Tech Meme

Bloomberg: How Elon Musk acquiring and running Twitter, adding to SpaceX and Tesla, became a headache for the Biden administration, which worries over foreign influence  —  Argentina was headed toward its thrilling victory over France at the World Cup in Qatar, and Elon Musk, the Tesla Inc. CEO and Twitter owner … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: Tech industry group NetChoice, founded by Google and Meta, launches a litigation center to combat state laws and local lawsuits, modeled on Chamber of Commerce  —  NetChoice’s new center is designed to respond to the threat of state laws and local lawsuits  —  NetChoice, a tech industry group funded … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Noam Scheiber / New York Times: A year after its Staten Island win, the Amazon Labor Union has endured setbacks and conflicts, including between president Chris Smalls and longtime organizers  —  Nearly a year after its victory on Staten Island, the Amazon Labor Union is grappling with election losses and internal conflict. Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: TikTok refreshes its Community Guidelines, expanding a section to cover “synthetic and manipulated media”, or deepfakes, as pressure from the US increases  —  As the prospect of a US TikTok ban continues to grow, the video app has refreshed its content moderation policies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple lobbied for changes to India’s labor law in the Tamil Nadu state, where Foxconn has its largest iPhone plant, to help expand local production  —  Apple Inc. is seeking changes in India’s labor laws as part of its effort to expand local production, and regional governments … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Google suspends Pinduoduo’s app on the Play Store over “security concerns” and flags several Pinduoduo apps as malware, alerting users who had installed them  —  On Monday, Google announced that it had flagged several apps made by a Chinese e-commerce giant as malware … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Derek B. Johnson / SC Media: Research: 14% of new Fortune 500 board members in 2022 had cybersecurity experience, down from 17% in 2021; the SEC is finalizing new cyber risk reporting rules  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission is in the process of finalizing new rules that would push publicly traded companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out a Pixel Watch update, two weeks later than expected, including fixing a Clock app bug that delayed alarms and adding Fall Detection  —  Google is now rolling out the Pixel Watch’s March 2023 update two weeks after it was originally expected, and it’s a sizable release. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: London-based tech investors and founders say the government must back its pledges with policies and incentives or risk rival cities overtaking its startup scene  —  Founders say government must back pledges with policy as rival cities become more of a ‘competitive threat’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: OpenAI temporarily shut down ChatGPT after a bug let some users see the titles of other users’ chat histories; some chat histories are still missing  —  OpenAI temporarily shut down its popular ChatGPT service on Monday morning after receiving reports of a bug that allowed some users to see the titles of other users’ chat histories. Lees verder op Tech Meme