Mia Sato / The Verge: TikTok plans to let more researchers at US-based nonprofit universities access “public, anonymized” data through its API, after testing in November 2022 — TikTok will let researchers at US-based nonprofit universities access public data, the company announced today … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Robert Barnes / Washington Post: A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Gonzalez v. Google, stemming from an Islamic State attack in Paris in 2015, and Twitter v. Taamneh on Wednesday — By Robert Barnes and Cat Zakrzewski — Updated just now — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matt Burgess / Wired: Building on ForcedEntry, Trellix researchers find now-fixed bugs in iOS and macOS, which focus on NSPredicate and could let attackers bypass Apple’s sandbox — Security researchers found a class of flaws that, if exploited, would allow an attacker to access people’s messages, photos, and call history. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Vishal Chawla / The Block: Microsoft partners with Web3 infrastructure company Ankr to offer blockchain node services on Azure’s marketplace, letting users deploy smart contracts and more — – Tech giant Microsoft has partnered with Ankr to offer a blockchain node service for enterprise clients. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Patrick McGee / Financial Times: A look at Apple’s smartphone dominance among Gen Z, who make up an estimated 34% of all US iPhone owners, as Samsung and Android struggle against iMessage — Younger Americans prefer an iPhone over Android by huge margins, creating unusual pressure over how they communicate Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica: Sony rolls out its GT Sophy AI to Gran Turismo 7, an experiment announced in February 2022, letting players race against Sophy in GT Sophy Race Together mode — GT Sophy beat the world’s best players in 2022; now you can race it yourself. — Last year, Sony AI and Polyphony Digital … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon’s stock decline over the past year has roiled its stock-heavy compensation plans, causing pay in 2023 to drop by 15%-50% below Amazon’s targets — Stock-heavy compensation plan means employees to receive 15% to 50% below projected pay targets Lees verder op Tech Meme
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: Meta plans to update its TOS for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users in the UK and will begin moving those users from its Irish subsidiary to US agreements — Meta Platforms Inc. will begin moving its UK users away from the company’s Irish subsidiary and onto US agreements in a move the social-media giant flagged post-Brexit. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Steven Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: Linus Torvalds releases Linux 6.2, the first mainstream Linux kernel to support Apple’s M1 chips, which is expected to become Ubuntu 23.04’s default kernel — Linux 6.2 was released yesterday, and Linus Torvalds described the latest Linux kernel release as, “Maybe it’s not a sexy LTS release … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: Ride-hailing service inDrive, whose gross revenue increased 88% in 2022, raised $150M in debt that links repayment to its performance from General Catalyst — InDrive, the second-most downloaded ride-hailing app in the world, raised $150 million using an unusual debt instrument that links repayment to the company’s performance. Lees verder op Tech Meme