Emily Parker / CoinDesk: Japan is leading the race to regulate stablecoins, starting with a law that took effect in June 2023 and has terms to protect the assets underlying stablecoins  —  Japan’s new law tries to address one of the biggest fears about major stablecoins: Do issuers really have the assets to back them? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: As Cruise suspends all its driverless operations, a look at the lack of clear federal regulations and fragmented oversight governing self-driving cars in the US  —  The whiplash from approval to ban in just two months highlights the fragmented oversight governing the fledgling industry Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chloe Cornish / Financial Times: Sources: Byju’s plans to sell Epic, acquired for $500M, to settle debts after defaulting on a $1.2B loan, and may also sell Great Learning, acquired for $600M  —  Online education company was once India’s most valuable start-up but now plans asset sales to settle debts Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: A look at the hard right tilt of X, which once served as the hub of real-time news and global debate, and how its political shift could intensify business woes  —  The billionaire bought Twitter to revive its business and make it less “woke.”  He has succeeded at only one of those goals. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Hands-on with Apple’s Journal, an incredibly basic journaling app, with an interesting Moments page that uses the Suggestions API to prompt users to add entries  —  The Apple Journal app is so simple that, at first, it felt like I was missing something.  The whole app is just one screen … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at physics-informed machine learning approaches, which are in the early stages and can help AI tackle hard problems in robotics, science, and engineering  —  Adding what we know about the real world to artificial intelligence can make it more effective at solving some of the hardest and most essential problems Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Guardian: The UK’s policing minister Chris Philp encourages the police to double the use of retrospective facial recognition software by May 2024 to track down offenders  —  Policing minister Chris Philp suggests target of more than 200,000 searches over next six months Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Q&A with Discord VP of Trust and Safety John Redgrave on the content moderation challenges in the age of generative AI, exploring audio and video E2EE, and more  —  Discord, the online messaging platform that started as a haven for gamers, became better known earlier this year as the site … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Q&A with Founders Fund GP Keith Rabois on why the VC firm halved its newest fund, investing in online wholesale marketplace Faire and jobs board Traba, and more  —  “If the rest of the world wants to lose money as venture capitalists, sometimes it’s in a founder’s interest to take that money” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Document: the G7 plans to agree to a voluntary, 11-point code of conduct on October 30 for companies developing advanced AI systems, seeking to mitigate risks  —  The Group of Seven industrial countries will on Monday agree a code of conduct for companies developing advanced artificial intelligence systems … Lees verder op Tech Meme