Ash Parrish / The Verge: Twitch walks back new branded content guidelines, released on June 6, calling them “bad” for streamers and the company, after swift backlash from creators  —  / ‘These guidelines are bad for you and bad for Twitch, and we are removing them immediately.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware: SK Hynix begins mass producing its 238-layer 3D NAND flash memory chips, promising speeds of 2400MT/s, up from the last generation’s 176 layers and 1600MT/s  —  The new memory promises speeds of up to 2,400 MT/s.  —  SK hynix said late on Wednesday that it had begun mass production of its 238-layer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: TikTok is aiming for $20B in global e-commerce GMV in 2023, up from $4.4B in 2022, after rapid growth of its e-commerce business in Southeast Asia  —  ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok aims to more than quadruple the size of its global e-commerce business to as much as $20 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Danielle Abril / Washington Post: Some software providers and startups are promoting AI-based monitoring tools at the workplace to combat burnout, reduce stress, and improve productivity  —  AI companies suggest they can help workers boost sales, lower stress and feel more connected.  But some workers worry about data collection and privacy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: WhatsApp announces Channels, a one-to-many broadcast tool that is “a private way to follow what matters”, and plans to add payment services in the future  —  June 8, 2023 … The newest feature in WhatsApp brings a very different kind of messaging to the world’s most popular chat app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: In a letter, two US senators accuse TikTok of misleading the Congress on handling of US user data, demanding answers to 12+ questions by the end of next week  —  Two senators sent a letter to TikTok’s C.E.O. on Tuesday with questions about how user data may be stored and accessed in China following new reports in May. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Court filings: Binance’s lawyers allege SEC Chair Gary Gensler offered to be an advisor to the company in March 2019 when he was teaching at MIT Sloan  —  – According to a new filing from Binance’s lawyers, SEC Chair Gary Gensler offered to be an advisor to the crypto exchange in 2019. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Internal email: Google plans to include office attendance records in performance reviews and consider new requests to work remotely full-time as an exception  —  Search giant, which asks most workers to be in an office 3 days a week, will consider attendance as part of performance Lees verder op Tech Meme