18:36 Vlaams minister Hilde Crevits onthulde dinsdag dat haar regering deze legislatuur al 1,5 miljard euro uitgaf aan externe consultants. Dat roept de vraag op of een ‘slanke overheid’ daadwerkelijk goedk…Lees verder op De Tijd
19:10 Om hun vlakke loopbaan te doorbreken en de onderwijskwaliteit te verhogen krijgen leerkrachten vanaf volgend schooljaar de kans leraar-specialist te worden voor een bepaald vak. Daar hoort een loonsve…Lees verder op De Tijd
19:24 De voorzitters van de verschillende parlementen in ons land hebben samen beslist het pensioenplafond strikt toe te passen. Tot nu konden parlementsleden dat met maximaal 20 procent overschrijden.Lees verder op De Tijd
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google launches Product Studio, a tool that lets merchants edit product images using generative AI for free, rolling out to US sellers in “the next few months” — Google is launching Product Studio, a new tool that allows Google Shopping merchants to quickly edit and customize … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: BuzzFeed debuts Botatouille, a chatbot that suggests recipes from its food brand Tasty; BuzzFeed plans to sell subscriptions to AI-powered personalized services — Jonah Peretti, the company’s chief executive, has embraced artificial intelligence more than most publishers. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Peloton revamps its app to offer a $24/month tier with unlimited hardware-based classes and a free tier without live classes, alongside its $13/month tier — Peloton Interactive Inc. is revamping its mobile fitness app to offer three different tiers, including an upscale version that will cost $24 a month … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Flipboard rolls out support for decentralized social networks Bluesky and Pixelfed, after adding support for Mastodon in February — Social magazine app Flipboard is continuing its investment in the federated social web with today’s news that it’s integrating with decentralized social networks, Bluesky and Pixelfed. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Elias Leight / Billboard: Endel, a company that produces AI-driven “functional music”, partners with UMG to transform the label’s music into soundscapes for relaxing or studying — Endel, a leader in the lucrative “functional music” space, will transform projects from UMG’s roster into soundscapes for relaxing or studying. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google plans to start experimenting with Search and Shopping ads that are fully customized based on users’ search terms within conversational AI Search — AI chatbots have only just been put into consumers’ hands, but tech giants are rushing to monetize them. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andrew Marino / The Verge: Review of Logic Pro for iPad: translates the pro app’s UI to a touch screen well and is very fun with few compromises, but it can’t load many 3rd-party plug-ins — A great digital audio workstation for the iPad with some experimental ways to make music Lees verder op Tech Meme