Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft employees will keep free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate after Phil Spencer stepped in to reverse the company’s plans to remove the benefit  —  Microsoft was planning to remove a free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most of its 238,000 employees in January … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: An interview with Mozilla Senior Director of Content Carolyn O’Hara about joining the fediverse, technical hurdles when onboarding users, moderation, and more  —  Consumers are hungry for a new way of social networking, where trust and safety are paramount and power isn’t centralized … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Google Play rolls out an “Independent security review” badge for apps that have conducted a Mobile Application Security Assessment audit, starting with VPN apps  —  Google Play, Android’s official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an ‘independent security reviews’ badge … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: OpenSea lays off ~50% of staff and is moving to “OpenSea 2.0”; after laying off 20% of its workforce in July 2022, the NFT marketplace said 230 staff remained  —  A company representative told Decrypt that approximately 50% of employees were impacted across the company. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: China says it attended the UK AI Safety Summit’s ministerial meeting on its second day, despite not being listed by the UK among the “like-minded” participants  —  China said it attended a top-level ministerial meeting at the UK AI Safety Summit on Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme