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A case for slowing down AI due to existential and bias risks, despite objections like its alleged inevitability and the AI arms race with China (Sigal Samuel/Vox) 21-03-2023

Sigal Samuel / Vox: A case for slowing down AI due to existential and bias risks, despite objections like its alleged inevitability and the AI arms race with China  —  Pumping the brakes on artificial intelligence could be the best thing we ever do for humanity.  —  “Computers need to be accountable to machines … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: China is giving its most successful chipmakers, including SMIC, Huawei, and Hua Hong, easier subsidy access and more control over state-backed research (Qianer Liu/Financial Times) 21-03-2023

Qianer Liu / Financial Times: Sources: China is giving its most successful chipmakers, including SMIC, Huawei, and Hua Hong, easier subsidy access and more control over state-backed research  —  Under US pressure, Beijing is changing strategy and relying on a select group of companies to shape its domestic sector Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maryland-based identity management startup Aembit launches its service and announces a $16.6M seed from Ballistic Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) 21-03-2023

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Maryland-based identity management startup Aembit launches its service and announces a $16.6M seed from Ballistic Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures  —  Aembit, a Maryland-based security startup that focuses on helping DevOps and security teams manage how federated workloads talk to each other … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filing: Google denies intentionally destroying evidence in the US antitrust lawsuit over its search business, in a response to the DOJ's bid for court sanctions (Mike Scarcella/Reuters) 21-03-2023

Mike Scarcella / Reuters: Filing: Google denies intentionally destroying evidence in the US antitrust lawsuit over its search business, in a response to the DOJ’s bid for court sanctions  —  Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has denied intentionally destroying evidence in the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google suspends Pinduoduo's app on the Play Store “for security concerns” and flags several Pinduoduo apps as malware, alerting users who had them installed (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch) 21-03-2023

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Google suspends Pinduoduo’s app on the Play Store “for security concerns” and flags several Pinduoduo apps as malware, alerting users who had them installed  —  On Monday, Google announced that it had flagged several apps made by a Chinese e-commerce giant as malware … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Global premium smartphone sales rose 1% YoY in 2022, taking 50%+ of the smartphone market's revenue for the first time; Apple took 75% of the premium market (Varun Mishra/Counterpoint Research) 21-03-2023

Varun Mishra / Counterpoint Research: Global premium smartphone sales rose 1% YoY in 2022, taking 50%+ of the smartphone market’s revenue for the first time; Apple took 75% of the premium market  —  Although overall global smartphone sales in 2022 fell 12% YoY due to macroeconomic difficulties, global premium (≥$600 wholesale price) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Singapore-based Reebelo, a marketplace for pre-owned smartphones, tablets, and more, raised a $29M Series A extension, bringing its Series A total to ~$50M (Christine Hall/TechCrunch) 21-03-2023

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Reebelo, a marketplace for pre-owned smartphones, tablets, and more, raised a $29M Series A extension, bringing its Series A total to ~$50M  —  The global circular economy, comprising the sale of secondhand and refurbished goods, was valued at about $339 billion in 2022 and is poised to more than double by 2026. Lees verder op Tech Meme