Abner Li / 9to5Google: X renames TweetDeck to XPro; the URL remains tweetdeck.twitter.com and much of the copy is unchanged, including the “Tweet like a pro” tagline  —  With the rename and rebrand complete on the web, Android, and iOS, X is now turning its attention to TweetDeck, which is now called “XPro.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X now lets XBlue subscribers hide their verified checkmarks, although “the checkmark may still appear in some places” and some features “may not be available”  —  Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Microsoft rolls out spatial audio for Teams on Windows and macOS after a few months of testing; the audio of each person on a call now has a distinct position  —  After a few months of testing the feature, Microsoft has widely rolled out spatial audio for its Teams desktop app on Windows and macOS. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Day / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to roll out the biggest overhaul to its grocery business since buying Whole Foods in the coming weeks, including one cart for supermarket offerings  —  It’s revamping stores, unifying online shopping carts and offering fresh-food delivery to customers who aren’t Prime subscribers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clive Cookson / Financial Times: Glasgow University spinout Chemify, which uses a computing process to design new molecules with AI before making them in an automated lab, raised $43M  —  Chemify’s technology aims to remove bottleneck of producing molecules in the lab  —  A spinout from Glasgow university has raised $43mn to … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The Cyberspace Administration of China releases draft rules to curtail smartphone use by minors, although enforcement of the rules remains unclear  —  – Aims to prevent kids from spending too much time on phones  — Beijing has pursued campaigns to alleviate burden on minors Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Pasternack / Fast Company: An interview with Google Jigsaw engineer Lucy Vasserman on how OpenAI and others use Jigsaw’s AI tool Perspective for flagging toxic speech to evaluate LLMs  —  OpenAI, Anthropic, and others are using Jigsaw’s Perspective—designed to moderate toxic human speech—to evaluate their large language models. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Internal Binance data and current and former employees say Chinese users traded ~$90B in crypto assets on the exchange in May 2023, despite China’s crypto ban  —  Retaining its Chinese footprint will be crucial for Binance as it faces a global regulatory crackdown Lees verder op Tech Meme

Caroline O’Donovan / Washington Post: A look at Amazon Fresh’s challenges, including lawsuits, layoffs, and halted projects; a former employee says staff were told 2023 could be “make or break”  —  Lawsuits and layoffs now litter Amazon’s years-long path to conquering the brick-and-mortar grocery store. Lees verder op Tech Meme