Mon. 11/27 – ByteDance Retrenches

A thin client from AWS. More bad news for gaming as ByteDance pulls back from its gaming ambitions in a major way. Governments have more new joint guidelines for AI development. And Amazon now delivers more packages than either FedEx OR UPS. Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast NPR Planet Money Links: AWS debuts Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client device for virtual desktop access (SiliconAngle) Salesforce Inks Deal to Sell on Amazon Web Services’ Marketplace (Bloomberg) TikTok parent ByteDance to cut 1,000 gaming jobs in strategic shift (NikkeiAsia) US, Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI 'secure by design' (Reuters) Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children (WSJ) The Biggest Delivery Business in the U.S. Is No Longer UPS or FedEx (WSJ)