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A look at review-bombing campaigns on Goodreads, which can derail a book's publication long before its release, affecting both new and established authors (New York Times) 27-06-2023

New York Times: A look at review-bombing campaigns on Goodreads, which can derail a book’s publication long before its release, affecting both new and established authors  —  The website Goodreads has become an essential avenue for building readership, but the same features that help generate excitement can also backfire. Lees verder op Tech Meme

In a complaint before the EU's general court, German online retailer Zalando argues it had been unfairly labelled as “very large”, the DSA's first legal test (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times) 27-06-2023

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: In a complaint before the EU’s general court, German online retailer Zalando argues it had been unfairly labelled as “very large”, the DSA’s first legal test  —  German online retailer Zalando alleges it is being unfairly targeted by the Digital Services Act Lees verder op Tech Meme

Baidu claims Ernie 3.5, the latest version of its LLM, has surpassed ChatGPT in general abilities and outperformed GPT-4 on many Chinese-language capabilities (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg) 27-06-2023

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Baidu claims Ernie 3.5, the latest version of its LLM, has surpassed ChatGPT in general abilities and outperformed GPT-4 on many Chinese-language capabilities  —  Baidu Inc.’s ChatGPT-style service has outperformed OpenAI’s seminal product on several measures, China’s search leader said on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Snowflake partners with Nvidia to allow customers to build AI models using their own data, with Nvidia embedding its NeMo framework into Snowflake Data Cloud (Jane Lee/Reuters) 27-06-2023

Jane Lee / Reuters: Snowflake partners with Nvidia to allow customers to build AI models using their own data, with Nvidia embedding its NeMo framework into Snowflake Data Cloud  —  Snowflake (SNOW.N) a cloud data analytics company, is partnering with computing company Nvidia (NVDA.O) to allow customers ranging … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomson Reuters agrees to acquire YC-backed Casetext, which builds AI-powered workflows and tools for lawyers, for $650M in cash, expected to close in H2 2023 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 27-06-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Thomson Reuters agrees to acquire YC-backed Casetext, which builds AI-powered workflows and tools for lawyers, for $650M in cash, expected to close in H2 2023  —  Thomson Reuters has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Casetext, a Y Combinator-backed legal tech startup. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A 2019 email from Xbox Game Studios' Matt Booty encouraged acquiring content to “spend Sony out of business”; Microsoft argues it didn't pursue the strategy (Tom Warren/The Verge) 27-06-2023

Tom Warren / The Verge: A 2019 email from Xbox Game Studios’ Matt Booty encouraged acquiring content to “spend Sony out of business”; Microsoft argues it didn’t pursue the strategy  —  Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios chief, Matt Booty, was encouraging Xbox CFO Tim Stuart to spend big money on acquiring game content … Lees verder op Tech Meme

After Elon Musk highlighted Twitter's TikTok-like “swipe up for more videos” feature, some users said they were shown gun violence, police brutality, and more (Khadijah Khogeer/NBC News) 27-06-2023

Khadijah Khogeer / NBC News: After Elon Musk highlighted Twitter’s TikTok-like “swipe up for more videos” feature, some users said they were shown gun violence, police brutality, and more  —  Users said they saw violent content when they swiped up on videos after the feature was highlighted by Elon Musk on Sunday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John B. Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in developing the lithium-ion battery used in mobile devices and EVs, dies at 100 (Robert D. McFadden/New York Times) 27-06-2023

Robert D. McFadden / New York Times: John B. Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in developing the lithium-ion battery used in mobile devices and EVs, dies at 100  —  An unassuming professor who remained active into his 90s, he is credited with the breakthrough that gave rise to the batteries powering today’s electronic devices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

In the first five months of 2023, ~45,000 people in Vietnam lost jobs in electronics manufacturing, after Samsung and others substantially slowed production (Lam Le/Rest of World) 27-06-2023

Lam Le / Rest of World: In the first five months of 2023, ~45,000 people in Vietnam lost jobs in electronics manufacturing, after Samsung and others substantially slowed production  —  A year ago, Samsung and suppliers for Apple and Google were crazy for Vietnam.  Now demand for electronics has dropped, pushing some 45,000 people out of work. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stability AI's CEO says Head of Research David Ha resigned and COO Ren Ito was “let go” in June 2023; VP of Product Christian Cantrell left in March 2023 (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) 27-06-2023

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Stability AI’s CEO says Head of Research David Ha resigned and COO Ren Ito was “let go” in June 2023; VP of Product Christian Cantrell left in March 2023  —  Stability AI, the closely watched artificial intelligence startup, has lost at least two top executives in recent weeks … Lees verder op Tech Meme