Justin Ling / Wired: Internal 4chan emails, chat logs, and moderation decisions reveal how the site’s team of moderators, called “janitors”, allowed racism and violence to take over  —  Internal company documents reveal how the imageboard’s chaotic moderation allowed racism and violence to take over. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Sequoia plans to split into three firms, Sequoia in the US and Europe, HongShan in China, and Peak XV in India and Southeast Asia, “no later than” March 2024  —  Venture capital’s biggest global brand is breaking up, with Sequoia’s China and India and Southeast Asia funds relaunching … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Priya Anand / Bloomberg: Reddit defends its usage-based API pricing, arguing the company “needs to be fairly paid to continue supporting high-usage third-party apps”  —  A number of Reddit forums plan to go dark for two days later this month to protest the company’s decision to increase prices for third-party app developers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Apple avoided mentioning AI at WWDC, instead referring to machine learning and transformers while describing features; M2 Ultra was touted for training models  —  Apple prefers using “machine learning,” or just having AI work in the background.  —  Amid notable new products … Lees verder op Tech Meme