Tech Meme

Taylor Lorenz / Rolling Stone: Extremely Online book excerpt: how Julia Allison invented the concept of a content creator in the mid-2000s, for which journalists and others villainized her  —  In her book ‘Extremely Online,’ journalist Taylor Lorenz details how Julia Allison invented the concept of being a content creator a decade before it caught on Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg: Child content creators, or “kidfluencers”, some of whom make $20M+/year, show that protecting kids from labor exploitation is difficult in the social media age  —  Protecting children from labor exploitation is difficult in the age of social media. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: Top10VPN: the government’s internet shutdowns in India between 2019 and 2022 cost $4.8B+ in economic activity and affected more than 120M people in 2022  —  Online sellers and ride-hailing drivers count the cost as authorities cut off the internet more than in any other country Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Wayve unveils Lingo-1 self-driving car system that the company claims can explain its actions with ~60% accuracy compared to human answers; availability TBD  —  Company says use of AI gives vehicle owners more confidence in the technology but accepts model needs ‘more training’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mariana Lenharo / Nature: Researchers develop RETFound, an AI tool capable of predicting the risk of ocular diseases, heart failure, Parkinson’s disease, and more based on retinal images  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A memo by a lawyer for the ~2,000 former Twitter employees laid off after Musk took over says X has agreed to enter settlement talks set for Dec. 1 and Dec. 2  —  – X Corp. agreed to meet with employees’ lawyers, per memo  — About 2,000 ex-Twitter employees sued for backpay, bonuses Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Tallinn-based digital forensics and incident response tools provider Binalyze raised a $19M Series A led by Molten Ventures, taking its total funding to ~$30M  —  Binalyze, a London-based cybersecurity firm, raises $19 million in Series A funding to expand its digital forensics and incident response solutions in the market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

William Turton / Bloomberg: Sources: Caesars Entertainment paid tens of millions of dollars to hackers who breached the company’s systems in recent weeks and threatened to release the data  —  – Hackers stole data, extorted company, people familiar said  — Caesars breach came in weeks before MGM announced cyberattack Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: The US Senate’s AI Insight Forum: Elon Musk warned of AI risks, Mark Zuckerberg defended open source, all guests agreed the US needs to regulate AI, and more  —  Tech leaders debate perils and possibilities of artificial intelligence at closed-door Senate session Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok expands its revamped creator fund Creativity Program Beta beyond the US to eligible creators in Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the UK  —  TikTok is expanding its revamped creator fund, called the “Creativity Program Beta,” beyond the United States. Lees verder op Tech Meme