Tech Meme

Ethan Millman / Rolling Stone: Tom Morello and over 100 artists call for a facial recognition ban at live events and pledge to boycott venues using the tech, citing privacy and bias risks  —  The artists are among 100 other performers and venues calling for the ban of facial recognition technology at live events Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: YouTube updates its policy for fan channels, requiring them to make their status as a fan channel obvious in their name or handle, effective August 21, 2023  —  Fan Channels that have a little too much in common with other accounts are going to be subject to YouTube’s updated policies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: AWS plans to invest $100M in a new program to help companies, including Highspot and Twilio, build generative AI products by connecting them with AWS AI experts  —  – Amazon’s cloud unit said Thursday that it’s allocating $100 million for a center to help companies use generative artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: A look at Apple Vision Pro features based on the visionOS SDK, including a “Moving at Unsafe Speed” alert, a “Travel Mode” for airplanes, and a “Guest Mode”  —  Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC 2023.  But even so, there are still a lot of details … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anand J / Moneycontrol: Sources: Apple is in talks to launch Apple Card in India, meeting with HDFC and the RBI; a source says Apple is holding discussions with the NPCI over Apple Pay  —  This comes in the wake of Apple’s decision to stop card payments in India on its App Store and for its iCloud services. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lee Harris / American Prospect: Sources: most of the ~12,000 workers at TSMC’s Arizona fab are non-union contractors; workers describe issues of wage theft, unsafe working conditions, and more  —  TSMC’s $40 billion semiconductor facility in Phoenix, an open shop that resisted signing an agreement with labor unions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lee Harris / American Prospect: Sources say most of about 12,000 workers at TSMC’s Arizona fab are non-union contractors, and workers face wage theft, unsafe working conditions, and more  —  TSMC’s $40 billion semiconductor facility in Phoenix, an open shop that resisted signing an agreement with labor unions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Thierry Breton says he sees a “strong willingness” from Twitter to comply with the EU’s DSA and the company was the first to undergo a stress test to prepare  —  Social-media platform did voluntary stress test as a dry run before law takes effect late August Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ethan Millman / Rolling Stone: 100+ artists including Tom Morello call for a facial recognition ban at live events and pledge to boycott venues using the tech, citing privacy and bias risks  —  The artists are among 100 other performers and venues calling for the ban of facial recognition technology at live events Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anja Karadeglija / National Post: Meta plans to remove news content from Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada after the Online News Act passed Canada’s Senate and received Royal Assent  —  With Bill C-18 on the verge of becoming law, Canadians could soon see news removed from their Facebook pages and Google searches Lees verder op Tech Meme