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Emails: UMG asked Spotify, Apple, and other services to block developers training AI services from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times) 12-04-2023

Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Emails: UMG asked Spotify, Apple, and other services to block developers training AI services from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs  —  Universal Music Group says new technology relies on unauthorised use of copyrighted material  —  Universal Music Group … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Labor consultants say US companies, responding to labor shortages and rising wages, are outsourcing jobs overseas, expanding on pandemic remote work policies (Konrad Putzier/Wall Street Journal) 12-04-2023

Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal: Labor consultants say US companies, responding to labor shortages and rising wages, are outsourcing jobs overseas, expanding on pandemic remote work policies  —  Companies respond to labor shortages and rising wages by moving some positions abroad, labor consultants say Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources say concerns over Mark Zuckerberg's efficiency drive, layoffs, Meta's absentee leadership, and focus on the metaverse have devastated employee morale (New York Times) 12-04-2023

New York Times: Sources say concerns over Mark Zuckerberg’s efficiency drive, layoffs, Meta’s absentee leadership, and focus on the metaverse have devastated employee morale  —  Workers at Facebook’s parent have been increasingly alarmed by job cuts and the company’s direction. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Andy Hunter and his ecommerce platform Bookshop.org, which helps indie booksellers set up a digital storefront instead of selling through Amazon (Kate Knibbs/Wired) 12-04-2023

Kate Knibbs / Wired: A profile of Andy Hunter and his ecommerce platform Bookshop.org, which helps indie booksellers set up a digital storefront instead of selling through Amazon  —  Andy Hunter’s ecommerce platform was a pandemic hit.  Now he’s on a mission to prove that small businesses can scale up without selling out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Raspberry Pi raised an undisclosed amount from Sony Semiconductor Solutions at a $500M valuation, the same valuation as its $45M raise in 2021, to work on AI (Ryan Browne/CNBC) 12-04-2023

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Raspberry Pi raised an undisclosed amount from Sony Semiconductor Solutions at a $500M valuation, the same valuation as its $45M raise in 2021, to work on AI  —  – Raspberry Pi has received fresh investment from Sony’s semiconductor unit, in a deal that will let users and developers make visual sensory applications using its AI chips. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Despite bitcoin rallying to over $30K, El Salvador's total holdings of 2,546 bitcoin, acquired for around $108M, are worth just $77M (Michael D McDonald/Bloomberg) 12-04-2023

Michael D McDonald / Bloomberg: Despite bitcoin rallying to over $30K, El Salvador’s total holdings of 2,546 bitcoin, acquired for around $108M, are worth just $77M  —  Bitcoin may be at a nine-month high, but El Salvador’s total holdings are still worth 29% less than what the government paid for the world’s largest digital currency. Lees verder op Tech Meme