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A UK law mandates new properties in England must be built with gigabit broadband connections; DCMS says gigabit connections are available in 72%+ of households (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) 10-01-2023

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: A UK law mandates new properties in England must be built with gigabit broadband connections; DCMS says gigabit connections are available in 72%+ of households  —  My years-long battle to get gigabit internet installed may soon be over, thanks to new rules introduced by the UK government … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta contractor Sama plans to close its east African content moderation hub in March, cutting ~200 staff; Meta will employ 1,500 Sama staff for data labelling (Financial Times) 10-01-2023

Financial Times: Meta contractor Sama plans to close its east African content moderation hub in March, cutting ~200 staff; Meta will employ 1,500 Sama staff for data labelling  —  Staff at Nairobi office were moderating graphic and harmful material  —  Meta’s east African content moderation hub is shutting … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Coinbase plans to lay off a further ~950 employees, or ~20% of its workforce, seeking to reduce its operating expense by 25% QoQ; Coinbase laid off 18% in June (Kate Rooney/CNBC) 10-01-2023

Kate Rooney / CNBC: Coinbase plans to lay off a further ~950 employees, or ~20% of its workforce, seeking to reduce its operating expense by 25% QoQ; Coinbase laid off 18% in June  —  – Coinbase is cutting a fifth of its workforce following an 18% staff reduction in June.  — CEO Brian Armstrong pointed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

VaynerMedia: in 2022, buying 1K video ad impressions on TikTok cost around 50% less than Instagram's Reels, ~33% less than Twitter, and 62% less than Snapchat (Financial Times) 10-01-2023

Financial Times: VaynerMedia: in 2022, buying 1K video ad impressions on TikTok cost around 50% less than Instagram’s Reels, ~33% less than Twitter, and 62% less than Snapchat  —  Advertisers and brands say an increasing amount of digital ads spend is moving away from Meta, YouTube and Twitter Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google releases the Extension SDK for developers to bring new features, like the new Photo Picker API that launched with Android 13, to older Android versions (Adam Conway/XDA Developers) 10-01-2023

Adam Conway / XDA Developers: Google releases the Extension SDK for developers to bring new features, like the new Photo Picker API that launched with Android 13, to older Android versions  —  The Extensions SDK is what makes features like Photo Picker possible on older Android versions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

TSMC reports Q4 revenue up 43% YoY to ~$20.6B, below ~$20.8B analyst estimates, its first miss in two years; TSMC stock dropped 27% in 2022 but is up 8% in 2023 (Debby Wu/Bloomberg) 10-01-2023

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: TSMC reports Q4 revenue up 43% YoY to ~$20.6B, below ~$20.8B analyst estimates, its first miss in two years; TSMC stock dropped 27% in 2022 but is up 8% in 2023  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s fourth-quarter sales missed analysts’ estimates, signaling the global decline … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A New York University study finds Russian troll Twitter accounts had a minimal impact on 2016 US election voters; 1% of users accounted for 70% of the exposure (Washington Post) 10-01-2023

Washington Post: A New York University study finds Russian troll Twitter accounts had a minimal impact on 2016 US election voters; 1% of users accounted for 70% of the exposure  —  Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202!  I caught up on some time hanging out with friends this past weekend.  Friends are cool. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh, who has not been accused of wrongdoing, met with US federal prosecutors last week to seek a cooperation deal (Bloomberg) 10-01-2023

Bloomberg: Sources: former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh, who has not been accused of wrongdoing, met with US federal prosecutors last week to seek a cooperation deal  —  Former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh met with federal prosecutors in a bid to become the third member of Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The FAA proposes a February 1, 2024 deadline for airlines to replace or retrofit altimeters that can't filter out 5G signals, preventing full C-Band deployment (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica) 10-01-2023

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: The FAA proposes a February 1, 2024 deadline for airlines to replace or retrofit altimeters that can’t filter out 5G signals, preventing full C-Band deployment  —  About 1,000 planes have altimeters listening to signals in the wrong frequencies.  —  The Federal Aviation Administration … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New Jersey and Ohio ban TikTok on government-owned and managed devices; New Jersey's governor plans to ban products from 12+ vendors including Huawei and ZTE (David Shepardson/Reuters) 10-01-2023

David Shepardson / Reuters: New Jersey and Ohio ban TikTok on government-owned and managed devices; New Jersey’s governor plans to ban products from 12+ vendors including Huawei and ZTE  —  New Jersey and Ohio said on Monday they were joining other states in banning use of the popular video app TikTok on government-owned and managed devices. Lees verder op Tech Meme