Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube adds Premium features: enhanced bitrate 1080p support on iOS and the web for “extra crisp and clear” videos, support for Apple’s SharePlay, and queuing  —  YouTube Premium, the $11.99 per month ad-free version of YouTube, is today introducing a number of new features aimed at attracting and retaining subscribers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Some Twitter users have warned for days that Circle tweets, meant to reach a select group, are being suggested in the For You feeds of users outside that Circle  —  PSA: do not post your deepest darkest secrets on your Twitter Circle.  —  Numerous Twitter users are reporting a bug in which Circle tweets … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Morgan Sung / TechCrunch: Sex workers and others criticize Meta’s Verified program for requiring creators to use their legal name as profile display name without the option to change it  —  “For $15, it’s doxxing you.”  —  With Meta Verified, users can pay for an enviable blue check next to their name. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: In a lawsuit, former Twitter execs claim they spent $1M+ on legal expenses related to shareholder lawsuits and government probes, including one by the US DOJ  —  The focus of the inquiry was unclear, but several former executives said they had racked up more than $1 million in expenses dealing with it and other legal issues. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: SenseTime demos its SenseNova LLM, SenseChat chatbot, available in Chinese and English, image generator tool Miaohua, and character animating video tool Ruying  —  SenseTime Group Inc. showed off a suite of new artificial-intelligence services developed with the company’s access to vast troves … Lees verder op Tech Meme