Tech Meme

Dewi Kurniawati / Reuters: SpaceX launches Indonesia’s largest telecom satellite as part of a $540M project to offer internet in remote areas; the SATRIA-1 has a 150GB/second throughput  —  Indonesia and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country’s largest telecommunication satellite from the United States … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Guardian: UK MPs, consumer groups, and banks pressure Meta over not preventing fraud on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, estimated to cost UK households £250M in 2023  —  Exclusive: Calls for Meta to curb rise in scams on its platforms, which will cost UK households £250m this year Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gabriela Galindo / Wired: A look at Apple’s attempt to gain IP rights over depictions of apples globally, including in Switzerland, worrying the 111-year-old Fruit Union Suisse  —  Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: An overview of how the adoption of generative AI tools is transforming everyday work in legal contracts, professional services, filmmaking, and programming  —  Professional services, filmmaking and coding are among the first to use the technology in everyday operations Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zephin Livingston / Wired: How the fighting game community, or FGC, a broad term for those who play games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, became a safe haven for LGBTQ+ gamers  —  Players of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat make up some of the most diverse communities in esports, inviting queer gamers and characters to the arena. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Hakki / Decrypt: Twitter suspends Explain This Bob, a GPT-4 bot tied to the BOB Token, after Elon Musk called the account a “scam”; Musk replied “I love Bob” in April 2023  —  The move marks an abrupt about-face for Musk, who had previously engaged with the bot’s content on Twitter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Tan / Washington Post: Sources: Meta plans tighter content rules in Vietnam, its seventh largest market, after government requests and keeps a list of officials not to be criticized  —  HANOI — When Facebook took off in Vietnam about a decade ago, it was like a “revolution,” said two of the company’s early employees in Asia. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: Sources: internal teams at Singapore-based Crypto.com trade tokens for profit on the exchange and elsewhere, a little known fact since its 2016 launch  —  Singapore group has desk to profit from market moves  —  Crypto.com, the exchange endorsed by Hollywood actor Matt Damon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Investors in Bengaluru-based Mojocare say they found “financial irregularities” at the health care startup, which has raised ~$23M from Sequoia India and others  —  Mojocare investors have found “financial irregularities” at the Indian health and wellness startup and are moving … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: Benjamin Netanyahu says Intel agreed in principle to build a $25B chip plant in Israel, slated to begin operations by 2027 and remain active until at least 2035  —  Intel Corp. has agreed in principle to build a new manufacturing plant in Israel, part of a push by the US semiconductor giant … Lees verder op Tech Meme