Tech Meme

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Torrent site RARBG, founded in 2008, shuts down and stops all its content releases, citing COVID-related health problems, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and inflation  —  RARBG, one of the world’s largest torrent sites, has said “farewell” to millions of users.  The site, which was a prominent … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple touts an Analysis Group study saying its App Store ecosystem generated $1.1T in 2022, up 29% YoY; $910B came from the sale of physical goods and services  —  Ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference next week, the company is offering an update on its app ecosystem with the release … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cynthia Littleton / Variety: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says he was humbled and outraged by toxic workplace culture claims and blames “outside forces” for most of Activision’s image issues  —  Bobby Kotick has a secret: He was ready to buy Time Warner a few years ago.The CEO of Activision Blizzard drops … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Filing: Amazon’s Ring agrees to pay $5.8M to settle FTC allegations that until 2017 Ring gave employees and third-party contractors access to customers’ videos  —  Amazon.com Inc.’s Ring unit agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations Wednesday its doorbell cameras spied on users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Reddit client Apollo’s developer says Reddit plans to charge $12K for 50M API requests and that he would need to pay $20M per year to keep operating the app  —  Popular Reddit app Apollo might not be able to operate as is in the future due to planned API pricing that Reddit is implementing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: A profile of AMD CEO Lisa Su, who orchestrated one of the great tech turnarounds after her 2014 takeover, as the company attempts to take Nvidia’s AI chip crown  —  AMD’s CEO orchestrated one of the great turnarounds in Silicon Valley history, driving the dying semiconductor maker’s stock price up nearly 30-fold in less than a decade. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Garmin launches the $800 Fenix 7 Pro and $900 Epix 2 Pro in 42mm, 47mm, and 51mm sizes, both with an LED flashlight, better heart rate sensor, and improved maps  —  Garmin’s joining the Pro bandwagon.  On Wednesday, it’s launching the Epix 2 Pro and Fenix 7 Pro, which both come with a boatload … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Iain Withers / Reuters: Monzo reports FY 2023 revenue up 131% YoY to £355.6M, and net loss down 2% YoY to £116.3M; CEO TS Anil says an IPO in NYC or London is “some ways down the road”  —  British digital bank Monzo marginally narrowed its annual loss in the year to February 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Torrent site RARBG, founded in 2008, shuts down and stops its content releases, citing COVID-related health problems, the Russia-Ukraine war, and inflation  —  RARBG, one of the world’s largest torrent sites, has said “farewell” to millions of users.  The site, which was a prominent … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Filing: the Ontario Securities Commission opened an investigation on May 10 into Binance attempting to skirt regulations; Binance withdrew from Canada on May 12  —  Crypto exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. said it has received an order from one of Canada’s securities regulators to investigate whether … Lees verder op Tech Meme