Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: All TV streaming boxes suck in 2023, as the ever-cheaper, ad-supported commodity items fail to improve on smart TVs, most of which are slow and riddled with ads  —  There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. … Streaming boxes had so much potential. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram helped Indian cow-protection influencer Monu Manesar, wanted for ties to two murders, despite violent and Islamophobic posts  —  Killings prompt scrutiny of companies’ handling of influencer whose accounts thrived years with violent and anti-Muslim posts Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Fingas / Engadget: Twitch updates adult nudity policy to ban synthetic non-consensual exploitative images, after a streamer accidentally revealed paying for deepfakes of streamers  —  Twitch already forbids explicit deepfake images and videos, but it’s taking a tougher position against them today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Reddit Chief Product Officer Pali Bhat on rolling out a dedicated video feed, Google and search, moderation, AI, NFTs, growing its 500M+ MAUs, and more  —  Reddit announces a scrolling video view for your timeline. … Pali Bhat joined Reddit from Google about a year ago … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clare Duffy / CNN: Meta tests returning messaging capabilities to the Facebook app, years after moving them to Messenger, hoping to “differentiate” the services from TikTok  —  New York CNN —  —  Nearly a decade after Facebook angered some users by splitting off messaging features … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Sources: Apple’s upcoming 15-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro will feature an 8-core M3 chip, the same core count as the M1 and M2  —  We’ve been hearing rumors about a new MacBook Air for a while, but some details about it remain unclear. 9to5Mac has now heard … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Sources: the upcoming 15 and 13 MacBook Airs, as well as a refreshed 13 MacBook Pro, will feature the new M3 chip, which will have 8 cores like the M1 and M2  —  We’ve been hearing rumors about a new MacBook Air for a while, but some details about it remain unclear. 9to5Mac has now heard … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vish Gain / Silicon Republic: A report by Ireland’s DPC: 17 large inquiries concluded in 2022, resulting in €1B+ fines; 10K+ cases concluded in 2022, including 246 cross-border complaints  —  Helen Dixon said the DPC issued two-thirds of fines issued across Europe last year on foot of ‘detailed and comprehensive investigations’. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Overhaul, which uses AI to help secure physical supply chains for freight companies, raised a $38M Series A led by Edison Partners and $35M in debt  —  Businesses dependent on the physical supply chain face a number of potential roadblocks.  Customers expect fast deliveries with visibility into each step … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Internal FBI and Pentagon documents detail early research to improve AI to aid with identifying or tracking Americans, later folded into the Horus search tool  —  Internal documents released in response to a lawsuit show the government was deeply involved in pushing for face-scanning technology that could be used for mass surveillance Lees verder op Tech Meme