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Sources detail Amazon's canceled plan to make Halo a success; the sophisticated AI-based fitness service was undone due to “significant headwinds” and low sales (Chris Welch/The Verge) 02-05-2023

Chris Welch / The Verge: Sources detail Amazon’s canceled plan to make Halo a success; the sophisticated AI-based fitness service was undone due to “significant headwinds” and low sales  —  A redesigned Halo service was due this fall with an AI-powered personal trainer, celebrity-led fitness classes, and even Apple Watch support. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Uber reports Q1 revenue up 29% YoY to $8.82B, gross bookings up 19% YoY to $31.4B, $761M in adjusted EBITDA, up from $593M in Q1 2022, and a $157M loss (Preetika Rana/Wall Street Journal) 02-05-2023

Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: Uber reports Q1 revenue up 29% YoY to $8.82B, gross bookings up 19% YoY to $31.4B, $761M in adjusted EBITDA, up from $593M in Q1 2022, and a $157M loss  —  Ride-hailing leader predicts continuing growth for current quarter  —  Continued demand for Uber Technologies ‘ ride-share … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Writers Guild of America calls for a strike after negotiations with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and others over pay and AI issues failed; around 12K may strike (Lucas Ropek/Gizmodo) 02-05-2023

Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo: The Writers Guild of America calls for a strike after negotiations with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and others over pay and AI issues failed; around 12K may strike  —  The entertainment industry is in the throes of a labor dispute and more than a few of the sticking points involve recent technological changes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Music labels are taking down AI voice clone songs from streaming services by citing copyright infringement, an approach experts say is not so straightforward (Mia Sato/The Verge) 02-05-2023

Mia Sato / The Verge: Music labels are taking down AI voice clone songs from streaming services by citing copyright infringement, an approach experts say is not so straightforward  —  Major record labels are going after AI-generated songs, arguing copyright infringement.  Legal experts say the approach is far from straightforward. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nigerian payment service provider Nomba raised a $30M pre-Series B led by Base 10 Partners at a $150M+ valuation, per YC, following a $5M Series A in 2019 (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch) 02-05-2023

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: Nigerian payment service provider Nomba raised a $30M pre-Series B led by Base 10 Partners at a $150M+ valuation, per YC, following a $5M Series A in 2019  —  Nigerian payment service provider Nomba has raised $30 million in a pre-Series B investment to support the delivery of bespoke payment solutions for African businesses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bolt co-founder Ryan Breslow launches Love.com, a marketplace with 600+ health supplements that raised $15M+; Breslow famously attacked Stripe's founders (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg) 02-05-2023

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Bolt co-founder Ryan Breslow launches Love.com, a marketplace with 600+ health supplements that raised $15M+; Breslow famously attacked Stripe’s founders  —  Wellness startup Love, the latest company co-founded by Silicon Valley’s favorite provocateur Ryan Breslow, is open for business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

An Amnesty report details Israel's Red Wolf facial recognition system at checkpoints in Hebron and East Jerusalem, helping restrict Palestinians' movements (New York Times) 02-05-2023

New York Times: An Amnesty report details Israel’s Red Wolf facial recognition system at checkpoints in Hebron and East Jerusalem, helping restrict Palestinians’ movements  —  The Israeli government is using computer vision to monitor Palestinian travel across checkpoints, according to the report. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile and interview of Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the foundations for LLMs via backpropagation, worked with OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, and more (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review) 02-05-2023

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: A profile and interview of Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the foundations for LLMs via backpropagation, worked with OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, and more  —  “I have suddenly switched my views on whether these things are going to be more intelligent than us.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

BeReal rolls out RealPeople, a curated timeline of “the world's most interesting people”, first to the UK, as the startup seeks to reverse slowing growth (Kris Holt/Engadget) 02-05-2023

Kris Holt / Engadget: BeReal rolls out RealPeople, a curated timeline of “the world’s most interesting people”, first to the UK, as the startup seeks to reverse slowing growth  —  Days after it started offering users the option to post more than once per day, BeReal is rolling out another new feature. Lees verder op Tech Meme

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company plans to slow or stop back-office hiring, impacting ~26K staff, and ~30% could “easily” be replaced by AI in five years (Brody Ford/Bloomberg) 02-05-2023

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company plans to slow or stop back-office hiring, impacting ~26K staff, and ~30% could “easily” be replaced by AI in five years  —  International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring … Lees verder op Tech Meme