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Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Amazon announces “regular, free” Kindle Scribe updates, starting with new brush types and organizational features, to address the device’s underbaked software  —  Amazon hasn’t said exactly what it plans, but the first new updates drop today.  —  Update, 5:28pm … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Florence Ion / Gizmodo: Google rolls out fall detection to all Pixel Watch users, four months after its launch, saying the feature “has been extensively tested” to avoid false alarms  —  The long-awaited feature can be toggled on through the settings starting today.  —  Four months after its launch … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft releases a Windows 11 update, adding the new AI-powered Bing search to the taskbar, Phone Link for iOS, screen recording, Notepad tabs, and more  —  Microsoft is releasing a big update to Windows 11 today that adds the company’s new AI-powered Bing search to the taskbar. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krystal Hu / Reuters: Bitwise Industries, which offers tech services and training in 10 US cities, raised $80M, sources say at a $600M+ valuation, up from $200M in early 2021  —  Bitwise Industries, a tech service provider that trains workers in underrepresented communities, has raised $80 million in a funding round led … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the Biden administration considers revoking export licenses to US suppliers to Huawei, such as Qualcomm and Intel, impacting 4G and 5G devices  —  Chip companies say restrictions on products supplied to the Chinese telecom will deny the U.S. industry revenue for research Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manya Saini / Reuters: Sources: Visa and Mastercard pause plans for partnerships with crypto companies and some product launches until markets and the regulatory environment improve  —  U.S. payment giants Visa (V.N) and Mastercard (MA.N) are slamming the brakes on plans to forge new partnerships with crypto firms … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: The EU narrows its long-running Apple antitrust case, removing IAP objections and focusing on stopping apps from telling users about other subscription options  —  Antitrust investigation looks at how tech giant deals with subscription information from streaming services such as Spotify Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: After declining Twitter engagement, a writer games the For You algorithm, which he suspected was using invisible subreddits via Topics to organize tweets  —  Read to the end for some really good horse content  —  I Gave Into The New Twitter Algorithm And I Went Way Too Viral Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Some marketers worry that Meta’s AI-based Advantage+ ad tool, added after Apple’s ATT to automatically generate multiple ads, forces them to relinquish control  —  Social network claims successes with tool to counteract Apple’s privacy changes that resulted in billions in lost revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme

Niha Masih / Washington Post: Access Now: in 2022, 35 countries instituted internet shutdowns at least 187 times, led by India with 84 disruptions, Russia causing 22 in Ukraine, and more  —  More countries shut down the internet in 2022 than ever before, according to a new report by digital rights researchers … Lees verder op Tech Meme