The Guardian: UNESCO calls for a global ban on smartphones in schools, saying intensive technology use negatively impacts student performance and increases disruption — Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wisselvallig zomerweer Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Er staat code geel uit voor onweersbuien in het westen, met windstoten tot 80 km/uur, hagel en lokaal veel neerslag. Vanochtend schijnt af en toe de zon, maar vallen er plaatselijk ook buien, waarbij het soms even onweert. In het noorden vallen de meeste buien en is de zon het minst te zien. De wind waait boven land eerst uit het zuiden en is zwak, maar geleidelijk neemt hij toe naar matig en gaat hij uit het westen waaien. Langs de noordkust waait het matig en later af en toe vrij krachtig.Vanmiddag… Lees verder »Wisselvallig zomerweer KNMI : 26-07-2023
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon adds a page to alert customers of recalled or unsafe products within users’ accounts; US sellers can opt-in to Amazon’s service to manage recalled items — Amazon today introduced a new feature that will allow consumers to be better informed about potential product safety alerts and recalls. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Sources: Ant Group plans to exclude blockchain and other businesses from its financial-related unit that will be used for a Chinese financial holding license — – Ant plans to break off overseas, blockchain units: sources — State-owned firms plan to take part in Ant’s share buyback Lees verder op Tech Meme
Electric space heaters heat fast, create custom comfort zones and can save money on your energy bill. Our list includes today’s best models to buy ahead of winter.Lees verder op Cnet
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and Berkeley CS professor Stuart Russell warn Congress that AI could cause serious harms in a few years — Two AI researchers and the CEO of AI startup Anthropic testified about the long-term risks of AI and said Congress needs to institute rules to control it Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lauren Tara LaCapra / The Information: Former employees detail how the Apple Card partnership between Apple and Goldman Sachs soured; a source says Apple Card had ~10M users as of earlier this year — Apple and Goldman Sachs were in test runs before embarking publicly on one of the biggest-name partnerships ever between tech and finance. Lees verder op Tech Meme
The new Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip phones are expected to make their debut.Lees verder op Cnet
Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: Meta hasn’t labeled propaganda accounts of state-backed media from Russia and other authoritarian governments on Threads, unlike on Facebook and Instagram — State-backed media accounts have hundreds of thousands of followers without the labels they are made to carry on Instagram and Facebook Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: SK Hynix reports Q2 revenue down 47% YoY to ~$5.7B, beating an average projection of ~$4.7B, and a ~$2.3B operating loss, in line with expectations — – AI boosting high-end chip sales, but overall demand still soft — Hynix gearing up to expand output of high-capacity DRAM Lees verder op Tech Meme