Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: A judge issues an injunction blocking key Biden admin officials from contacting social media companies, in a case brought by MO and LA AGs over vaccine posts  —  The Trump-appointed judge’s move could upend years of efforts to enhance coordination between the government and social media companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central: OpenAI temporarily pulls its Browse with Bing beta feature from ChatGPT Plus after users found that requesting a URL’s full text let them bypass some paywalls  —  ChatGPT aided users aiming to bypass paywalls, but OpenAI put a stop to it.  —  What you need to know Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Thierry Breton: Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Samsung, and ByteDance said they meet the EU’s “gatekeeper” criteria of 45M+ MAUs and a €75B+ market cap  —  Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google, Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: The CJEU rules that Germany’s Federal Cartel Office didn’t overstep when ordering Meta to overhaul its ad business in 2019; Meta is “evaluating” the ruling  —  Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook lost its European Union court fight over a German antitrust order that homed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the US plans to require cloud companies like AWS and Microsoft to get permission before offering services that use advanced AI chips to Chinese clients  —  Biden administration proposal, aimed at closing loophole in chip export controls, could escalate tit-for-tat fight with Beijing Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: For Europeans, CJEU’s Meta ruling has the potential to end this chapter of surveillance capitalism, which relies on denying users a clear choice about tracking  —  Mark your calendar European friends: July 4th could soon be celebrated as independence-from-Meta’s-surveillance- capitalism-day … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: A judge issues an injunction blocking key Biden admin officials from contacting social media companies, in a case brought by LA and MO AGs over vaccine posts  —  The Trump-appointed judge’s move could upend years of efforts to enhance coordination between the government and social media companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central: OpenAI temporarily pulls the Browse with Bing beta feature from ChatGPT Plus after users discovered requesting a URL’s full text let them bypass some paywalls  —  ChatGPT aided users aiming to bypass paywalls, but OpenAI put a stop to it.  —  What you need to know Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Thierry Breton: Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Samsung, and ByteDance said they meet the EU’s “gatekeeper” criteria of 45M+ MAUs and a €75B+ market cap  —  Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google, Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to apps like Discord and Reddit to make friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma  —  American adults are lonely — and done waiting on friendship to find them IRL  —  On a gloomy June afternoon … Lees verder op Tech Meme