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Coinbase plans to shut down its bitcoin-backed loan program Borrow for retail customers and says loan holders must pay any outstanding dues by November 20, 2023 (Yogita Khatri/The Block) 22-07-2023

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Coinbase plans to shut down its bitcoin-backed loan program Borrow for retail customers and says loan holders must pay any outstanding dues by November 20, 2023  —  – Coinbase will fully sunset its Borrow program for retail customers, effective November 20. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at a proposed Massachusetts bill that would let state police use face recognition for image matching, but not face surveillance or emotion recognition (Tate Ryan-Mosley/MIT Technology Review) 22-07-2023

Tate Ryan-Mosley / MIT Technology Review: A look at a proposed Massachusetts bill that would let state police use face recognition for image matching, but not face surveillance or emotion recognition  —  A Massachusetts bill restricting police use could set the standard for how the technology is regulated in America. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google plans to integrate the Message Layer Security protocol into its Messages app to allow interoperable E2E encrypted messaging across services and platforms (Abner Li/9to5Google) 22-07-2023

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google plans to integrate the Message Layer Security protocol into its Messages app to allow interoperable E2E encrypted messaging across services and platforms  —  Google today announced its support for interoperable end-to-end encrypted communication between large messaging platforms … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: during DC meetings on July 17, the CEOs of Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm warned Biden officials that export controls risk harming the US' chip leadership (Bloomberg) 22-07-2023

Bloomberg: Sources: during DC meetings on July 17, the CEOs of Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm warned Biden officials that export controls risk harming the US’ chip leadership  —  – Intel CEO said new US plants at risk if China market cut off  — Executives warn of harm to US leadership in chip industry Lees verder op Tech Meme

South Korean and Indian filmmakers are hoping the Hollywood strikes will give them more bargaining power with US streaming services and a precedent to follow (Washington Post) 22-07-2023

Washington Post: South Korean and Indian filmmakers are hoping the Hollywood strikes will give them more bargaining power with US streaming services and a precedent to follow  —  SEOUL — When Netflix launched in South Korea in 2016, it was a breath of fresh air for filmmakers jaded by a local industry notorious for labor abuses and penny-pinching. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Norwegian robotics company AutoStore agrees to pay £200M to UK online supermarket giant Ocado to settle a global dispute over warehouse patent infringements (Alastair Reed/Bloomberg) 22-07-2023

Alastair Reed / Bloomberg: Norwegian robotics company AutoStore agrees to pay £200M to UK online supermarket giant Ocado to settle a global dispute over warehouse patent infringements  —  As part of the agreement, the companies will withdraw their actions against each other, Autostore and Ocado said in separate statements on Saturday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reddit and Bluesky are contrasting examples on how not to moderate, one centralizing in the worst way possible and the other decentralizing catastrophically (Katherine Alejandra Cross/Wired) 22-07-2023

Katherine Alejandra Cross / Wired: Reddit and Bluesky are contrasting examples on how not to moderate, one centralizing in the worst way possible and the other decentralizing catastrophically  —  Moderating a site isn’t easy—just ask Elon.  But Bluesky and Reddit are contrasting examples of how not to do it. Lees verder op Tech Meme