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After a digital artist opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set, the community made a model copying his style, raising questions around open-source models (Jose Antonio Lanz/Decrypt) 31-07-2023

Jose Antonio Lanz / Decrypt: After a digital artist opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set, the community made a model copying his style, raising questions around open-source models  —  More popular than Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci among AI artists, Greg Rutkowski opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitter/X threatens to sue Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging the nonprofit made “troubling and baseless claims” to hurt Twitter and its ad business (New York Times) 31-07-2023

New York Times: Twitter/X threatens to sue Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging the nonprofit made “troubling and baseless claims” to hurt Twitter and its ad business  —  The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter’s parent company … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Perioden met (mot)regen en vrij koel, morgen enkele (onweers)buien KNMI : 31-07-2023

Perioden met (mot)regen en vrij koel, morgen enkele (onweers)buien Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Er zijn geen waarschuwingen. Vanmiddag is het bewolkt en valt er van tijd tot tijd wat regen of motregen. In de tweede helft van de middag gaat het in het zuiden weer wat harder regenen. De maximumtemperatuur ligt rond 20°C. De wind komt uit het zuidwesten en is matig, langs de kust en boven het IJsselmeer krachtig, kracht 6. Langs de westkust af en toe hard, kracht 7.Vanavond is het bewolkt en regent het op veel plaatsen, vooral in het zuidoosten kan er plaatselijk veel… Lees verder »Perioden met (mot)regen en vrij koel, morgen enkele (onweers)buien KNMI : 31-07-2023

Customs data shows China's chip imports fell 22% YoY during H1 2023 and chipmaking equipment imports fell 23% YoY, suggesting US export restrictions are working (Wall Street Journal) 31-07-2023

Wall Street Journal: Customs data shows China’s chip imports fell 22% YoY during H1 2023 and chipmaking equipment imports fell 23% YoY, suggesting US export restrictions are working  —  Washington’s restrictions on sale of advanced technology to Beijing appear to be working—for now Lees verder op Tech Meme

Starlink's dominance of satellite internet raises alarms about Elon Musk's growing geopolitical sway; Starlink has 4,500+ satellites, or 50%+ of all satellites (New York Times) 30-07-2023

New York Times: Starlink’s dominance of satellite internet raises alarms about Elon Musk’s growing geopolitical sway; Starlink has 4,500+ satellites, or 50%+ of all satellites  —  The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology.  The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: UK Home Office plans to ask the privacy regulator for expanding facial recognition in shops, in contrast to the EU's ban of the tech in public spaces (Mark Townsend/The Guardian) 31-07-2023

Mark Townsend / The Guardian: Source: UK Home Office plans to ask the privacy regulator for expanding facial recognition in shops, in contrast to the EU’s ban of the tech in public spaces  —  Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Armstrong says the SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading all crypto except bitcoin without explaining its interpretation of the law, before it sued Coinbase (Scott Chipolina/Financial Times) 31-07-2023

Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: Brian Armstrong says the SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading all crypto except bitcoin without explaining its interpretation of the law, before it sued Coinbase  —  Request would have meant ‘the end of the crypto industry in the US’, according to Brian Armstrong Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: Shenzhen-based Luxshare has won favor and increased business with Apple by being prepared to test “crazy” ideas and is the sole maker of the Vision Pro (Qianer Liu/Financial Times) 31-07-2023

Qianer Liu / Financial Times: Source: Shenzhen-based Luxshare has won favor and increased business with Apple by being prepared to test “crazy” ideas and is the sole maker of the Vision Pro  —  Chinese contract manufacturer is sole assembler of Vision Pro mixed-reality headset Lees verder op Tech Meme