Iain Thomson / The Register: Hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow details Veilid, an open-source, P2P application framework, and debuts VeilidChat, a proof-of-concept Signal-like messaging app  —  ‘It’s like Tor and IPFS had sex and produced this thing’  —  DEF CON Infosec super-band the Cult of the Dead Cow has released Veilid … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Liz Lindqwister / The San Francisco Standard: Some Cruise riders say they’ve had sex in the driverless cars in San Francisco over recent months; Waymo and Cruise permit users to eat, but not drink alcohol  —  An Illustration generated by the artificial intelligence program Midjourney depicts two people making out in an autonomous vehicle. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fortesa Latifi / Teen Vogue: Illinois passes the US’ first law protecting child influencers, entitling influencers under age 16 and kids featured by influencers to a percentage of earnings  —  Illinois has officially passed the nation’s first legislation aimed at protecting child influencers, in a move advocates … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: The Hollywood Professional Association, which includes Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Sony, urges the AMPTP, the WGA, and SAG-AFTRA to find a resolution  —  “Organizations indispensable to the creation of media are cutting staff… and in some cases, even risk closing,” the Hollywood Professional Association writes Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: UMG, Sony Music, and other labels sue the Internet Archive for copyright infringement, saying its Great 78 Project works as an “illegal record store” for songs  —  Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), Sony Music Entertainment (6758.T) and other record labels on Friday sued … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: A look at Stanford’s bootcamp to educate Congress on AI reshaping education and health care, deepfakes, and using AI to respond to national security threats  —  The elite Silicon Valley university coaches Hill staffers on the benefits of artificial intelligence Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at Amazon One palm scanning tech, being used for payments, age verification, and more at US retailers, stadiums, and other venues, amid privacy concerns  —  It’s also a potentially massive play to make Amazon the central ID system for your whole life—from banking and loyalty programs to tickets … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manya Saini / Reuters: Chindata Group plans to go private in a $3.16B deal with investor Bain Capital, ending months of uncertainty about the Chinese data center operator’s future  —  Chindata Group said on Friday it would go private in a sweetened $3.16 billion deal with investor Bain Capital … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cam Thompson / CoinDesk: A look at friend.tech, a decentralized social media app built on Base whose August 10 invite-only beta drove 4,400 ETH in trading volume in less than 24 hours  —  The new social app has driven 4,400 ETH ($8.1 million) in trading volume in less than 24 hours since its launch, far surpassing OpenSea’s in the same time frame. Lees verder op Tech Meme