Tech Meme

Kashmir Hill / New York Times: A profile of Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, considered by lawmakers, CEOs, and activists as an essential guide for what’s happening in tech  —  Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Adam Mosseri and current and former employees recount how Threads came to life with a small team focused on shipping a bare-bones app on a breakneck schedule  —  A company in crisis went back to basics to deliver a viral hit.  But can Adam Mosseri’s bare-bones Twitter clone reinvigorate an aging tech giant? Lees verder op Tech Meme

BBC: An investigation citing hundreds of Turkish people claims Android’s earthquake warning system failed to send alerts for the 7.8-magnitude quake on February 8  —  James Clayton and Ben Derico in San Francisco & Anna Foster in Turkey  —  Google’s earthquake warning system failed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Billy Perrigo / TIME: A look at Indian nonprofit Karya, which sells AI training data and redirects all the profit to its workers, who retain ownership of the data they create  —  In the shade of a coconut palm, Chandrika tilts her smartphone screen to avoid the sun’s glare.  It is early morning in Alahalli village … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Inside Walmart’s warehouse in Brooksville, Florida, which is becoming the company’s first US warehouse to use automated robotic systems to handle most products  —  Robots do the lifting and the hauling; for workers, no more aching backs—but one packed on pounds Lees verder op Tech Meme

Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: A Hong Kong judge rejects a government bid to ban the online dissemination of pro-democracy song “Glory to Hong Kong” on Google and other sites  —  Judge refuses to issue order blocking online dissemination of protest anthem, saying criminal acts can be punished by the city’s current laws Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Smiley / Wired: The backup driver of a self-driving Uber that killed a pedestrian in Arizona in 2018 pleads guilty to endangerment, in the first automated vehicle fatality case  —  After five years of purgatory, Rafaela Vasquez, the operator of a self-driving Uber that killed a pedestrian in 2018, pleaded guilty to endangerment. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Twitter/X officially rolls out its ads revenue sharing program for eligible users globally, after giving some creators payouts earlier this month  —  Twitter, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X, is officially rolling out its ads revenue sharing program for creators. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to require developers to submit reasons to use certain APIs in their apps starting this fall, to prevent the misuse of those APIs for fingerprinting  —  The App Store review process is very strict to ensure that apps comply with Apple’s guidelines.  And soon, this whole process will get even stricter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: Internal Meta emails: Facebook removed content about COVID-19 under pressure from the Biden administration, including posts claiming the virus was man-made  —  Internal Meta emails say pressure from Washington was behind a decision to take down posts attributing pandemic to man-made virus Lees verder op Tech Meme