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Google plans to shut down Currents, G Suite's Google+ replacement launched in 2019, on August 8 so users won't have to work in a “separate, siloed destination” (Mitchell Clark/The Verge) 13-04-2023

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Google plans to shut down Currents, G Suite’s Google+ replacement launched in 2019, on August 8 so users won’t have to work in a “separate, siloed destination”  —  / It’ll wind down starting in 2023 and be replaced with Spaces … Google has announced that it’ll shut down Currents … Lees verder op Tech Meme

European Data Protection Board sets up a ChatGPT task force, an important first step toward a common EU policy on setting privacy rules for AI (Toby Sterling/Reuters) 13-04-2023

Toby Sterling / Reuters: European Data Protection Board sets up a ChatGPT task force, an important first step toward a common EU policy on setting privacy rules for AI  —  The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on Thursday moved to create a task force on ChatGPT, the agency said in a statement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: SFPD arrested tech executive Nima Momeni for Bob Lee's killing; Momeni and Lee purportedly knew each other and were driving together before the killing (Joe Eskenazi/Mission Local) 13-04-2023

Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local: Sources: SFPD arrested tech executive Nima Momeni for Bob Lee’s killing; Momeni and Lee purportedly knew each other and were driving together before the killing  —  Mission Local is informed that the San Francisco Police Department early this morning made an arrest in the April 4 killing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adobe rolls out support for images and PDF in Frame.io and plans to add text-based editing in Premiere Pro in May 2023 (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) 13-04-2023

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Adobe rolls out support for images and PDF in Frame.io and plans to add text-based editing in Premiere Pro in May 2023  —  Adobe has announced several product updates ahead of the 2023 NAB Show, including the addition of text-based video editing features to Premier Pro and the expansion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ethereum successfully completes its Shanghai, or Shapella, update, letting users withdraw staked ether; around 1.2M ETH are expected to be withdrawn in a week (Bloomberg) 13-04-2023

Bloomberg: Ethereum successfully completes its Shanghai, or Shapella, update, letting users withdraw staked ether; around 1.2M ETH are expected to be withdrawn in a week  —  The Ethereum blockchain, the most important commercial highway in the digital-asset sector, successfully implemented a widely anticipated software upgrade. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filing: Amazon paid Andy Jassy $1.3M in 2022, after awarding him a $200M+ stock grant in 2021; Jassy talks efficiency, ads, LLMs, and more in his annual letter (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter) 13-04-2023

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Filing: Amazon paid Andy Jassy $1.3M in 2022, after awarding him a $200M+ stock grant in 2021; Jassy talks efficiency, ads, LLMs, and more in his annual letter  —  Jassy had earned $212 million in 2021.  —  Amazon CEO Andy Jassy saw his 2022 compensation crater in 2022 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy defends cutting 400 employees, saying the move was vital to keep the service viable, and plans to meet with creators to allay their fears (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg) 13-04-2023

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Twitch CEO Dan Clancy defends cutting 400 employees, saying the move was vital to keep the service viable, and plans to meet with creators to allay their fears  —  Dan Clancy, Twitch’s new chief executive officer, has led projects at NASA and Google, and once wanted to look for life on Mars. Lees verder op Tech Meme

AWS begins offering customers access to LLMs by Anthropic, Stability AI, AI21 Labs, and AWS, aiming to become a neutral platform for generative AI features (Tom Dotan/Wall Street Journal) 13-04-2023

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: AWS begins offering customers access to LLMs by Anthropic, Stability AI, AI21 Labs, and AWS, aiming to become a neutral platform for generative AI features  —  The world’s largest cloud provider wants to become the Switzerland of generative AI and let companies pick their own software and models Lees verder op Tech Meme

Discord says it is cooperating with US law enforcement's investigation into the classified material breach (Raphael Satter/Reuters) 13-04-2023

Raphael Satter / Reuters: Discord says it is cooperating with US law enforcement’s investigation into the classified material breach  —  Instant messaging platform Discord said on Wednesday it was cooperating with U.S. law enforcement’s investigation into a leak of secret U.S. documents that has grabbed attention around the world. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam (Facundo Iglesia/Rest of World) 13-04-2023

Facundo Iglesia / Rest of World: A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam  —  Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a cryptocurrency backed by gold. Lees verder op Tech Meme