Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram gives brands access to parts of its creator marketplace via two APIs and expands access to the marketplace for brand agencies  —  Instagram announced today that it’s extending access to parts of its creator marketplace via API to make it easier for brands to discover and work … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kali Hays / Insider: Sources: Elon Musk’s Twitter is working on generative AI after buying ~10K GPUs and reportedly poaching DeepMind researchers; source: the work involves an LLM  —  – CEO Elon Musk is upping the computational power at Twitter to proceed with an AI play.  — Musk has criticized ChatGPT … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Laurie Clarke / VICE: Reddit moderators detail recent spam generated by AI tools like ChatGPT, including in higher volume and at faster post speeds, sometimes via coordinated attacks  —  Reddit moderators say they already see an increase in spam and that the future will “require a lot of human labor.”  —  LC Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pew Research Center: A survey of 10,701 US adults: ~66% aren’t confident current ways to trade, use, and invest in crypto are reliable and safe; 17% have used crypto vs. 16% in 2022  —  Cryptocurrency markets are taking hits from all sides – from declines in value to multiple corporate bankruptcies to lawsuits and regulatory threats. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google launches an Android auto-archiving feature, which removes over 60% of an unused app’s local data when the device is low on storage, catching up to iOS  —  On Monday, Google launched a new auto-archiving feature, which removes more than 60% of an unused app’s data from an Android phone to save storage space on the device. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Citizen Lab and Microsoft detail mercenary spyware from Tel Aviv-based QuaDream used to hack iOS 14-based iPhones of journalists, politicians, and an NGO worker  —  Microsoft and Citizen Lab have new reports out about QuaDream, a little-known Israeli mercenary spyware provider. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: The US Commerce Department’s NTIA begins exploring possible rules for generative AI tools like ChatGPT, asking the public to comment on accountability measures  —  Fears grow over the potential use of artificial intelligence to commit crimes and spread falsehoods Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kali Hays / Insider: Sources: Elon Musk is working on a new generative AI project at Twitter, recently buying ~10K GPUs, after poaching researchers from DeepMind in recent months  —  – CEO Elon Musk is upping the computational power at Twitter to proceed with an AI play.  — Musk has criticized ChatGPT … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google launches an app auto-archiving feature on Android, removing over 60% of an app’s local data when the device is low on storage, catching up to iOS  —  On Monday, Google launched a new auto-archiving feature, which removes more than 60% of an unused app’s data from an Android phone to save storage space on the device. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Tyson / Tom’s Hardware: Microsoft fixes a Windows Defender bug, first reported in 2018, that caused CPU usage spikes in some apps, especially Firefox, in Windows 10 and Windows 11  —  Post-fix you may see MsMpEng.exe CPU usage drop by up to 75%.  —  A performance-sapping conflict between Mozilla Firefox … Lees verder op Tech Meme