Tech Meme

Washington Post: Analysis: X imposes a five-second delay when users click t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, NYT, and other sites Musk often attacks  —  The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Xbox debuts a strike-based enforcement program, to improve “player transparency” and clear up confusion; eight strikes over six months results in a one-year ban  —  Today, a new strike-based enforcement program is coming to Xbox.  The system is meant to clear up confusion regarding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: OpenAI says the company has been using GPT-4 to enforce its content policies and says some of its customers are already using the LLM for content moderation  —  ChatGPT creator OpenAI has been using its most advanced large language model to enforce the company’s content policies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google adds an experimental browsing feature that summarizes page content to Search Generative Experience, first in the Google mobile app for Search Labs users  —  Google today is rolling out a few new updates to its nearly three-month-old Search Generative Experience (SGE) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: GOP Representative Don Bacon says the FBI told him on August 14 that Chinese spies hacked into his email accounts when other Microsoft accounts were breached  —  Rep. Don Bacon said he was told of the hacking Monday; he pledged to ‘work overtime’ to win passage of an aid package for Taiwan Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Analysis: the average price of major ad-free streaming services is up nearly 25% in about a year, as companies try to push users toward ad-supported tiers  —  Price push by Disney, others is part of effort to trim losses, steer users toward more-lucrative ad-supported plans  —  Call it streamflation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: Nielsen: in July, linear TV made up less than 50% of all US TV usage, a first in over two years of tracking, and streaming hit a record 38.7% high of TV usage  —  Nielsen’s monthly platform rankings show broadcast and cable making up less than half of all TV use. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: A look at Binance’s early and rapid growth, aided by the haze of regulatory uncertainty, and whether the company has blown its chance to rule crypto post-FTX  —  The exchange that looked best placed to benefit from last year’s collapse of FTX has instead found itself beset by regulatory setbacks Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: YouTube starts mass removing videos promoting “cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective” or discouraging “seeking professional medical treatment”  —  YouTube will remove content that promotes “cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective” or which … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: OpenAI says it has been using GPT-4 to enforce its content policies and says some of its customers are already using it for content moderation  —  ChatGPT creator OpenAI has been using its most advanced large language model to enforce the company’s content policies, marking a major milestone … Lees verder op Tech Meme