Tech Meme

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: Meta plans to update its TOS for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users in the UK and begin moving those users from its Irish subsidiary onto US agreements  —  Meta Platforms Inc. will begin moving its UK users away from the company’s Irish subsidiary and onto US agreements in a move the social-media giant flagged post-Brexit. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: The European Commission plans to propose a law in Q2 2023 to improve cooperation by national regulators on cross-border investigations into GDPR violations  —  The European Union is (finally) coming to grips with the dysfunctionalities of its most famous tech law of all: the General Data Protection Regulation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: TikTok plans to let more researchers at US-based nonprofit universities access “public, anonymized” data through its API, after testing in November 2022  —  TikTok will let researchers at US-based nonprofit universities access public data, the company announced today … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Robert Barnes / Washington Post: A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Gonzalez v. Google, stemming from an Islamic State attack in Paris in 2015, and Twitter v. Taamneh on Wednesday  —  By Robert Barnes and Cat Zakrzewski  —  Updated just now  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust: A Microsoft forum post from November 23, 2022 describes AI chatbot Sydney “misbehaving” and being “so rude”, suggesting the company knew about its quirks  —  A new discovery that makes a curious story a whole lot more curious  —  We all know by now just how off the rails Bing can get. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vishal Chawla / The Block: Microsoft partners with Web3 infrastructure company Ankr to offer blockchain node services on Azure’s marketplace, letting users deploy smart contracts and more  —  – Tech giant Microsoft has partnered with Ankr to offer a blockchain node service for enterprise clients. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Burgess / Wired: Building on ForcedEntry, Trellix researchers find now-fixed bugs in iOS and macOS, which focus on NSPredicate and could let attackers bypass Apple’s sandbox  —  Security researchers found a class of flaws that, if exploited, would allow an attacker to access people’s messages, photos, and call history. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patrick McGee / Financial Times: A look at Apple’s smartphone dominance among Gen Z, who make up an estimated 34% of all US iPhone owners, as Samsung and Android struggle against iMessage  —  Younger Americans prefer an iPhone over Android by huge margins, creating unusual pressure over how they communicate Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica: Sony rolls out its GT Sophy AI to Gran Turismo 7, an experiment announced in February 2022, letting players race against Sophy in GT Sophy Race Together mode  —  GT Sophy beat the world’s best players in 2022; now you can race it yourself.  —  Last year, Sony AI and Polyphony Digital … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon’s stock decline over the past year has roiled its stock-heavy compensation plans, causing pay in 2023 to drop by 15%-50% below Amazon’s targets  —  Stock-heavy compensation plan means employees to receive 15% to 50% below projected pay targets Lees verder op Tech Meme