Tech Meme

Takashi Kawakami / Nikkei Asia: A look at Chinese streaming service Mango TV, run by state-owned Hunan Broadcasting System; QuestMobile: Mango TV had 280M MAUs in April 2023, vs. ~100M in 2019  —  ‘Ride the Wind,’ other homegrown programs draw 280m users to streaming app  —  The latest season of the “Ride the Wind” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Weber / Wall Street Journal: NYC’s law on AI use in hiring takes effect, requiring software audits, disclosure of impact on a race or gender, and fines of up to $1.5K per violation per day  —  A closely watched effort to root out potential bias in hiring and promotion software goes into effect Wednesday Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: Spotify no longer lets subscribers still paying via the App Store use IAP as a payment method; new subscribers were barred from using Apple’s IAP in May 2016  —  Spotify hasn’t let new Premium subscribers pay for service using in-app purchases via Apple’s App Store since May 2016 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Zuckerberg / @zuck@threads.net: Just passed 5 million sign ups in the first four hours… Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Zuckerberg / @zuck@threads.net: Threads just passed 2 million sign ups in the first two hours. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung announces its next Galaxy Unpacked event for July 26 in Seoul at 7am ET, where the Galaxy Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, Watch 6, and new tablets are expected  —  Samsung has announced it’s hosting its next Unpacked on July 26th at 7AM ET — bright and early for the east coast … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg says Threads passed 10M signups within seven hours of launch, up from 5M within four hours and 2M in two hours  —  Update July 6, 11:45 AM IST: Zuckerberg noted that Threads crossed the milestone of 10 million signups within seven hours of launch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: The US military is running an eight-week exercise of five LLMs trained on classified info to test AI-enabled data for decision-making, sensors, and firepower  —  Matthew Strohmeyer is sounding a little giddy.  The US Air Force colonel has been running data-based exercises inside the US Defense Department for years. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Randy Thanthong-Knight / Bloomberg: Canada’s government suspends its ads on Facebook and Instagram in response to Meta’s move to drop news; Canada spent CA$11.4M on the platforms in FY 2021-22  —  The Canadian government is suspending its advertisements on Facebook and Instagram in response to Meta Platforms Inc.’s plan … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Weber / Wall Street Journal: NYC law on AI use in hiring goes into effect; the law requires software audits, disclosure of impact on a race or gender, and fines of up to $1.5K/violation/day  —  A closely watched effort to root out potential bias in hiring and promotion software goes into effect Wednesday Lees verder op Tech Meme