The presence of crypto YouTubers, podcasters and commentators at the FTX founder’s fraud trial has created something of a culture clash in the courtroom.Lees verder op New York Times
New ways we’re understanding A.I. models, the musings of a billionaire venture capitalist, and the first word from an ancient scroll.Lees verder op New York Times
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Musk: X to launch two new Premium tiers, one for less than the current $8/mo one with all features and no reduction in ads, the other more expensive with no ads — Elon Musk today said that X (formerly Twitter) is going to soon launch two new premium tiers, confirming previous reports and code sightings. Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: Jon Stewart’s Apple TV+ show abruptly ends, sources say over creative differences; source: Stewart said potential China and AI topics concerned Apple executives — Mr. Stewart and Apple are parting ways because of creative differences over “The Problem,” people with knowledge of the decision said. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Hachman / PCWorld: AMD unveils the Radeon RX 7900M, a rival to Nvidia’s RTX 4080 and the first laptop GPU to use a chiplet design, available in Dell’s new Alienware m18 laptop — It will debut in the new Alienware m18, launching today. — AMD is setting its sights on Nvidia’s RTX 4080 mobile GPU with the Radeon RX 7900M … Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: News publishers scramble to adjust to declining referral traffic, as Meta, X, and even Google become less dependable at amplifying and supporting journalism — News organizations are scrambling to adjust to the latest rift in the long-fractious relationship between publishers and tech platforms. Lees verder op Tech Meme
CoinDesk: Filing: the US SEC drops charges alleging Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Chairman Chris Larsen aided and abetted the company in violating securities laws — The regulator had included them as defendants in its securities violation case revolving around XRP transactions, and the agency now says it’s just pursuing Ripple for damages. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: 23andMe is investigating a possible new data leak of 4M users’ records on BreachForums; the hacker claims the stolen dataset includes info on people from the UK — The same hacker who leaked a trove of user data stolen from the genetic testing company 23andMe two weeks ago has now leaked millions of new user records. Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: News publishers wrestle with declines in web traffic as companies like Google, Meta, and X back away from dependably amplifying and supporting journalism — News organizations are scrambling to adjust to the latest rift in the long-fractious relationship between publishers and tech platforms. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: Beijing-based generative AI startup Beijing Zhipu Huazhang has raised ~$342M from Alibaba, Tencent, Ant Group, Xiaomi, HongShan, Meituan, and others in 2023 — – Zhipu has raised $342 million this year from investors — Chinese AI firms are raising hundreds of millions for US race Lees verder op Tech Meme