Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: Alibaba’s food delivery service Ele.me commits to offering its ~3M couriers more social security and welfare benefits after JD.com’s similar move in March 2023  —  Alibaba Group Holding-backed Chinese food delivery service Ele.me has committed to bring more social security and welfare benefits … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anastasia Stognei / Financial Times: Russia bans officials and state employees from using Apple devices for “work purposes”, after the FSB said Apple helped the NSA hack Russian diplomats’ iPhones  —  FSB enforces crackdown on use by state officials after claiming it uncovered an espionage operation using Apple devices Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Larkham / Wired: A look at ~123 police-run US real-time crime centers, which use CCTV, facial recognition, and social media monitoring, as critics warn of creeping surveillance  —  Cities across the US have established RTCCs that police say protect the rights of innocent people, but critics warn of creeping surveillance. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: US consulting firms like McKinsey and BCG split their IT systems to decouple China data, as Beijing expands anti-espionage rules and data regulation  —  Beijing’s move to expand anti-espionage rules and data regulation has companies racing to hive off systems Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple renamed Mike Rockwell’s division to Vision Products Group, hinting at an organizational change; Apple may hold an October 2023 event for M3 Macs  —  Apple’s new Vision Products Group reflects a shift away from its famed product-development process. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aditya Kalra / Reuters: Xiaomi shifts to physical retail to boost sales in India after years of big e-commerce bets, in a bid to revive smartphone sales after falling behind Samsung  —  – Xiaomi, one of India’s top phone brands, has lost market share  — Company plans to boost retail-store sales -Xiaomi exec Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sony and Microsoft sign a binding 10-year deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation, ending a bitter battle between the companies  —  Sony has agreed to a 10-year deal for Call of Duty with Microsoft to keep the franchise on PlayStation after the proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Experts explain why there’s no magic formula to always distinguish human-written and AI-written text, meaning AI writing detectors can only make a strong guess  —  Can AI writing detectors be trusted?  We dig into the theory behind them.  —  If you feed America’s most important legal document … Lees verder op Tech Meme