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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

So, this is an in-depth report on the two days I just spent at the end of last week in Geneva. The ABC would wrap together efforts such as TIGAR as a sharing portal, capacity building efforts for countries trying to create accessible book services and looking at issues like licensing. So, the publishers weren’t against all licensing.

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Facebook ads made News Feeds in Georgia more partisan and less informative

The Verge

When Facebook lifted its ban on political ads in Georgia, local News Feeds became dramatically more partisan and less informative, according to research published on Tuesday by The Markup. The resulting data (which is available on Github ) showed a huge change in users’ feeds when Facebook reopened political advertising in Georgia.

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Beijing issues first food operating license to AI robot company EncoSmart

TechNode

Beijings Haidian District issued the city’s first food operating license for embodied AI robots this week, with state media outlet Peoples Daily saying the license given to EncoSmart signals a major step for advanced AI technology that will soon be applied across the food industry.

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Another SpaceX Starship nails clean test flight, but explodes on landing

The Verge

During its high-altitude test launch with SN8 two months ago, the company violated its FAA launch license. This triggered an investigation that held up today’s SN9 flight and frustrated SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, The Verge reported last week. SpaceX launched the thing anyway. We had another great flight up to the 10km apogee.

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US revokes licenses for chip shipments to Huawei, impacting Intel and Qualcomm

TechNode

The US has taken the step of revoking licenses that previously authorized companies such as Intel and Qualcomm to supply chips used in laptops and handsets to Chinese telecoms equipment manufacturer Huawei, according to Reuters. A spokesperson for Intel declined to comment, while Qualcomm and Huawei did not respond to a request for comment.

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Malaysia’s social media license framework takes effect: WeChat and TikTok comply, X and Google miss deadline

TechNode

1 that the countrys social media operating license framework has officially taken effect, as reported by Chinese media outlet Jiemian. According to MCMC, WeChat and TikTok obtained their licenses before the Dec. Meta has also initiated the licensing process and is expected to complete it soon. X reported having 5.71

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Huawei and Xiaomi announce global patent licensing agreement

TechNode

On Wednesday, Huawei and Xiaomi announced a global patent cross-licensing agreement encompassing multiple communications technologies, including 5G. Furthermore, in December of the previous year, Huawei entered into a similar patent cross-licensing agreement with Oppo and Samsung. Huawei, in Chinese ]

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