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Sony's Discovery content removals due to licensing "arrangements" and unexpected account bans are timely reminders of why users don't really own digital content (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Sony's Discovery content removals due to licensing “arrangements” and unexpected account bans are timely reminders of why users don't really own digital content By Jay Peters / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Sources: Microsoft plans the next major Windows version for 2024, with an AI-powered Windows Shell, an "advanced Copilot", natural language search, and more (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Sources: Microsoft plans the next major Windows version for 2024, with an AI-powered Windows Shell, an “advanced Copilot”, natural language search, and more By Zac Bowden / Windows Central. View the full context on Techmeme.

Meta's 28 AI characters are now live across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram in the US, and Meta is experimenting with "long-term memory" for some characters (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Meta's 28 AI characters are now live across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram in the US, and Meta is experimenting with “long-term memory” for some characters By Sarah Perez / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.

Google plans to add its "Help me write" AI tool to Chrome, appearing in autofill popups when typing text, expanding on Google Messages, Gmail, Docs, and Keep (Kyle Bradshaw/9to5Google)

Google plans to add its “Help me write” AI tool to Chrome, appearing in autofill popups when typing text, expanding on Google Messages, Gmail, Docs, and Keep By Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google. View the full context on Techmeme.

Asana reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $166.5M, vs. $164.1M est., but warns of macroeconomic headwinds; ASAN drops 10%+ (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Asana reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $166.5M, vs. $164.1M est., but warns of macroeconomic headwinds; ASAN drops 10%+ By Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE. View the full context on Techmeme.

The European Commission approved up to €1.2B of state aid for a European cloud computing project, the IPCEI CIS, matched with €1.4B in private investments (Sudip Kar-Gupta/Reuters)

The European Commission approves up to €1.2B of state aid for a European cloud computing project, the IPCEI CIS, matched with €1.4B in private investments By Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.

Ofcom launches a consultation on draft guidelines on how p**n sites should lock out underage users, including having a bank or mobile network confirm users' age (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Ofcom launches a consultation on draft guidelines on how p**n sites should lock out underage users, including having a bank or mobile network confirm users' age By Jon Porter / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Asking ChatGPT to repeat words "forever" is now against OpenAI's terms of service, after Google researchers showed that doing so led it to reveal training data (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

Asking ChatGPT to repeat words “forever” is now against OpenAI's terms of service, after Google researchers showed that doing so led it to reveal training data By Jason Koebler / 404 Media. View the full context on Techmeme.

Kiss debuts ‘immortal’ digital avatars and plans to go ‘fully virtual’

Kiss debuts ‘immortal’ digital avatars and plans to go ‘fully virtual’ Kiss’ avatars will rock and roll into eternity.

The threat to Intel now comes from a whole ecosystem of companies, including nearly every tech giant, although the company is still a strong competitor (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

The threat to Intel now comes from a whole ecosystem of companies, including nearly every tech giant, although the company is still a strong competitor By Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.

Global smartwatch shipments grew 9% YoY in Q3 2023: Apple had its best-ever Q3 performance with shipments up 7% YoY, Huawei grew 56%, and Samsung fell 19% (Counterpoint Research)

Global smartwatch shipments grew 9% YoY in Q3 2023: Apple had its best-ever Q3 performance with shipments up 7% YoY, Huawei grew 56%, and Samsung fell 19% From Counterpoint Research. View the full context on Techmeme.

How Saudi Arabia's investments in gaming is remaking the industry, as it aims for social transformation by being a hub of game development and esports (Lewis Gordon/The Verge)

How Saudi Arabia's investments in gaming is remaking the industry, as it aims for social transformation by being a hub of game development and esports By Lewis Gordon / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Meta announces Seamless Communication, a suite of AI translation models that aim to enable more natural and authentic communication across languages (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

Meta announces Seamless Communication, a suite of AI translation models that aim to enable more natural and authentic communication across languages By Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat. View the full context on Techmeme.

A profile of Apple's chip division, including interviews with its head J***y Srouji and Apple's hardware engineering chief John Ternus (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

A profile of Apple's chip division, including interviews with its head J***y Srouji and Apple's hardware engineering chief John Ternus By Katie Tarasov / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.

Tests: Meta's recommendation systems promote pe*****le content on Instagram and Facebook Groups, despite Meta announcing a child-safety task force in June 2023 (Wall Street Journal)

Tests: Meta's recommendation systems promote pe*****le content on Instagram and Facebook Groups, despite Meta announcing a child-safety task force in June 2023 From Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.

Filings: Broadcom plans to lay off 1,267 VMware employees in California starting on January 26 and about 600 workers in Washington, Colorado, and Georgia (Aidin Vaziri/San Francisco Chronicle)

Filings: Broadcom plans to lay off 1,267 VMware employees in California starting on January 26 and about 600 workers in Washington, Colorado, and Georgia By Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle. View the full context on Techmeme.

Sources: Meta plans to launch Threads in Europe in December, the largest expansion since its July debut, offering a choice of using Threads without a profile (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Meta plans to launch Threads in Europe in December, the largest expansion since its July debut, offering a choice of using Threads without a profile From Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.

Memo: OpenAI adds Microsoft as a non-voting observer on the nonprofit board that controls OpenAI, as Sam Altman's return as CEO is made official (Alex Heath/The Verge)

OpenAI adds Microsoft as a non-voting observer on the nonprofit board that controls OpenAI, as Sam Altman's return as CEO is made official By Alex Heath / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Rover, an online marketplace for pet care services, agrees to be acquired by Blackstone in a $2.3B all-cash deal, or $11 per share; ROVR jumps 28%+ (Bloomberg)

Rover, an online marketplace for pet care services, agrees to be acquired by Blackstone in a $2.3B all-cash deal, or $11 per share; ROVR jumps 28%+ From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

Google Registry launches a new .meme top level domain, adding to .dad, .boo, .ing, and its other unconventional domain names (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Google Registry launches a new .meme top level domain, adding to .dad, .boo, .ing, and its other unconventional domain names By Emma Roth / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

A study of UK teenagers: 79% of online users aged 13 to 17 use generative AI, compared to 31% of internet users aged 16+; 51% of ages 7 to 17 use Snap's My AI (Ofcom)

A study of UK teenagers: 79% of online users aged 13 to 17 use generative AI, compared to 31% of internet users aged 16+; 51% of ages 7 to 17 use Snap's My AI From Ofcom. View the full context on Techmeme.

How OpenAI's leadership chaos points to lingering governance issues and could affect its business prospects as it moves forward fundraising at an $86B valuation (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

How OpenAI's leadership chaos points to lingering governance issues and could affect its business prospects as it moves forward fundraising at an $86B valuation By Matt Levine / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

Digital car keys are here. Are we ready?

Digital car keys are here. Are we ready? An interview about how digital keys can become widespread.

Chinese smartphone maker Realme shipped 200M+ phones in total, most of them outside China, since its 2018 founding; just 14 companies have reached the milestone (Josh Ye/Reuters)

Chinese smartphone maker Realme shipped 200M+ phones in total, most of them outside China, since its 2018 founding; just 14 companies have reached the milestone By Josh Ye / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.

As safety demands strip Llama 2, ChatGPT, and others of anything remotely controversial, some programmers are building uncensored LLMs without safety guardrails (Mark Gimein/The Atlantic)

As safety demands strip Llama 2, ChatGPT, and others of anything remotely controversial, some programmers are building uncensored LLMs without safety guardrails By Mark Gimein / The Atlantic. View the full context on Techmeme.

A Bitcoin user seems to have accidentally paid a record $3M fee for a $5M transaction and sent $2M; in September, Paxos paid $500K, now returned, to send $2,000 (Mat Di Salvo/Decrypt)

A Bitcoin user seems to have accidentally paid a record $3M fee for a $5M transaction and sent $2M; in September, Paxos paid $500K, now returned, to send $2,000 By Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt. View the full context on Techmeme.

AI development will likely move faster and be more dispersed and less controlled after a failed coup at OpenAI, accelerating what the coup was trying to prevent (Benedict Evans/Financial Times)

AI development will likely move faster and be more dispersed and less controlled after a failed coup at OpenAI, accelerating what the coup was trying to prevent By Benedict Evans / Financial Times. View the full context on Techmeme.

TikTok-funded report: TikTok users are much likelier to pay for a music streamer than the average consumer and spend more on concerts than the average listener (Stuart Dredge/Music Ally)

TikTok-funded report: TikTok users are much likelier to pay for a music streamer than the average consumer and spend more on concerts than the average listener By Stuart Dredge / Music Ally. View the full context on Techmeme.

With $18.12B in revenue and $10.42B in operating profit in Q3, Nvidia becomes the world's biggest chip maker, beating TSMC and Intel for the top spot (Mark Tyson/Tom's Hardware)

With $18.12B in revenue and $10.42B in operating profit in Q3, Nvidia becomes the world's biggest chip maker, beating TSMC and Intel for the top spot By Mark Tyson / Tom's Hardware. View the full context on Techmeme.

Foxconn founder Terry Gou drops out of Taiwan's presidential race, saying "I choose to sacrifice myself for the greater good" (Bloomberg)

Foxconn founder Terry Gou drops out of Taiwan's presidential race, saying “I choose to sacrifice myself for the greater good” From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

Google updates Google Meet to recognize gestures in meetings, including raising a hand to trigger the "Raise hand" button; the feature is off by default (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google updates Google Meet to recognize gestures in meetings, including raising a hand to trigger the “Raise hand” button; the feature is off by default By Abner Li / 9to5Google. View the full context on Techmeme.

Sources: a letter by OpenAI researchers warning of Q*, an AI breakthrough they said could threaten humanity, was one catalyst that led the board to oust Altman (Reuters)

Sources: OpenAI researchers' letter to the board warning of Q*, an AI breakthrough they said may threaten humanity, was a key development before Altman's ouster From Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.

Kodak’s new Super 8 film camera is actually coming out

Kodak’s new Super 8 film camera is actually coming out How much are you prepared to pay for nostalgia?

Email: Mt. Gox plans repay some creditors "within the 2023 calendar year", likely extending into 2024, marking the first step in repayments for all creditors (Timmy Shen/The Block)

Email: Mt. Gox plans repay some creditors “within the 2023 calendar year”, likely extending into 2024, marking the first step in repayments for all creditors By Timmy Shen / The Block. View the full context on Techmeme.

OpenAI insiders and other sources describe the turmoil within OpenAI following Sam Altman's ousting and how Altman's supporters rallied behind him (Wall Street Journal)

OpenAI insiders and other sources describe the turmoil within OpenAI following Sam Altman's ousting and how Altman's supporters rallied behind him From Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.

Epic v. Google: Tim Sweeney says Android is a "fake open platform"; under cross-examination, Sweeney admitted to paying a 30% cut to Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo (Malathi Nayak/Bloomberg)

Epic v. Google: Tim Sweeney says Android is a “fake open platform”; under cross-examination, Sweeney admitted to paying a 30% cut to Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo By Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

X files a defamation lawsuit against Media Matters, claiming it "knowingly and maliciously" misrepresented the amount of antisemitic content on the platform (Sharon Knolle/The Wrap)

X files a defamation lawsuit against Media Matters, claiming it “knowingly and maliciously” misrepresented the amount of antisemitic content on the platform By Sharon Knolle / The Wrap. View the full context on Techmeme.

After big advertisers flee X, right-wing media outlets and influencers pledge to buy ads or donate, like Benny Johnson, Andrew Tate, Gavin McInnes, Babylon Bee (Matt Binder/Mashable)

After big advertisers flee X, right-wing media outlets and influencers pledge to buy ads or donate, like Benny Johnson, Andrew Tate, Gavin McInnes, Babylon Bee By Matt Binder / Mashable. View the full context on Techmeme.

A profile of Beryl Tomay, a lifelong Amazon executive who made two early career mistakes that she now eagerly discusses, as she leads Amazon's "last mile" unit (Sebastian Herrera/Wall Street Journal)

A profile of Beryl Tomay, a lifelong Amazon executive who made two early career mistakes that she now eagerly discusses, as she leads Amazon's “last mile” unit By Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.