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Twitter offering no timeline for its “temporary” reading limits, with CEO Linda Yaccarino keeping mum, could create a perfect opening for Meta to launch Threads (Dave Lee/Bloomberg) 03-07-2023

Dave Lee / Bloomberg: Twitter offering no timeline for its “temporary” reading limits, with CEO Linda Yaccarino keeping mum, could create a perfect opening for Meta to launch Threads  —  It was a trying weekend for those who still believe Elon Musk has what it takes to turn Twitter into a success story. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at the cottage industry of tech contractors in Russia, many employed by oligarch-linked Citadel Group, building digital surveillance tools for the FSB (New York Times) 03-07-2023

New York Times: A look at the cottage industry of tech contractors in Russia, many employed by oligarch-linked Citadel Group, building digital surveillance tools for the FSB  —  Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

How some crypto miners want to repurpose their idle rigs to train AI models, which isn't easy or cheap but can be more affordable than Big Tech's cloud services (Wall Street Journal) 03-07-2023

Wall Street Journal: How some crypto miners want to repurpose their idle rigs to train AI models, which isn’t easy or cheap but can be more affordable than Big Tech’s cloud services  —  Demand for high-end chips allows cryptocurrency companies to repurpose idle equipment  —  The boom in demand for high-end chips powering … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Apple and Luxshare cut Vision Pro production plans from 1M to fewer than 400K units in 2024 due to many manufacturing problems for the $3,500 headset (Financial Times) 03-07-2023

Financial Times: Sources: Apple and Luxshare cut Vision Pro production plans from 1M to fewer than 400K units in 2024 due to many manufacturing problems for the $3,500 headset  —  Initial hopes of 1mn shipments in 2024 launch year dashed by manufacturing problems  —  Apple has been forced to make drastic cuts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws and says before it went dark in Louisiana traffic fell ~80% there due to such a law (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge) 03-07-2023

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws and says before it went dark in Louisiana traffic fell ~80% there due to such a law  —  Pornhub is now blocking people in Mississippi and Virginia from visiting its website over laws that would require the service to verify their age. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sweden's privacy watchdog says “Companies must stop using Google Analytics” and issues $1M+ in fines to businesses, including telco Tele2, that used the service (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch) 03-07-2023

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Sweden’s privacy watchdog says “Companies must stop using Google Analytics” and issues $1M+ in fines to businesses, including telco Tele2, that used the service  —  Sweden’s data protection watchdog has issued a couple of fines in relation to exports of European users’ data via Google Analytics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Reliance's JioCinema, which had 400M+ IPL cricket stream viewers, acquired content rights from NBC, HBO, and WBD, and is challenging Disney in India (Financial Times) 03-07-2023

Financial Times: A look at Reliance’s JioCinema, which had 400M+ IPL cricket stream viewers, acquired content rights from NBC, HBO, and WBD, and is challenging Disney in India  —  Asia’s richest man is on a mission to transform Reliance Industries into a digital group  —  India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jio Platforms unveils a ~$12 4G phone in India with mobile payment tech and access to Jio's video and music streaming services, and a $1.5/month 14GB data plan (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 03-07-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Jio Platforms unveils a ~$12 4G phone in India with mobile payment tech and access to Jio’s video and music streaming services, and a $1.5/month 14GB data plan  —  Reliance’s digital arm, Jio Platforms, has unveiled a new mobile handset and associated tariff plans, the latest in a series … Lees verder op Tech Meme

China imposes export restrictions on gallium and germanium, used to make chips and other electronics, starting on August 1, likely raising manufacturers' costs (Bloomberg) 03-07-2023

Bloomberg: China imposes export restrictions on gallium and germanium, used to make chips and other electronics, starting on August 1, likely raising manufacturers’ costs  —  China imposed restrictions on exporting two metals that are crucial to parts of the semiconductor, telecommunications … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Mukesh Ambani's JioCinema, which had 400M+ viewers on IPL cricket streams, acquired rights from NBC, HBO, and WBD, and is challenging Disney in India (Financial Times) 03-07-2023

Financial Times: A look at Mukesh Ambani’s JioCinema, which had 400M+ viewers on IPL cricket streams, acquired rights from NBC, HBO, and WBD, and is challenging Disney in India  —  Asia’s richest man is on a mission to transform Reliance Industries into a digital group  —  India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani … Lees verder op Tech Meme