✎ Rest of world 科技媒體《Rest of world》｜20240524
Who’s actually using Threads? Young protesters in Taiwan
誰是社群平台Threads真正使用者？台灣年輕的抗議群者
While young Taiwanese users discuss everything from relationships to celebrity gossip on Threads, the app has gradually become a gathering space for progressives, who favor independence from China to defend the island’s democracy. Despite Meta’s pledges to tame down political content on its platforms, Taiwanese users are flocking to Threads specifically for that purpose. Meta did not immediately respond to a Rest of World request for comment.

✎ THE VERGE 美國科技新聞網路媒體《THE VERGE》｜20240521
Microsoft Edge will translate and dub YouTube videos as you’re watching them
Microsoft Edge將在使用者觀看YouTube影片時進行翻譯及配音
Microsoft Edge will soon offer real-time video translation on sites like YouTube, LinkedIn, Coursera, and more. As part of this year’s Build event, Microsoft announced that the new AI-powered feature will be able to translate spoken content through both dubbing and subtitles live as you’re watching it.

✎ Rest of world 科技媒體《Rest of world》｜20240508
Writers and publishers in Singapore reject a government plan to train AI on their work
新加坡作家及出版業者拒絕政府利用其作品訓練AI人工智慧的計畫
Singapore’s literary community is pushing back against an official effort to train LLMs using their published works, part of a growing global resistance.

✎ AXIOS 美國數位新聞網站《AXIOS》｜20240503 News industry divides over AI 新聞業對人工智慧存在分歧 Major news outlets are taking opposite approaches toward future-proofing their businesses against the threat of AI — some are opting to partner with AI firms, and others are suing them.

✎ THE VERGE 美國科技新聞網路媒體《THE VERGE》｜20240430
Instagram’s updated algorithm prioritizes original content instead of rip-offs
Instagram更新演算法　優先考慮原創內容而非剽竊的內容
Aggregator accounts sharing reposted content are going to be removed from Instagram’s recommendations.

✎ Al Jazeera 卡達《半島電視台》｜20240420
Nigeria’s cybercrime reforms leave journalists at risk
奈及利亞的網路犯罪改革使記者面臨風險
The Cybercrimes Act is tragically familiar to Nigeria’s media community. Since its enactment, at least 25 journalists have faced prosecution under the law, including four arrested earlier this year. Anande Terungwa, a lawyer for Onitsha, described the law to me as a tool misused to “hunt journalists”.

✎ The Korea Herald 南韓《先驅報》｜20240413
More Koreans still prefer watching new films in theaters: survey
調查指出：越來越多韓國人偏好在電影院看新片
According to the survey conducted by consumer research institution Consumer Insight of 1,064 Korean moviegoers aged between 20 and 64, 37 percent said they prefer watching new films in theaters, whereas 33 percent said they only watch new films when they are uploaded on streaming services. Another 10 percent said they watch Youtube creators’ reviews to learn about new movies.

✎ The New York Times 美國《紐約時報》｜20240406
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.
科技巨頭為了收集AI數據而使用欺瞞手段便宜行事
OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

✎ Press Gazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20240329
Video brand TLDR finds way to make money providing news for the young
Youtube頻道TLDR從為年輕人提供新聞覓得賺錢方法
TLDR News is a profitable, Youtube-native publisher staffed mostly by twenty-somethings.

✎ The Semafor 新聞網站《Semafor》｜20240325
Led by NBC, U.S. corporate media is learning to live with Trump
以 NBC 為首的美國商業媒體正學習如何與川普共處
For weeks before NBC News journalists exploded into open revolt Sunday over the network’s hire of a top Donald Trump supporter, the media company that controls three of the top U.S. news networks had been quietly rebuilding its ties to the former president.