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10-19-2023 YouTubers Can Now Choose Their Own Identity or Identities - Without Advertiser Intervention

10-19-2023 YouTubers Can Now Choose Their Own Identity or Identities - Without Advertiser Intervention

PLUS: A Little-Known Tech Firm Powers the Generative AI Infrastructure - Here’s How They Do It

Lisa D. Sparks
October 19, 2023

We unearth stories that media firms hide or downplay. Today’s edition is an example of that approach. For instance, Nokia announced 14,000 layoffs, Chinese youth created their own language to sell used items, and we unearth the company generative AI firms can’t live without.

Today’s Top 5 News Stories in Tech, Race, and Gender

1/ YouTube Creators Can Now Self-Identify Thanks To Launch Of Inclusive Media Initiative

YouTube has launched Inclusive Media Initative, allowing creators to self-identify in ways that capture their multiple identities.

peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/youtube-and-pixability-to-let-creators-self-identify-with-launch-of-inclusive-media-initiative

2/ Little-Known Tech Firm Powers the Generative AI Infrastructure - Here’s How They Do It

The generative AI boom runs through this behind-the-scenes startup | Semafor

Anyscale co-founder Robert Nishihara can watch the AI industry grow in real-time. Here's where he thinks it's headed.

www.semafor.com/article/10/18/2023/the-generative-ai-boom-runs-through-this-behind-the-scenes-startup

3/ E-Marketplace App Fueled by a Custom Language “Xianyu Literature”

China’s favorite resale app is a youth subculture hot spot

The e-commerce platform has also become a forum for fandoms and birthed a unique style of confessional item listings.

restofworld.org/2023/china-second-hand-app

4/ Twitter CEO Ducks WSJ-Led Tech Leader Confab

X CEO Linda Yaccarino drops out of the WSJ Tech Live conference

She’s got a lot on her hands. Elon Musk, for instance.

www.theverge.com/2023/10/9/23910453/linda-yaccarino-wsj-tech-live-twitter-x

5/ ️Nokia Is Latest Tech Firm to Announce Massive Layoffs

Nokia to cut up to 14,000 jobs as US demand shrinks, growth uncertain

Sales in North American market down 40% in the third quarter.

www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/nokia-sales-drop-slowing-5g-gear-demand-2023-10-19

What’s Happening in Tech

IoT Tech Expo Global | Technology Conference | London

The leading IoT conference & exhibition is returning, exploring the Internet of Things ecosystem this December in London.

November 30 - December 1, 2023

www.iottechexpo.com/global

Palate Cleanser

Good News for California Bees: Governor Signs Law to Help Protect Pollinators From Toxic Pesticides

California has passed a new law to ban over-the-counter sales neonicotinoid pesticides by 2025, limiting their use to trained professionals

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-news-for-california-bees-governor-signs-law-to-help-protect-pollinators-from-toxic-pesticides

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