Tech Meme

Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: In a proposed class-action lawsuit, current and former Twitter staff allege the company refused to pay 2022 bonuses despite promising to pay 50% of the amount  —  Twitter Inc. employees sued the social media company claiming it refuses to pay 2022 bonuses, despite promises that they would be paid out at 50% of their target amounts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: A look at the vagueness and implications of the EU’s plan to require portable batteries, including those in smartphones, be “readily removable and replaceable”  —  Should you have to melt glue?  Which tools do you need?  What about pricing?  —  Whenever regulation passes … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Biddle / The Intercept: Document: LexisNexis’ $16.8M contract with ICE includes software that purports to detect suspicious activity of migrants by using license plate reader data  —  ICE uses LexisNexis to track cars, gather information on people, and make arrests for its deportation machine, according to a contract. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: ElevenLabs, whose AI tech can turn text into speech using synthetic or cloned voices, raised a $19M Series A, a source says at a $99M post-money valuation  —  ElevenLabs, the viral AI-powered platform for creating synthetic voices, has raised a new round of cash. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samrhitha Arunasalam / Reuters: Quotient Technology, parent of Coupons.com and other digital marketing platforms, agrees to merge with retail marketing firm Neptune in a $430M all-cash deal  —  Retail marketing firm Neptune Retail Solutions will acquire Coupons.com-parent Quotient Technology (QUOT.N) for $430 million in cash, the companies said on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Spotify updates its desktop app with redesigned “Your Library” and “Now Playing” user interfaces, meant to align the experience with the company’s mobile app  —  Spotify is updating its desktop experience with redesigned “Your Library” and “Now Playing” interfaces, the company announced on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit suspended some moderators after they changed their subreddits to NSFW; Reddit says it’s a violation of its policy to incorrectly mark subreddits as NSFW  —  Reddit has started removing moderator teams managing subreddits that switched the labeling on their communities to Not Safe For Work … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma betas automatically generate Apple ID passkeys; Apple․com and iCloud․com add passkey support so users can sign in without a password  —  You can now forgo entering your password on icloud.com and apple.com domains thanks to newly added passkey support. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeremy Diamond / CNN: A look at the White House’s urgent push for AI regulation, as Biden meets with a group of AI experts for a non-industry perspective on risks and opportunities  —  President Joe Biden huddled in the Oval Office with several of his top advisers in early April as an aide typed prompts into ChatGPT … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma betas automatically generate Apple ID passkeys; Apple․com and iCloud․com add passkey support so users can sign in without a password  —  You can now forgo entering your password on icloud.com and apple.com domains thanks to newly added passkey support. Lees verder op Tech Meme