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Current and former staff: Meta employees generally aren't using the Quest 3, especially not for meetings; source: the VR unit doesn't use the headset for work (Aisha Counts/Bloomberg) 02-06-2023

Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: Current and former staff: Meta employees generally aren’t using the Quest 3, especially not for meetings; source: the VR unit doesn’t use the headset for work  —  Meta employees don’t seem interested in working in the metaverse.  But first…  Three things you need to know today: Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Voyager, a Minecraft bot that an Nvidia team created using GPT-4, which obtains over 3x as many items and builds tools 15x quicker than other AI bots (Will Knight/Wired) 02-06-2023

Will Knight / Wired: A look at Voyager, a Minecraft bot that an Nvidia team created using GPT-4, which obtains over 3x as many items and builds tools 15x quicker than other AI bots  —  The bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills, suggesting that the tech behind ChatGPT could automate many workplace tasks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

YouTube says it will stop removing content that claims “widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in the 2020 and other past US Presidential elections” (Sara Fischer/Axios) 02-06-2023

Sara Fischer / Axios: YouTube says it will stop removing content that claims “widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in the 2020 and other past US Presidential elections”  —  In a reversal of its election integrity policy, YouTube will leave up content that says fraud, errors or glitches occurred … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Report: Valencia-based Jeff, which provides a frontend app and other tools to manage businesses, filed for bankruptcy in May after failing to close a €90M round (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu) 02-06-2023

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Report: Valencia-based Jeff, which provides a frontend app and other tools to manage businesses, filed for bankruptcy in May after failing to close a €90M round  —  After numerous lawsuits in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Spain, losses close to €65 million, and a €90 million funding round … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of insider trading by manipulating Dogecoin, alleging he sold ~$124M in DOGE after changing Twitter's logo (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters) 02-06-2023

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of insider trading by manipulating Dogecoin, alleging he sold ~$124M in DOGE after changing Twitter’s logo  —  Elon Musk is being accused of insider trading in a proposed class action by investors accusing the Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Challenger report: US tech companies have announced 136,831 layoffs from January to May 2023, more than in any full year since 2001, when job cuts hit 168,395 (Alexandre Tanzi/Bloomberg) 02-06-2023

Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg: Challenger report: US tech companies have announced 136,831 layoffs from January to May 2023, more than in any full year since 2001, when job cuts hit 168,395  —  US companies have announced more job cuts this year than during all of 2022, according to executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. Lees verder op Tech Meme

At Computex, Lenovo, Samsung, Acer, and others bet on OLED displays to revive PC sales, despite higher costs; Samsung controls 99%+ of the OLED laptop market (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg) 02-06-2023

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: At Computex, Lenovo, Samsung, Acer, and others bet on OLED displays to revive PC sales, despite higher costs; Samsung controls 99%+ of the OLED laptop market  —  PC makers from Lenovo Group Ltd. to Samsung Electronics Co. are pinning their hopes for reviving laptop sales on upgraded displays. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Report: Valencia-based Jeff, which provides a frontend app and other tools to manage businesses, filed for bankruptcy in May after failing to close a €90M round (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu) 02-06-2023

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Report: Valencia-based Jeff, which provides a frontend app and other tools to manage businesses, filed for bankruptcy in May after failing to close a €90M round  —  After numerous lawsuits in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Spain, losses close to €65 million, and a €90 million funding round … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Getty asks London's High Court to stop UK sales of Stable Diffusion, accusing Stability AI of copyright infringement for training its AI model on Getty's images (Sam Tobin/Reuters) 02-06-2023

Sam Tobin / Reuters: Getty asks London’s High Court to stop UK sales of Stable Diffusion, accusing Stability AI of copyright infringement for training its AI model on Getty’s images  —  Stock photo provider Getty Images has asked London’s High Court for an injunction to prevent artificial intelligence company Stability AI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: A.J. Brown, Twitter's head of brand safety and ad quality, is leaving, the second top safety executive to leave the company this week (Wall Street Journal) 02-06-2023

Wall Street Journal: Sources: A.J. Brown, Twitter’s head of brand safety and ad quality, is leaving, the second top safety executive to leave the company this week  —  A.J. Brown’s departure comes after Ella Irwin, company’s head of trust and safety, left Thursday  —  Twitter lost its head of brand safety and ad quality … Lees verder op Tech Meme