I'm no longer promoting this show on Twitter, so I can really use some help giving this a plug this week! Really appreciate a share, and I hope to see you in the chat! The podcast is live! https://www.twitch.tv/somegadgetguy #SGGQA 328: A Weekend With the iQOO 12, The End of XPERIA Phones, Instagram Chat and Messenger Split, Alibaba Animates Anyone
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What a crazy week! Meta might be breaking up Instagram and Messenger ahead of regulators pressuring them. Alibaba is scanning tiktokers to make new AI tools. Verizon bungled some basic security for user data. Alex Jones is back on Twitter. Some REALLY interesting games are coming soon! Sony might retire the XPERIA.
Dienstag: Epic Games zielt auf Googles Play Store, OpenAI zündet GPT Turbo
Kartellstreit: Epic Games vs. Google + Turbo-Varianten von GPT + OpenAI erlaubt eigene ChatGPT-Bots + Blauer Brief aus Brüssel + Fachkräfte-Index sackt ab
Digital Services Act: EU-Kommission schickt blauen Brief an Alibabas AliExpress
Die chinesische E-Commerce-Plattform soll dringend erläutern, wie sie ihren Pflichten zu Risikobewertungen und zum Verbraucherschutz auf DSA-Basis nachkommt.
Chinese technology and web services companies #Alibaba (Amap) and #Baidu remove #Israel from their chines language mapping services, though demarcation of the state and some cities are untouched.
Belgium’s intelligence service has been monitoring Alibaba’s main logistics hub in Europe for espionage following suspicions Beijing has been exploiting its growing economic presence in the west.
Belgischer Geheimdienst überwacht Logistikzentrum von Alibaba
Belgische Sicherheitsbehörden haben laut "Financial Times" das europäische Logistik-Drehkreuz des chinesischen Online-Händlers Alibaba ins Visier genommen. Der Verdacht: Mögliche Spionage.
Google unveils changes before strict EU rules kick in
Google vowed Thursday to be more transparent about content moderation across its services, including its ubiquitous search engine, as tech firms rush to meet stricter European Union rules that kick in this week.
Sweeping rules will apply from Friday to Google, alongside 18 other large social media platforms and websites including Meta-owned Instagram, Twitter (rebranded as X) and TikTok, forcing the companies to better police content, or face the risk of billions of euros in fines.
Among the Google products listed were YouTube, Google Maps, Play, Search, and Shopping.
Europe's sweeping rules for tech giants are about to kick in. Here's how they work
Google, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe are facing one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people encounter online.
Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added Chinese Alibaba Group Holding Limited, the owner of the online shopping portal AliExpress, to its list of international sponsors of war on Aug. 17.
Ukraine designates AliExpress owner as 'international sponsor of war' (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added Chinese Alibaba Group Holding Limited, the owner of the online shopping portal AliExpress, to its list of international sponsors of war on Aug. 17.