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Researchers test seven popular AI text detectors and find the tools can discriminate against non-native English speakers, who tend to adopt simpler word choices (Ian Sample/The Guardian) 10-07-2023

Ian Sample / The Guardian: Researchers test seven popular AI text detectors and find the tools can discriminate against non-native English speakers, who tend to adopt simpler word choices  —  Over half of essays written by people were wrongly flagged as AI-made, with implications for students and job applicants Lees verder op Tech Meme

Instagram's Threads passes 100M signups in just five days, up from 30M in the first 24 hours and 10M in the first seven hours (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) 10-07-2023

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Instagram’s Threads passes 100M signups in just five days, up from 30M in the first 24 hours and 10M in the first seven hours  —  Instagram’s text-based app Threads has achieved the mark of 100 million sign-ups in just five days.  The Twitter rival was launched on June 6 (or June 5 in the Americas), according to a tracker. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling consumers' mobile device location data, which would be the first such ban in the US (Byron Tau/Wall Street Journal) 10-07-2023

Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling consumers’ mobile device location data, which would be the first such ban in the US  —  Massachusetts considers law at the vanguard of a broader movement to protect consumer privacy Lees verder op Tech Meme

The UK's NHS investigates a ransomware incident, its second breach in recent weeks that could affect 1M+ patients, as the ALPHV gang claims to have stolen 70TB (Carly Page/TechCrunch) 10-07-2023

Carly Page / TechCrunch: The UK’s NHS investigates a ransomware incident, its second breach in recent weeks that could affect 1M+ patients, as the ALPHV gang claims to have stolen 70TB  —  NHS trust says it’s ‘urgently investigating’ the alleged theft of patient data  —  The U.K.’s largest NHS trust … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The EU and the US agree to a new data transfer deal, which is likely to face a legal challenge given EU judges threw out two prior pacts over privacy concerns (Stephanie Bodoni/Bloomberg) 10-07-2023

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: The EU and the US agree to a new data transfer deal, which is likely to face a legal challenge given EU judges threw out two prior pacts over privacy concerns  —  The European Union and the US sealed a new deal on data transfers after EU judges threw out two previous pacts partly over fears … Lees verder op Tech Meme

OpenAI releases Code Interpreter, a ChatGPT plug-in developed in-house, to all Plus subscribers, helping them analyze data, create charts, edit files, and more (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat) 10-07-2023

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: OpenAI releases Code Interpreter, a ChatGPT plug-in developed in-house, to all Plus subscribers, helping them analyze data, create charts, edit files, and more  —  OpenAI first announced third-party software application plug-ins for its hit service ChatGPT back in March … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling consumers' phone location data, in what could be the first such ban in the US (Byron Tau/Wall Street Journal) 10-07-2023

Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling consumers’ phone location data, in what could be the first such ban in the US  —  Massachusetts considers law at the vanguard of a broader movement to protect consumer privacy  —  Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foxconn pulls out of a $19.5B Indian chip and display joint venture with conglomerate Vedanta, signed in 2022, and is removing the Foxconn name from the entity (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters) 10-07-2023

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: Foxconn pulls out of a $19.5B Indian chip and display joint venture with conglomerate Vedanta, signed in 2022, and is removing the Foxconn name from the entity  —  Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW) said on Monday it is pulling out of a joint venture with metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta Ltd … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Revolut's US system let criminals steal $20M+ over several months in 2022 before Revolut closed the loophole, equivalent to ~66% of its 2021 net profit (Financial Times) 10-07-2023

Financial Times: Sources: Revolut’s US system let criminals steal $20M+ over several months in 2022 before Revolut closed the loophole, equivalent to ~66% of its 2021 net profit  —  During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. Lees verder op Tech Meme

VR game makers say women are buying headsets for fitness, a shift from the male-dominated early days; less than 10% of Quest users were women in December 2019 (Naomi Nix/Washington Post) 10-07-2023

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: VR game makers say women are buying headsets for fitness, a shift from the male-dominated early days; less than 10% of Quest users were women in December 2019  —  Seeking to broaden their customer base, makers of virtual reality headsets move away from gaming and into new types of apps Lees verder op Tech Meme