Tech Meme

Anto Antony / Bloomberg: Sources: Byju’s is in advanced talks with new shareholders to raise $1B, seeking to stave off attempts by investors to reduce founder Byju Raveendran’s control  —  Byju’s is in advanced talks with prospective new shareholders for a $1 billion fundraising round, seeking to stave off attempts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: Meta launches parental controls for Messenger in the US, the UK, and Canada, letting parents view their child’s contacts and activity but not message contents  —  Meta is rolling out more child-safety features as government scrutiny heats up  —  Amid growing pressure from state … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: TikTok plans to close TikTok Now, its BeReal clone announced in September 2022, without giving a reason; usage estimates suggest BeReal’s popularity has faded  —  TikTok is killing off its BeReal clone TikTok Now, according to notifications being sent to users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Knight / Wired: A look at Amazon’s army of smaller AI-powered warehouse robots, including Proteus, which carries suitcase-sized bins of packages and works alongside humans  —  A wave of advanced machines is coming to the company’s facilities thanks to better AI and robots smart enough to work with—and without—humans. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Holmes / The Information: Sources: Sam Altman told developers in London about plans to create a “supersmart personal assistant for work”; the move could put OpenAI at odds with Microsoft  —  In the span of half a year, ChatGPT has become one of the world’s best-known internet brands. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta says WhatsApp Business crossed 200M MAUs, up from 50M in 2020, adds a tool to let users create “click-to-WhatsApp” ads without a Facebook account, and more  —  Meta announced today that WhatsApp Business, its app designed specifically for small businesses … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Lohr / New York Times: Some doctors say that their current best use for generative AI is to ease the heavy burden of documentation, which takes hours a day and contributes to burnout  —  The best use for generative A.I. in health care, doctors say, is to ease the heavy burden of documentation that takes them hours a day and contributes to burnout. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: A Pixel Fold reviewer says the device’s flexible OLED screen died after four days of light use, starting at the bottom and moving upwards, likely due to debris  —  The closed display halves almost touch, and that can smash debris into the screen.  —  A flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says the service plans to add Stories in early July; the company was against adding Stories due to their ubiquity but listened to users  —  Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced today that the messaging app is adding Stories in early July. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: In a complaint to the EU general court, German online retailer Zalando argues the company has been unfairly labelled as “very large”, the DSA’s first legal test  —  German online retailer Zalando alleges it is being unfairly targeted by the Digital Services Act Lees verder op Tech Meme