Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: WhatsApp now lets iOS and Android users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through Meta’s servers to obfuscate IP address metadata  —  WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that helps Android and iOS users hide their location during calls by relaying the connection through WhatsApp servers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: OpenAI fixes an issue that caused a “major outage” across ChatGPT and the company’s API services for 90+ minutes, starting shortly before 6AM PT  —  OpenAI’s ChatGPT service is back online after being down and inaccessible for its 100 million weekly active users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Wynn / The Block: The CFTC says 47 out of its 96 enforcement cases brought in 2023 were digital asset-related, including against SBF, Binance, CZ, Celsius, and Alex Mashinsky  —  – The CFTC brought 47 digital asset-related actions out of 96 total its 2023 fiscal year  — Notable cases included … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Anthropic will use Google’s Cloud TPU v5e chips to help power its LLM Claude; sources: Anthropic agreed to spend $3B+ on Google’s cloud services over four years  —  Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic will be one of the first companies to use new chips from Alphabet Inc.’s Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says Copilot has “growing positive margins”  —  GitHub’s AI coding assistant, called Copilot, has gone from an experiment to a moneymaker, the company’s CEO Thomas Dohmke said in an exclusive interview with Semafor.  —  “We are happy about the growing positive margins the product has,” he said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Smiley / Wired: How San Francisco’s citizen surveillance culture, with incidents often posted to X, turned the story of a bloody street attack inside out, causing viral outrage  —  When a homeless man attacked a former city official, footage of the onslaught became a rallying cry. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Caitlin Huston / Hollywood Reporter: Spotify now offers US paid subscribers 15 hours of free access to 200K+ audiobooks per month, after launching the service in the UK and Australia on October 3  —  The podcast and music platform will offer U.S. paid subscribers 15 hours of free listening to audiobooks as it continues its rollout of the new offering. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rob Golum / Bloomberg: Roblox reports Q3 bookings up 20% YoY to $839.5M, beating $822M est., revenue up 38% YoY to $713.2M, and average DAUs up 20% YoY to 70.2M; RBLX jumps 15%+  —  Roblox Corp., the video-game platform popular among teenagers, surged after posting third-quarter bookings and revenue that far exceeded Wall Street’s projections. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Airbnb plans to overhaul guest reviews, adding a new top-rated badge and tools to communicate more information about properties, as part of its Winter Release  —  Airbnb has given hotels a run for their money with offerings that are often more flexible, sometimes cheaper … Lees verder op Tech Meme