Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Pinterest unveils new safety features; users ages 16 and older can now opt into either a private or a public profile; private is the default for users under 16  —  Pinterest today introduced a series of new safety features aimed at better protecting teens using its service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Craig Trudell / Bloomberg: Report: before tweeting a pro-Russia Ukraine peace plan, Elon Musk said he had Kremlin consultations; he also told the US of a Putin call but publicly denied it  —  – Magazine reports on October conversation with top official  — The SpaceX CEO later denied speaking with Russian president Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Friend.tech, which lets people buy “shares” of X accounts with crypto, hits 100K+ users, according to a database that lists wallets and raised privacy concerns  —  The growth correlates with the more than $25 million in revenue generated by the platform since its Aug. 10 launch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Ghost, a B2B surplus inventory marketplace with 1,000+ members, raised a $30M Series B led by Cathay Innovation and plans to expand to Europe and Asia  —  Ghost, providing a B2B marketplace for surplus inventory, is back with fresh funds in the way of a $30 million Series B round. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple Podcasts adds Subscription Analytics, integrates its analytics into the marketing platform Linkfire, and adds more hosting providers to Delegated Delivery  —  Apple announced today several new updates to its podcast creator tools, including, most notably, the addition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Iain Martin / Forbes: Blockchain Capital co-founder Bart Stephens sues hacker who stole $6.3M via a SIM-swap attack; FBI: ~$72M was stolen via SIM swaps in 2022, up from $68M in 2021  —  Bart Stephens, cofounder and managing partner of crypto fund Blockchain Capital who was an early and prominent evangelist for cryptocurrencies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

AI Snake Oil: An August 17 paper on ChatGPT’s political biases seems to have many flaws, like poor prompts and testing an older model, but the broader topic merits research  —  A new paper making this claim has many flaws.  But the question merits research.  —  Previous research has shown … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: YouTube and Universal Music Group partner to explore new products, using music in AI tools, and paying artists whose work is used to make AI-generated content  —  YouTube has recruited Frank Sinatra’s estate and other Universal Music Group UMG .39%increase; green up pointing triangle acts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ronan Farrow / New Yorker: Interviews with 30+ of Elon Musk’s colleagues and dozens of others detail his growing power, childhood, career, politics, role in Russia’s Ukraine war, and more  —  How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dana Hull / Bloomberg: Maine’s attorney general says Tesla’s May 2023 data breach impacted 75,735 people, included employee-related records, and was a result of “insider wrongdoing”  —  – Data breach included employee-related records, Maine AG says  — Tesla says two former employees shared info with Handelsblatt Lees verder op Tech Meme