Tech Meme

James Hale / Tubefilter: Twitch now includes raids, which lets streamers who are going offline send viewers to others, in its average viewer count, easing the path to make partner  —  Twitch’s path to partnership is not an easy one.  Any streamer who wants to become an official partner of the platform has to meet … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dylan Martin / CRN: Accenture says it will train 30K employees on Nvidia’s AI tech and start a new Nvidia Business Group focused on driving enterprise adoption of AI agents  —  The global services powerhouse says its newly formed Nvidia Business Group will focus on driving enterprise adoption … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Tapsell / Eurogamer.net: An in-depth account of how CD Projekt Red recovered from the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077, using a fully parallelized engine to test and resolve issues  —  “We knew we were in deep trouble.”  —  Follow Cyberpunk 2077  —  “Beep.”  —  On 10th January, 2018, Marcin Momot … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rosie Bradbury / PitchBook: Analysis: OpenAI, the third-most valuable VC-backed company after SpaceX and ByteDance, is worth far more than any VC-backed company at the time of its IPO  —  OpenAI wrapped up its $6.6 billion financing at a $157 billion valuation—a remarkable achievement that raises the stakes for CEO … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rosie Bradbury / PitchBook: Analysis: OpenAI, the third-most valuable VC-backed company after SpaceX and ByteDance, is worth far more than any VC-backed company at the time of their IPO  —  OpenAI wrapped up its $6.6 billion financing at a $157 billion valuation—a remarkable achievement that raises the stakes for CEO … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: PitchBook: Q3 US VC investments rose 8% YoY to $37.9B across 3,777 deals; AI firms got 36% of deal value and 27% of deal count in the first nine months of 2024  —  Artificial intelligence firms received more than one-third of the funds in the third quarter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: Two Harvard students demo using Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, PimEyes, and other tools to instantly identify strangers’ names, phone numbers, addresses, and more  —  The technology, which marries Meta’s smart Ray Ban glasses with the facial recognition service Pimeyes and some other tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Teresa Xie / Bloomberg: Dogecoin has become surprisingly popular among businesses looking to accept crypto for real-world purchases, largely due to the memecoin’s low transaction costs  —  – King of memecoins becomes popular among small businesses  — Musk hints Dogecoin may be accepted for Tesla merch again Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: PitchBook and the NVCA: global VC activity declined in Q3; VC investments in Asia hit $14.9B, the lowest figure since Q1 2017, impacted by China’s deep decline  —  Global venture capital activity declined in Q3, confirming that 2024 will be another weak year for venture investments and exits … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Analysis: Microsoft’s finance leases, commencing between FY 2025 and FY 2030, mainly for data centers, has risen by $100B+ in less than two years to $108.4B  —  As Microsoft investors get ready for quarterly earnings this month, there’s one particular metric that’s become increasingly important: finance leases. Lees verder op Tech Meme