Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: People have little protection or recourse when hallucinating AI chatbots create and spread falsehoods that threaten their reputations — People have little protection or recourse when the technology creates and spreads falsehoods about them. — Marietje Schaake’s résumé … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: A US court rules former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky must face a lawsuit by NY AG Letitia James accusing him of defrauding investors and concealing Celsius’ risks — Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former chief of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, must face a lawsuit … Lees verder op Tech Meme
The Economic Times: Zomato reports Q1 revenue up 71% YoY to ~$292.2M and its first-ever consolidated quarterly net profit at ~$241.9K, vs. a loss of ~$23.4M in the year-ago quarter — On August 3, Zomato reported its first-ever consolidated quarterly net profit at Rs 2 crore, on the back of higher order frequency … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Richard Lawler / The Verge: X delays its ads revenue sharing program payouts that were set for the week of July 31, saying the volume of people signing up “has exceeded our expectations” — In news that isn’t very surprising given the recent history of Twitter, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X … Lees verder op Tech Meme
The Economic Times: Zomato reports Q1 revenue up 71% YoY to ~$292.2M and its first-ever consolidated quarterly net profit at ~$241.9K, vs. a loss of ~$2.34M in the year-ago quarter — On August 3, Zomato reported its first-ever consolidated quarterly net profit at Rs 2 crore, on the back of higher order frequency … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Michael Kan / PCMag: X took control of the @music account from a man who had been using it since 2007, without advanced warning or compensation; his new account handle is @musicfan — After seizing the @X account, Twitter has taken over the @music handle from an Ohio man who had been using it for over 16 years. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Harmeet Singh Walia / Counterpoint Research: Global smartphone revenue fell 8% YoY and 15% QoQ to under $90B in Q2 2023; Apple had a record 45% share of global smartphone revenue and an 85% share of profit — – Apple led global smartphone revenues and operating profit with record June-quarter shares of 45% and 85% respectively. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jonathan Greig / The Record: Microsoft says it has fixed an Azure flaw that could let hackers access sensitive data, following criticism from the CEO of cybersecurity company Tenable — Microsoft has resolved a vulnerability that allows threat actors to gain access to information managed by Azure AD … Lees verder op Tech Meme
IDC: Smartphone shipments in India fell 10% YoY in H1 2023 to 64M; in Q2 2023, Apple and OnePlus grew 61% YoY each, Xiaomi fell 39% YoY, and Realme fell 30% YoY — For more information, contact: — ujoshi@idc.com — mcarreon@idc.com — Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dan Garisto / Nature: Scientists have so far failed to show that a South Korean team’s LK-99 material is a claimed room temperature superconductor, which could transform computing — You can also search for this author in — PubMed Google Scholar — A Korean team’s claim to have discovered a superconductor … Lees verder op Tech Meme