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A look at Moscow's Safe City, an AI surveillance system with 217K connected cameras designed to catch criminals that is now seen as a tool of digital repression (Masha Borak/Wired) 07-02-2023

Masha Borak / Wired: A look at Moscow’s Safe City, an AI surveillance system with 217K connected cameras designed to catch criminals that is now seen as a tool of digital repression  —  Moscow promised residents lower crime rates through an expansive smart city project.  Then Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samsung Galaxy S23 users say the smartphone uses ~60GB of its storage for Android and pre-installed apps, four times more than the Google Pixel 7 Pro's ~15GB (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica) 07-02-2023

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Samsung Galaxy S23 users say the smartphone uses ~60GB of its storage for Android and pre-installed apps, four times more than the Google Pixel 7 Pro’s ~15GB  —  Samsung’s Android build is 4x bigger than Google’s—twice the size of Windows 11.  —  As a smartphone operating system … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google Play began requiring local regulatory approval for loan apps in Nigeria and Kenya on January 31, matching rules in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines (Alexander Onukwue/Semafor) 07-02-2023

Alexander Onukwue / Semafor: Google Play began requiring local regulatory approval for loan apps in Nigeria and Kenya on January 31, matching rules in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines  —  Google has toughened its screening process for African digital lending companies that wish to have their apps on Play Store … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Baidu's stock jumps 15%+ after the company announced plans to add its ChatGPT-like service “Wenxin Yiyan”, or “Ernie Bot” in English, to search in March 2023 (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg) 07-02-2023

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Baidu’s stock jumps 15%+ after the company announced plans to add its ChatGPT-like service “Wenxin Yiyan”, or “Ernie Bot” in English, to search in March 2023  —  Baidu Inc. surged more than 15% after affirming it’s on track to publicly roll out its ChatGPT-like service in March … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The 2023 Super Bowl will not have crypto ads after FTX and others backed out despite buying spots early; crypto companies had around five spots in 2022's game (John Ourand/Sports Business Journal) 07-02-2023

John Ourand / Sports Business Journal: The 2023 Super Bowl will not have crypto ads after FTX and others backed out despite buying spots early; crypto companies had around five spots in 2022’s game  —  Fox Sports officially sold out Super Bowl LVII inventory, selling its final in-game spot in the week before the NFL conference championship games. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitter on iOS and Android now defaults to the timeline the user had open last, instead of the algorithmic feed, after making the change on the web in January (Mitchell Clark/The Verge) 07-02-2023

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Twitter on iOS and Android now defaults to the timeline the user had open last, instead of the algorithmic feed, after making the change on the web in January  —  Twitter’s iOS and Android app will now default to showing you the last timeline tab you selected, whether it’s the algorithmic … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gemini plans to provide up to $100M to Genesis' bankruptcy recovery, mainly for its Earn users, who had ~$900M of assets frozen when Genesis paused withdrawals (CNBC) 07-02-2023

CNBC: Gemini plans to provide up to $100M to Genesis’ bankruptcy recovery, mainly for its Earn users, who had ~$900M of assets frozen when Genesis paused withdrawals  —  – Crypto exchange Gemini will contribute $100 million in cash to a recovery plan for bankrupt crypto lender Genesis. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at MetaBirkins, 100 NFTs created by a self-described entrepreneur and artist in 2021, as Hermès goes to court in NYC seeking to stop the use of its brand (Erin Mulvaney/Wall Street Journal) 31-01-2023

Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal: A look at MetaBirkins, 100 NFTs created by a self-described entrepreneur and artist in 2021, as Hermès goes to court in NYC seeking to stop the use of its brand  —  Lawsuit is an early test of how a company can exercise its rights against virtual assets it didn’t authorize Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony do not plan to attend E3 2023, to be held in-person from June 13 to June 16; E3 2022 was canceled due to the pandemic (Kat Bailey/IGN) 31-01-2023

Kat Bailey / IGN: Sources: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony do not plan to attend E3 2023, to be held in-person from June 13 to June 16; E3 2022 was canceled due to the pandemic  —  All three of gaming’s first-party console manufacturers appear poised to skip E3’s big return.  —  E3’s first physical event … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Payment card services company Marqeta plans to acquire NYC-based fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223M in cash plus $52M subject to a milestone (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch) 31-01-2023

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Payment card services company Marqeta plans to acquire NYC-based fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223M in cash plus $52M subject to a milestone  —  Marqeta has agreed to acquire two-year-old fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223 million in cash … Lees verder op Tech Meme