Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sequoia’s plan for three VC firms represents a major shift due to rising US-China tensions and signals that China ties are a growing liability in Silicon Valley  —  Sequoia Capital’s plan to split itself into three separate regional firms represents a major shift at one the world’s foremost venture capital firms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Google Cloud partners with Mayo Clinic to test a service for making AI chatbots and search apps; Mayo created a tool that helps staff find patient data and more  —  – Google Cloud on Wednesday said Mayo Clinic is using a new generative AI search tool that lets companies create customized chatbots. Lees verder op Tech Meme

William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Apple details features coming to its services this fall, like offline maps and real-time EV charging availability in Maps and Collaborative Playlists in Music  —  New features are coming to Apple Music, Apple Maps and more  —  Following the launch of Apple’s next operating systems for its devices … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to let eligible US retailers using Amazon Pay offer Affirm’s buy now, pay later tool Adaptive Checkout to their customers; AFRM jumps 5%+  —  Amazon.com Inc. will allow eligible US retailers using the online retail giant’s Amazon Pay service to offer Affirm Holdings Inc.’s buy now … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Microsoft starts offering OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4 to Azure Government clients, including various US agencies; the DOD’s DTIC plans to experiment with the LLMs  —  Microsoft Corp. will make it possible for users of its Azure Government cloud computing service, which include a variety of US agencies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Sources: in recent months, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with 100+ members of Congress, Vice President Harris, and cabinet members to discuss AI regulation  —  The chief executive of OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, has met with at least 100 U.S. lawmakers in recent months.  He has also taken his show abroad. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple releases a Game Porting Toolkit based on open-source platform Wine to translate DirectX 12 into Metal 3, a potentially massive step for Mac gaming  —  One of the new features in macOS Sonoma is Game Mode, which Apple claims improves gaming performance on Apple Silicon Macs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon plans to launch an ad-supported Prime Video tier and is talking with WBD and Paramount about adding their ad-based tiers to Prime Video Channels  —  Discussions come as ad buyers have been pushing for more access to premium shows and movies  —  Amazon is planning to launch … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Mojang launches Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on Chromebook after an early access period, available on Chromebooks from the past three years and other models  —  It will run on any Chromebook from the last three years, as well as some other models.  —  Following an early access period … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Morgan Sung / TechCrunch: Luka, which developed Replika, launches Blush, an AI chatbot service to improve “relationship and intimacy skills” via the characters Klea, Aisha, and Theo  —  The team behind the AI friendship bot Replika is launching another AI companion — one that’s made to flirt. Lees verder op Tech Meme