Tech Meme

Nitish Pahwa / Slate: A volunteer contributor for Twitter’s Community Notes details checking spam and disinformation across the platform and says the tools are far from sufficient  —  Twitter’s “Community Notes” volunteers are supposed to make the platform “the most accurate source of information about the world.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Phil Salvador / Video Game History Foundation: Study: about 13% of video games released in the US before 2010 and less than 3% of titles released before 1985 are still in print in 2023  —  Today, the Video Game History Foundation and the Software Preservation Network published a major new study which shows that 87 percent of classic games released … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Austin-based Verifiable, which automates health care credentialing and compliance, raised a $27M Series B led by Craft Ventures, after a $17M A in August 2021  —  Knowing that a doctor on your hospital staff is who they say they are would seem like a no-brainer, but poor access to real … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Amazon files a petition in the EU’s General Court challenging the DSA and its “large platform” designation, the first US company to do so, following Zalando  —  Seattle-based group files legal action against proposed legislation designed to rein in Big Tech Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: London-based Raft, which automates freight logistics, raised a $30M Series B led by Eight Roads, taking its total funding to $48M, to expand R&D investment  —  Raft, formerly known as Vector.ai, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round aimed at increasing the development … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aviv Ovadya / Wired: A look at Meta’s survey of 6,000 people in 32 countries about the metaverse, using a kind of deliberative democracy, and plans for a similar generative AI study  —  The company just ran a huge pilot program to inform decisions about the metaverse.  Here’s how it needs to improve the process before applying it to AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nick Clegg / Financial Times: To mitigate AI risks, companies should be transparent about their systems, collaborate with the industry, stress test, and share details about their progress  —  The case for transparency is growing as the best way to combat fears on the developing technology  —  The writer is president of global affairs at Meta Lees verder op Tech Meme

Axios: Source: Instagram plans to add branded content tools to Threads, offering marketers paid promotion; Threads won’t introduce ads before reaching a critical mass  —  Instagram is planning to bring its branded content tools to Threads, a source told Axios, giving marketers a way to get involved … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Tumblr details the future of its platform, including to “fix the core experience” and make the site less intimidating, to better compete with larger rivals  —  Tumblr’s staff blog has posted a long update on the future of the platform, alluding to coming changes that include redesigning its reply and reblog features. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: WeChat says Apple has opened a store on the platform, letting users buy iPhones, iPads, and Macs; Apple already operates a store on Alibaba’s Tmall  —  Tencent’s (0700.HK) WeChat said on Tuesday that iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) had opened a store on its social media platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme