Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: Netflix’s ad-supported tier reached about 1M MAUs in the US after its second month, and the company has hit its forecasted deliveries to advertisers  —  Good afternoon from Los Angeles.  It’s good to be home and I hope your March Madness bracket is doing better than mine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Researchers detail a recently fixed “aCropalypse” bug in Google Pixel’s Markup tool that let some screenshots to be retroactively unredacted or uncropped  —  Besides the Samsung Exynos modem issue, Android 13 QPR2 with the March 2023 security update fixes a vulnerability with the Pixel’s Markup screenshot tool. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: Amid mounting safety concerns about Tesla’s FSD, ex-staffers blame Elon Musk’s erratic leadership, cost-cutting measures like removing radar, and more  —  Tesla’s campaign to deliver a fully autonomous vehicle has suffered amid mounting safety concerns — and the boss’s Twitter distraction Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: UChicago researchers launch a free app to help artists prevent AI models from stealing their “artistic IP”, by adding imperceptible “perturbations” to their art  —  Generative art’s style mimicry, interrupted  —  The asymmetry in time and effort it takes human artists … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Tong / Reuters: Replika and Character.AI, which offer AI companions, are no longer allowing adult content, angering some users who became deeply involved with their chatbots  —  After temporarily closing his leathermaking business during the pandemic, Travis Butterworth found himself lonely and bored at home. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Researchers detail a recently fixed aCropalypse vulnerability in Google Pixel’s Markup tool that lets some screenshots be retroactively unredacted or uncropped  —  Besides the Samsung Exynos modem issue, Android 13 QPR2 with the March 2023 security update fixes a vulnerability with the Pixel’s Markup screenshot tool. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Tong / Reuters: Replika and Character.AI, who offer AI companions, are no longer allowing adult content, angering some users who have become deeply involved with their chatbots  —  After temporarily closing his leathermaking business during the pandemic, Travis Butterworth found himself lonely and bored at home. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cameron Kaiser / Ars Technica: A look back at PLATO, an educational computer system released in 1960 that some consider a precursor to graphics, touchscreens, messaging apps, games, and more  —  Forums, instant messaging, and multiplayer video games all started here.  —  Bright graphics, a touchscreen, a speech synthesizer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Some US TikTok creators contemplate what to do if the app that created their business opportunities is banned, like moving to Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts  —  The platform created business opportunities for some users.  Now, they’re planning for what might come next Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inside Higher Ed: A group of librarians argue the Internet Archive is a library, saying that the four major publishers’ lawsuit threatens the development of digital collections  —  A lawsuit against the Internet Archive threatens the most significant specialized library to emerge in decades, say a group of current and former university librarians. Lees verder op Tech Meme