Tech Meme

Max Tani / Semafor: Substack, which still isn’t profitable but has added 1M+ paid subscribers over the past year, is trying to become a primary way creators of all mediums get paid  —  The News  —  Seven years since its launch, the newsletter platform Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: A look at the fall of Byju’s, India’s most valuable startup in 2022 at estimated $22B, as the edtech startup faces insolvency and lawsuits in India and the US  —  Edtech company’s legal battles from Delaware to Bengaluru have exposed corporate governance issues Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple aims to debut iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on October 28 and unveil a new iPad mini and Macs in late October; some could ship from November 1  —  Apple is inching away from its annual product upgrade cycle, a move that could lead to more frequent releases and fewer jarring delays. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on generative AI, AWS’ AI chatbot Q, shutting down services, investments in the open-source ecosystem, and more  —  It was quite a surprise when Adam Selipsky stepped down as the CEO of Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max Tani / Semafor: Substack, which still isn’t profitable but has added +1M paid subscribers over the last year, is trying to become a primary way creators of all mediums get paid  —  The News  —  Seven years since its launch, the newsletter platform Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Matt Mullenweg says WordPress.org “belongs to me”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, the WordPress Foundation, and Automattic  —  The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: A look at the fall of Byju’s, India’s most valuable startup in 2022 with an estimated $22B valuation, as it faces insolvency and lawsuits in India and the US  —  Edtech company’s legal battles from Delaware to Bengaluru have exposed corporate governance issues Lees verder op Tech Meme

Justine Calma / The Verge: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are increasingly eyeing nuclear reactors, which provide steady “baseload” power, as their carbon emissions climb due to AI tools  —  Major tech firms, in search of carbon pollution-free electricity for data centers, are helping to revive nuclear energy in the US. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to launch iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on Oct. 28 and announce new Macs and an iPad mini in late Oct., with shipments starting on Nov. 1  —  Apple is inching away from its annual product upgrade cycle, a move that could lead to more frequent releases and fewer jarring delays. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: A profile of UK teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj, a Lapsus$ member who leaked GTA VI video in 2022 and was found guilty in 2023 for hacking Nvidia, Uber, and others  —  The City of London Police had put the teenage boy in the suburban Travelodge to protect him.  They even set up a code … Lees verder op Tech Meme