Financial Times: Air cargo and logistics executives say booming demand in Western markets for goods sold by Chinese companies like Temu and Shein is buoying air freight rates  —  Logistics groups see sustained demand for fast delivery of goods from China to western markets  —  Booming western demand … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Q&A with ESA CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis on why the ESA couldn’t save E3, his favorite E3 memory, competition, working with the media, the ESA’s future, and more  —  The Entertainment Software Association finally pulled the plug on the Electronic Entertainment Expo yesterday after years of trying to hold the center of gaming events. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: Amazon introduces a slew of initiatives to help Chinese merchants sell abroad, including opening an innovation center in Shenzhen, the first in the Asia-Pacific  —  – An innovation centre in Shenzhen will integrate Amazon’s industrial, expert and supplier sources to help merchants ‘build brands, promote products’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: After an on-by-default AI toggle caused confusion, Dropbox says user data is only shared with OpenAI if the AI-powered search feature is actively being used  —  AI feature turned on by default worries users; Dropbox responds to concerns.  —  On Wednesday, news quickly spread on social media … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Deck / Rest of World: How the US rise of Japanese news aggregator SmartNews, valued at $2B in 2021, came to a halt in 2023, leading to the departure of CEO Ken Suzuki in November  —  Former SmartNews employees point to failed product launches and far-right obsession of former CEO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Singer / New York Times: A Stanford survey of 40+ US high schools finds ChatGPT didn’t increase cheating rates in 2023 versus prior years, suggesting the alarm may have been overblown  —  A.I. tools like ChatGPT did not boost the frequency of cheating in high schools, Stanford researchers say. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Malak Saleh / Engadget: Instagram plans to roll out new tools in the coming weeks to flag fake followers and spam content, giving users the option to delete those items in bulk  —  The company is announcing a suite of new tools that prevent spam from flooding profiles.  —  Meta is rolling out a suite of new tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Temu sues rival Shein in the US over “intensified” anti-competitive practices, reviving a legal fight after both had dropped earlier lawsuits against each other  —  – ‘Desperate plan’ stems from $30 billion value loss, suit says  — Shein filed 33,000 copyright takedown notices against Temu Lees verder op Tech Meme