Journals

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: A group of Byju’s investors, including Prosus and Peak XV, vote to remove CEO Byju Raveendran; Byju’s questions the legitimacy of the investors’ actions  —  A group of Byju’s investors on Friday voted to remove the… Read More »A group of Byju’s investors, including Prosus and Peak XV, vote to remove CEO Byju Raveendran; Byju’s questions the legitimacy of the investors’ actions (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Rachel Graf / Bloomberg: Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to avoid being held personally liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta of addicting children to its products in a hearing today  —  – Meta CEO has been personally sued in two… Read More »Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to avoid being held personally liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta of addicting children to its products in a hearing today (Rachel Graf/Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: How Japan took a head start in the chips race thanks to factors not easily repeated elsewhere, including efficient government support and a low-cost workforce  —  – TSMC site called a ‘Nightless Castle’ with its 24-hour workday  — Sony… Read More »How Japan took a head start in the chips race thanks to factors not easily repeated elsewhere, including efficient government support and a low-cost workforce (Bloomberg)

Lauren Goode / Wired: Interviews and emails show technical interviews have become more punishing for engineers after mass layoffs, requiring days of work on unpaid assignments  —  Tech companies are famous for coddling their workers, but after mass layoffs the… Read More »Interviews and emails show technical interviews have become more punishing for engineers after mass layoffs, requiring days of work on unpaid assignments (Lauren Goode/Wired)

Dietrich Knauth / Reuters: A US judge says FTX can sell its Anthropic shares after FTX reached a compromise with its customers opposing the sale; FTX invested $500M in Anthropic in 2021  —  Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX may sell its… Read More »A US judge says FTX can sell its Anthropic shares after FTX reached a compromise with its customers opposing the sale; FTX invested $500M in Anthropic in 2021 (Dietrich Knauth/Reuters)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: staff warned Meta in 2023 that its subscription tools on Facebook and Instagram allowed adults to profit from exploiting their own children  —  Employees offered suggestions to reduce risks of misuse of subscription accounts featuring minors. … Read More »Sources: staff warned Meta in 2023 that its subscription tools on Facebook and Instagram allowed adults to profit from exploiting their own children (Wall Street Journal)

New York Times: An investigation finds thousands of parent-run Instagram accounts posting images of their own children attracting pedophiles, who sometimes pay for more content  —  The ominous messages began arriving in Elissa’s inbox early last year.  “You sell pics… Read More »An investigation finds thousands of parent-run Instagram accounts posting images of their own children attracting pedophiles, who sometimes pay for more content (New York Times)

Samuel Bestvater / Pew Research Center: A survey of 2,745 US adult TikTok users: the top 25% post 98% of all public videos, the typical user rarely posts, 40% say For You is interesting, and more  —  Around half of… Read More »A survey of 2,745 US adult TikTok users: the top 25% post 98% of all public videos, the typical user rarely posts, 40% say For You is interesting, and more (Samuel Bestvater/Pew Research Center)

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Microsoft announces Generative Erase for the Photos app on Windows 10 and higher, which will allow users to remove objects and people from images using AI  —  Google and Samsung aren’t the only ones baking… Read More »Microsoft announces Generative Erase for the Photos app on Windows 10 and higher, which will allow users to remove objects and people from images using AI (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Mark Tyson / Tom’s Hardware: Samsung says the Galaxy Book4 series, with Intel Core Ultra chips and AMOLED touchscreens, will be available in the US, the UK, and other markets on February 26  —  The Galaxy Book 4 Ultra, Book… Read More »Samsung says the Galaxy Book4 series, with Intel Core Ultra chips and AMOLED touchscreens, will be available in the US, the UK, and other markets on February 26 (Mark Tyson/Tom’s Hardware)