Tech Meme

Rebecca Feng / Wall Street Journal: Analysts and others say Wind Information, described as a Chinese alternative to Bloomberg terminal, is limiting international users’ access to some information  —  E-commerce shopping trends, satellite images are no longer available to foreign users of Wind Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Lohr / New York Times: In July, NYC will start enforcing a law requiring firms using AI in hiring to notify candidates of its use and have independent auditors check for bias annually  —  New York City’s pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in work force decisions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Lohr / New York Times: Starting July, NYC will enforce a law requiring firms using AI in hiring to notify candidates of its use and have independent auditors check for bias annually  —  New York City’s pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in work force decisions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tracy Wen Liu / Wired: Source and analysis: PDD-owned Temu is losing an average of $30 per order and between ~$588M to ~$954M per year, as the app tries to break into the US market  —  The Chinese shopping app is topping app stores in the US.  But it’s burning money and squeezing its suppliers to a breaking point in a bid to take on Amazon. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benjamin Weiser / New York Times: A New York lawyer faces sanctions for using ChatGPT to write his legal brief that had “bogus judicial decisions, with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations”  —  A lawyer representing a man who sued an airline relied on artificial intelligence to help prepare a court filing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post: Brazilian lawmakers file a complaint against Google for letting Google Play users download Slavery Simulator from April 20 to May 24 before taking the game down  —  For about a month, Google Play users in Brazil could download a game that simulated what the South American nation looked like in the 1600s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post: Brazilian lawmakers file a complaint against Google for letting Google Play users download Slavery Simulator from April 20 to May 24 before taking the game down  —  For about a month, Google Play users in Brazil could download a game that simulated what the South American nation looked like in the 1600s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World: Activists and telecom experts say the Kenyan government’s plan, approved by the Supreme Court, to track counterfeit phones is “excessive” and threatens privacy  —  The Supreme Court granted the communications regulator permission to implement a program that combats counterfeits. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Logan / Texas Monthly: A profile of Tapbots co-founders Paul Haddad and Mark Jardine; former Twitter executive Amir Shevat says third-party apps once accounted for ~17% of engagement  —  After Elon Musk killed their Twitter app, two software developers in the North Texas suburbs are trying to shape the future of social media. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Kim / Bloomberg: Source: South Korea won’t encourage its memory-chip firms to grab Micron’s lost market share in China to not disrupt its long-term US semiconductor relationship  —  South Korea will avoid capitalizing on China’s ban on a US chipmaker, seeing the move by Beijing as an attempt to drive … Lees verder op Tech Meme