Mike Isaac / New York Times: Analysis: tech layoffs in 2024, which Layoffs.fyi estimates have totaled 25,000 across ~100 companies so far, are more strategic than the mass layoffs in 2023  —  Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other tech companies have been on a layoff spree this month, with the latest cuts differing from last year’s mass reductions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Sen. Brian Schatz on Congress’ dysfunction in the tech space, regulating tech firms, the EU’s DMA, AI, deepfakes, social media laws for kids, and more  —  Today, I’m talking with Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii.  He’s been in the Senate for a little more than a decade now, and he’s seen a lot in that time. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Seabrook / New Yorker: A profile of UMG CEO Lucian Grainge, who helped record labels rake in billions of dollars from streaming and now hopes to do the same with generative AI  —  Lucian Grainge, the chairman of UMG, has helped record labels rake in billions of dollars from streaming.  Can he do the same with generative artificial intelligence? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vitalik Buterin / Vitalik Buterin’s website: A look at the four major categories of apps that could emerge at the intersection of crypto and AI, and the prospects and challenges of each category  —  Special thanks to the Worldcoin and Modulus Labs teams, Xinyuan Sun, Martin Koeppelmann and Illia Polosukhin for feedback and discussion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Sen. Brian Schatz on Congress’ dysfunction in the tech space, regulating tech companies, the EU’s DMA, AI, deepfakes, social media laws for kids, more  —  Today, I’m talking with Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii.  He’s been in the Senate for a little more than a decade now, and he’s seen a lot in that time. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Suzanne Smalley / The Record: Legislators and privacy experts detail how the tech industry has sought to water down state privacy regulation in the US; 13 US states now have privacy laws  —  New Jersey’s governor signed a hard-fought data privacy law earlier this month, making the state one of eight nationwide … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Isaac / New York Times: Analysis: tech layoffs in 2024, totaling 25,000 across ~100 companies so far, according to Layoffs.fyi, are more strategic than mass layoffs in 2023  —  Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other tech companies have been on a layoff spree this month, with the latest cuts differing from last year’s mass reductions. Lees verder op Tech Meme