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X's Community Notes has struggled during the Israel-Hamas war as the volume overwhelms volunteers; just 438 notes were publicly displayed in the first five days (Conspirador Norte …) 17-10-2023

Conspirador Norte&ntilde: X’s Community Notes has struggled during the Israel-Hamas war as the volume overwhelms volunteers; just 438 notes were publicly displayed in the first five days  —  X’s community fact checking system has thus far been inadequate in multiple ways at addressing the flood of online misinformation regarding the Israel-Hamas war Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta Quest 3's better passthrough video means people are again walking in public with face-mounted, video-recording devices, a throwback to Google “glassholes” (Sean Hollister/The Verge) 17-10-2023

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Meta Quest 3’s better passthrough video means people are again walking in public with face-mounted, video-recording devices, a throwback to Google “glassholes”  —  It’s happening: people are once walking into public places wearing a video-recording face computer on their heads. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Smartphone-based ID verification startup Prove Identity, formerly Payfone, says it raised $40M at a “unicorn status” valuation and has ~1K business customers (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 17-10-2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Smartphone-based ID verification startup Prove Identity, formerly Payfone, says it raised $40M at a “unicorn status” valuation and has ~1K business customers  —  Prove Identity, the smartphone-based identity verification startup that originally made its name years ago as Payfone … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon plans to launch its online marketplace in South Africa in 2024, a long-awaited move delayed by land disputes, and invites potential sellers to register (Loni Prinsloo/Bloomberg) 17-10-2023

Loni Prinsloo / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to launch its online marketplace in South Africa in 2024, a long-awaited move delayed by land disputes, and invites potential sellers to register  —  – US tech giant invited local sellers to register businesses  — Amazon to take on South African competitors such as Takealot Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reddit is killing blockchain-based Community Points, launched in 2020 as a way to reward creators and devs, citing the regulatory environment and scaling issues (Morgan Sung/TechCrunch) 17-10-2023

Morgan Sung / TechCrunch: Reddit is killing blockchain-based Community Points, launched in 2020 as a way to reward creators and devs, citing the regulatory environment and scaling issues  —  Reddit is winding down Community Points — the blockchain-based “internet points” program designed to reward creators and developers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: internal Microsoft data shows Windows 11 is now in use on 400M+ monthly active devices and on pace to surpass 500M in early 2024 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central) 17-10-2023

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Sources: internal Microsoft data shows Windows 11 is now in use on 400M+ monthly active devices and on pace to surpass 500M in early 2024  —  Internal data reveals Windows 11 has been more successful than you might think.  —  According to my sources who are familiar with the matter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Similarweb: X's global monthly website traffic declined 14% YoY in September, US traffic dropped 19% YoY, while traffic to Musk's profile page was up 96% YoY (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 17-10-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Similarweb: X’s global monthly website traffic declined 14% YoY in September, US traffic dropped 19% YoY, while traffic to Musk’s profile page was up 96% YoY  —  Despite proclamations from X CEO Linda Yaccarino that usage of the social network was at an all-time high this summer … Lees verder op Tech Meme