Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: The EU Digital Markets Act became applicable on May 2, after entering into force in November 2022; enforcement on gatekeepers is not expected until spring 2024  —  GAFAM giants will have marked their calendars today as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Union’s plan to curb … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Akash Sriram / Reuters: Match Group reports Q1 revenue down 1% YoY to $787M, vs. $794M est., paying users down 3% YoY to 15.9M, revenue per paying user up 2% YoY, and a $1B buyback  —  Match Group (MTCH.O) on Tuesday forecast second-quarter revenue below analysts’ expectations, but said it is seeing signs of growth … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lane Brown / Vulture: A look at So-Vits-SVC, free and open-source software that launched in March and was used to create the AI-generated vocals for viral song Heart On My Sleeve  —  The software that cloned Drake and the Weeknd is easy to use—and impossible to shut down.  —  In 2021, five musicians from Hastings, England, noticed a hole in the market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk: Balaji Srinivasan “settles” his $1M bet from mid-March, predicting one BTC would be worth $1M+ within 90 days, ahead of time, by giving $500K to three entities  —  Amid the initial bank failures in the U.S., the tech entrepreneur in mid-March had bet $1 million that bitcoin would hit $1 million within 90 days. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Unity is slashing ~600 jobs, or ~8% of staff, its largest round of cuts in the past year, after laying off 500+ workers in January and last June  —  Software company’s move to let go about 600 employees follows string of job cuts in tech industry and beyond Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lane Brown / Vulture: A look at So-Vits-SVC, a free and open-source software that launched in March and was used to create the AI-generated vocals for viral song Heart On My Sleeve  —  The software that cloned Drake and the Weeknd is easy to use—and impossible to shut down.  —  In 2021, five musicians from Hastings, England, noticed a hole in the market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Foretellix, an Israeli startup that offers companies tools to verify autonomous vehicle tech at any level, raised a $43M Series C led by 83North  —  Startups working on driverless cars fully may no longer attract the kind of nine-figure acquisition or funding offers that were prevalent just a few years ago. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Inflection AI, founded by Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Karén Simonyan, debuts Pi, a chatbot that’s more sounding board than “repackaged Wikipedia answer”  —  Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the year-old startup that’s already raised $225 million and claims to run … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Justin Sink / Bloomberg: Kamala Harris is meeting CEOs of Alphabet, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic on May 4 at the White House to discuss risks in current and near-term AI development  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is meeting Thursday with the chief executive officers from top artificial intelligence firms Alphabet Inc. … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Inflection AI, founded by Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Karén Simonyan, debuts Pi, a chatbot that’s more sounding board than “repackaged Wikipedia answer”  —  Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the year-old startup that’s already raised $225 million and claims to run … Lees verder op Tech Meme