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Email: Chase bans crypto-linked payments for UK clients starting on October 16 as “fraudsters are increasingly using crypto assets to steal large sums of money” (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk) 26-09-2023

Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: Email: Chase bans crypto-linked payments for UK clients starting on October 16 as “fraudsters are increasingly using crypto assets to steal large sums of money”  —  Starting Oct. 16, the bank will decline customer attempts to make payments related to crypto assets via debit card or outgoing bank transfers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google plans to shut down Google Podcasts “later in 2024”, moving its streaming listeners to YouTube Music, which will support US podcasts and RSS feeds by 2024 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 26-09-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google plans to shut down Google Podcasts “later in 2024”, moving its streaming listeners to YouTube Music, which will support US podcasts and RSS feeds by 2024  —  Google announced this morning it will be shutting down its Google Podcasts app later in 2024 as part of its broader transition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Microsoft is developing “distilled”, smaller AI models for features like Bing Chat that cost less to operate and mimic OpenAI's more advanced models (Aaron Holmes/The Information) 26-09-2023

Aaron Holmes / The Information: Sources: Microsoft is developing “distilled”, smaller AI models for features like Bing Chat that cost less to operate and mimic OpenAI’s more advanced models  —  Microsoft’s push to put artificial intelligence into its software has hinged almost entirely on OpenAI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google Messages has been installed 5B+ times, after crossing 1B installations in May 2020 and becoming the default messaging app on most new Android devices (Kyle Bradshaw/9to5Google) 26-09-2023

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Google Messages has been installed 5B+ times, after crossing 1B installations in May 2020 and becoming the default messaging app on most new Android devices  —  In the midst of Google’s “#GetTheMessage” campaign, the company’s own RCS/SMS/MMS app for Android, Google Messages, has now been installed over five billion times. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The FTC and 17 US states sue Amazon for allegedly using monopoly power to keep its prices artificially high, push sellers to pay fees, and harm its rivals (CNBC) 26-09-2023

CNBC: The FTC and 17 US states sue Amazon for allegedly using monopoly power to keep its prices artificially high, push sellers to pay fees, and harm its rivals  —  – Amazon is facing its first set of antitrust charges from the U.S. federal government after the Federal Trade Commission filed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

More than half of the testimony given in the Google antitrust trial so far has been behind closed doors, due to a secrecy push from Google, Microsoft, and Apple (New York Times) 26-09-2023

New York Times: More than half of the testimony given in the Google antitrust trial so far has been behind closed doors, due to a secrecy push from Google, Microsoft, and Apple  —  Efforts to seal testimony have increasingly raised questions as the federal antitrust case enters its third week in court. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Skydio debuts X10, an autonomous drone capable of mitigating high-speed police chases by flying at 45 mph and tracking people in the dark using infrared sensors (Khari Johnson/Wired) 26-09-2023

Khari Johnson / Wired: Skydio debuts X10, an autonomous drone capable of mitigating high-speed police chases by flying at 45 mph and tracking people in the dark using infrared sensors  —  Startup Skydio says its powerful new drone for public safety can reduce the need for high-speed chases. Lees verder op Tech Meme