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Reddit hastily replacing some of its long-time mods raises questions about the company prioritizing reopening protesting subreddits over finding the best people (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica) 05-09-2023

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: Reddit hastily replacing some of its long-time mods raises questions about the company prioritizing reopening protesting subreddits over finding the best people  —  Concerns of Redditor safety, jeopardized research amid new mods and API rules.  —  Did you know that improper food canning can lead to death? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Milton Keynes, UK-based Envisics, which is building in-car AR heads-up display tech, raised $50M in a second Series C tranche, closing the $100M round in total (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) 05-09-2023

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Milton Keynes, UK-based Envisics, which is building in-car AR heads-up display tech, raised $50M in a second Series C tranche, closing the $100M round in total  —  Envisics, a UK-based holographics company building in-car technology that projects navigation, safety alerts and other data onto … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Malaysia says it is in discussions with Google, Meta and others over a regulatory framework to compensate news outlets for their content on online platforms (Reuters) 05-09-2023

Reuters: Malaysia says it is in discussions with Google, Meta and others over a regulatory framework to compensate news outlets for their content on online platforms  —  Malaysia said on Tuesday it is considering regulations that will make internet giants Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

How LLMs like GPT-4 can have an equalizing effect in some cases, boosting less-skilled workers and potentially leveling the human-capital playing field (Noah Smith/Noahpinion) 04-09-2023

Noah Smith / Noahpinion: How LLMs like GPT-4 can have an equalizing effect in some cases, boosting less-skilled workers and potentially leveling the human-capital playing field  —  An optimistic take on technology and inequality.  —  On the app formerly known as Twitter, I’m known for occasionally going on rants … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Kids Online Safety Act's lead sponsor, says the US legislation would be used to “protect minor children” from transgender people (Erin Reed/Erin In The Morning) 05-09-2023

Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning: Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Kids Online Safety Act’s lead sponsor, says the US legislation would be used to “protect minor children” from transgender people  —  The lead sponsor of the “Kids Online Safety Act,” otherwise known as KOSA, has stated over the weekend that it will be used to … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elon Musk threatens to file a defamation suit against the ADL for “falsely accusing” X and him of being antisemitic, and blames the ADL for X's US ad sales drop (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) 05-09-2023

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Elon Musk threatens to file a defamation suit against the ADL for “falsely accusing” X and him of being antisemitic, and blames the ADL for X’s US ad sales drop  —  In the newest uproar you might have missed, Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Report: Meta has partnered with LG to launch a new Quest Pro in 2025 to compete with Apple's Vision Pro; Meta also plans to release a sub-$200 headset in 2024 (David Heaney/UploadVR) 05-09-2023

David Heaney / UploadVR: Report: Meta has partnered with LG to launch a new Quest Pro in 2025 to compete with Apple’s Vision Pro; Meta also plans to release a sub-$200 headset in 2024  —  Meta is reportedly partnering with LG for future Quest Pro headsets.  —  In November last year South Korean news outlet SBS Biz reported Meta … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Apple and Microsoft have argued that iMessage and Bing are insufficiently popular to be designated “gatekeepers” set to be regulated under the EU's DMA (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times) 04-09-2023

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: Apple and Microsoft have argued that iMessage and Bing are insufficiently popular to be designated “gatekeepers” set to be regulated under the EU’s DMA  —  Battle comes ahead of publication of first list of services to be regulated under Digital Markets Act Lees verder op Tech Meme