Tech Meme

Axios: Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal introduce a bill denying Section 230 protections for generative AI content; experts are split on whether §230 applies  —  Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal want to clarify that the internet’s bedrock liability law does not apply to generative AI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nic Newman / Reuters Institute: Reuters’ 2023 Digital News Report: despite fragmentation, users’ dependence on social media platforms for news keeps growing; Facebook declines and TikTok gains  —  This year’s report comes against the backdrop of a global cost-of-living crisis, a continuing war in the heart of Europe, and further climate instability across the world. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google Shopping gets a virtual try-on clothing feature that uses a diffusion-based generative AI model, letting US users see how items look on many human models  —  Google, ever eager to lean into generative AI, is launching a new shopping feature that shows clothes on a lineup of real-life fashion models. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: US and international cybersecurity authorities say the LockBit ransomware gang extorted ~$91M in the US since 2020, following approximately 1,700 attacks  —  U.S. and international cybersecurity authorities said in a joint LockBit ransomware advisory that the gang successfully extorted roughly … Lees verder op Tech Meme

River Davis / Wall Street Journal: A look at Japanese ride-hailing app Go, which controls ~75% of the local market, as some taxi operators say founder Ichiro Kawanabe pushed them to avoid Uber  —  Challenge in Japan shows how local operators can derail ride-hailing app’s overseas ambitions  —  TOKYO—Uber has been outmaneuvered … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Seifert / The Verge: Amazon Fire Max 11 review: cheap, nice screen, and decent stylus, but anemic app store, very limited multitasking, cramped aspect ratio, and bad trackpad  —  The Fire Max 11 has the most advanced and refined hardware of any Amazon tablet yet.  But it is held back by the same old problems. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kenneth Chang / New York Times: IBM details using its 127-qubit quantum processor to simulate the behavior of 127 atom-scale bar magnets, known as the Ising model, in less than a millisecond  —  A quantum computer came up with better answers to a physics problem than a conventional supercomputer. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Axios: Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal introduce a bill denying Section 230 protections for generative AI content; experts are split on whether §230 applies  —  Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal want to clarify that the internet’s bedrock liability law does not apply to generative AI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessie Pang / Reuters: Versions of the Glory to Hong Kong protest anthem are missing on iTunes, Spotify, and Instagram Reels in Hong Kong, after the government sought an injunction  —  Various versions of the pro-democracy protest anthem “Glory to Hong Kong” were unavailable on Apple’s iTunes Store, Spotify … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sayan Chakraborty / Nikkei Asia: Peak XV head Shailendra Singh says the Sequoia split lets the India and Southeast Asia-focused firm pursue US deals in sectors like AI while avoiding conflicts  —  Split with American parent eliminates potential conflicts in hot sectors like AI  —  Managing Director Shailendra Singh … Lees verder op Tech Meme