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Citizen suspends sales of its $350 CZ Smart smartwatch, launched on May 1; review units had extensive issues, including freezing and inaccurate tracking data (Julian Chokkattu/Wired) 25-08-2023

Julian Chokkattu / Wired: Citizen suspends sales of its $350 CZ Smart smartwatch, launched on May 1; review units had extensive issues, including freezing and inaccurate tracking data  —  The second-generation CZ Smart launched a few months ago.  Both the company and reviewers have found serious technical issues. Lees verder op Tech Meme

NYT, CNN, and some other news outlets block OpenAI's GPTBot web crawler from accessing their content; some have also blocked Common Crawl Foundation's CCBot (Ariel Bogle/The Guardian) 25-08-2023

Ariel Bogle / The Guardian: NYT, CNN, and some other news outlets block OpenAI’s GPTBot web crawler from accessing their content; some have also blocked Common Crawl Foundation’s CCBot  —  Chicago Tribune and Australian newspapers the Canberra Times and Newcastle Herald also appear to have disallowed web crawler from maker of Chat GPT Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoinGecko: Worldcoin's WLD fell 9.1% in the past 24 hours to ~$1.33, down 43.6% since its launch a month ago, after scrutiny over data collection and privacy (Timmy Shen/The Block) 25-08-2023

Timmy Shen / The Block: CoinGecko: Worldcoin’s WLD fell 9.1% in the past 24 hours to ~$1.33, down 43.6% since its launch a month ago, after scrutiny over data collection and privacy  —  – The controversial crypto project co-created by Sam Altman saw its WLD token drop 9.1% over the past 24 hours and 43.6% over the past 30 days. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Customs data: China's chip production tool imports in June and July 2023 totaled nearly $5B, up 70% YoY from $2.9B, mostly from the Netherlands and Japan (Financial Times) 25-08-2023

Financial Times: Customs data: China’s chip production tool imports in June and July 2023 totaled nearly $5B, up 70% YoY from $2.9B, mostly from the Netherlands and Japan  —  Data shows surge in June and July purchases ahead of export curbs by Japan and the Netherlands  —  China’s imports of semiconductor equipment … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Indian instant grocery startup Zepto raised a $200M Series E led by StepStone at a $1.4B valuation, taking its funding to $560M, India's first unicorn of 2023 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 25-08-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian instant grocery startup Zepto raised a $200M Series E led by StepStone at a $1.4B valuation, taking its funding to $560M, India’s first unicorn of 2023  —  Instant grocery delivery startup Zepto has raised $200 million in a new funding round at a valuation of $1.4 billion, it said Friday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: Tencent Music, Cloud Music, and more scrap their virtual lucky draws and other features at a hefty cost, as China cracks down on online gambling (Josh Ye/Reuters) 25-08-2023

Josh Ye / Reuters: Source: Tencent Music, Cloud Music, and more scrap their virtual lucky draws and other features at a hefty cost, as China cracks down on online gambling  —  Chinese online content platforms including Tencent Music (1698.HK) and NetEase’s Cloud Music (9899.HK) have removed live streaming features … Lees verder op Tech Meme