMs can and cannot do  —  Nobody likes an I-told-you-so.  But before Microsoft’s Bing started cranking out creepy love letters; before Meta’s Galactica … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Tozzi / Bloomberg: Teladoc Health, which runs BetterHelp, settles with the FTC for $7.8M and agrees to stop sharing data with Meta, Snap, and other companies for ad purposes  —  Teladoc Health Inc.’s online mental health unit will be banned from sharing information with Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: EU regulators are likely to approve Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, satisfied by the company’s Nintendo and Nvidia licensing deals  —  EU antitrust regulators are not expected to demand that Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) sell assets to win approval for its $69 billion acquisition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: London-based CRM service Attio raised a $23.5M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures, bringing its total funding to $31.2M, and crossed $1M ARR in December 2022  —  While a partner at a VC firm, Nicolas Sharp took on the project of finding customer relationship management (CRM) software for the firm. Lees verder op Tech Meme