Brendan I. Koerner / Wired:
An undercover investigation details working as a rotating cast of low-wage workers hired to pretend to be influencer girlfriends on OnlyFans — Your online influencer girlfriend is actually a rotating cast of low-wage workers. I became one of them. — Because I have a deep and childish fear …
An interview with Apple’s Greg Joswiak and John Ternus on the new iPad lineup, the M4 chip, why the iPad and Mac both matter, the iPad as an “AI PC”, and more (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
An interview with Apple’s Greg Joswiak and John Ternus on the new iPad lineup, the M4 chip, why the iPad and Mac both matter, the iPad as an “AI PC”, and more — Apple’s Greg Joswiak and John Ternus on the new iPad lineup, why the iPad and Mac both matter, the iPad as an ‘AI PC,’ and more.
US lawmakers are watching to see whether Colorado’s bill for regulating AI, modeled on Connecticut’s now derailed bill, can withstand the tech lobby pressure (Mallory Culhane/Politico)
Mallory Culhane / Politico:
US lawmakers are watching to see whether Colorado’s bill for regulating AI, modeled on Connecticut’s now derailed bill, can withstand the tech lobby pressure — Connecticut’s ambitious legislation regulating the emerging industry got derailed. Now, the tech industry is trying to kill Colorado’s bill.
Grab raises its annual forecast for adjusted EBITDA to $250M-$270M, up from $180M-$200M previously, after Q1 net loss narrowed to $104M from $244M a year ago (Kimberley Kao/Wall Street Journal)
Kimberley Kao / Wall Street Journal:
Grab raises its annual forecast for adjusted EBITDA to $250M-$270M, up from $180M-$200M previously, after Q1 net loss narrowed to $104M from $244M a year ago — The ride-hailing and delivery specialist left its forecast for a 14%-17% rise in full-year revenue unchanged.
Microsoft unveils the Proteus Controller, a $299 modular game controller kit for disabled Xbox and PC gamers by peripheral company ByoWave, shipping in the fall (Sheena Vasani/The Verge)
Sheena Vasani / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils the Proteus Controller, a $299 modular game controller kit for disabled Xbox and PC gamers by peripheral company ByoWave, shipping in the fall — On Wednesday, Microsoft announced the Proteus Controller, a $299 modular video game controller kit that lets Xbox gamers with disabilities customize their controllers.
YouTube formally launches YouTube Select Creator Takeovers, which will let advertisers buy out the inventory on channels representing top 1% of YouTube content (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube formally launches YouTube Select Creator Takeovers, which will let advertisers buy out the inventory on channels representing top 1% of YouTube content — Video platform also inks deal to bring WNBA Friday night games to YouTube TV … At its annual Brandcast event …
Consumers protection groups across the EU file coordinated complaints against Temu, accusing the e-commerce platform of a raft of breaches related to the DSA (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Consumers protection groups across the EU file coordinated complaints against Temu, accusing the e-commerce platform of a raft of breaches related to the DSA — Consumer protection groups around the European Union have filed coordinated complaints against Temu, accusing …
Source: Microsoft is asking about 700 to 800 employees involved in its China-based AI and cloud computing operations to consider relocating to other countries (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Source: Microsoft is asking about 700 to 800 employees involved in its China-based AI and cloud computing operations to consider relocating to other countries — Request comes as Biden administration toughens controls on China’s access to cutting-edge American technology
In the first high-level AI talks in Geneva, the US raised concerns about China’s “misuse of AI” while China chided the US over “restrictions and pressure” on AI (Associated Press)
Associated Press:
In the first high-level AI talks in Geneva, the US raised concerns about China’s “misuse of AI” while China chided the US over “restrictions and pressure” on AI — U.S. officials raised concerns about China’s “misuse of AI” while Beijing’s representatives rebuked Washington over …
Visa rolls out tech that will allow it to share more data about customers’ preferences based on their shopping history with retailers via proprietary “tokens” (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
Visa rolls out tech that will allow it to share more data about customers’ preferences based on their shopping history with retailers via proprietary “tokens” — – Consumers’ preferences to be shared via proprietary tokens — Firm competing with fintech newcomers, fellow giant Mastercard
