Tech Meme

Ian Johnston / Financial Times: As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a “federated data platform” for the UK’s NHS, experts say the company’s Foundry tool is costly and hard to use  —  Internal opposition voiced over US company’s bid for lucrative expansion within British health service Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jenni Reid / CNBC: Sega acquires Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds franchise, for €706M  —  – The deal would be for the entirety of Rovio’s outstanding shares and options, valuing them at 9.25 euro per share, a roughly 19% premium to their closing price before the announcement, Sega said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jenni Reid / CNBC: Sega acquires Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds franchise, for €706M  —  – The deal would be for the entirety of Rovio’s outstanding shares and options, valuing them at 9.25 euro per share, a roughly 19% premium to their closing price before the announcement, Sega said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jenni Reid / CNBC: Sega acquires Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds franchise, for €706M  —  – The deal would be for the entirety of Rovio’s outstanding shares and options, valuing them at 9.25 euro per share, a roughly 19% premium to their closing price before the announcement, Sega said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Netflix’s second ever livestream hit technical issues, leading to a 75+ minute delay and the company taping the Love is Blind reunion episode for later viewing  —  Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode.  We always knew the livestream would be messy … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill proposing a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, requesting a CBDC study, and more  —  The stablecoin bill is the first major piece of crypto legislation in 2023.  —  The U.S. House Financial Services Committee published … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nico Grant / New York Times: Sources detail Google’s project Magi to upgrade search with AI, as Samsung considers defaulting to Bing; source: 160+ employees are working full time on Magi  —  The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, created by Congress in 2000, accuses Shein and Pinduoduo’s Temu of data risks, IP infringements, and more  —  Chinese-backed digital platforms Shein and Temu have become the latest targets of the US government, after an official report raised concerns … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Similarweb: in March 2023, Twitter’s traffic fell 7.7% YoY, the third straight month of decline, web visitors fell 3.3% YoY, and Android app DAUs fell 9.8% YoY  —  Say goodbye to the old Twitter and hello to the new normal.  —  It’s been a year since Elon Musk initiated his takeover of Twitter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Binder / Mashable: Numerous public service and safety Twitter accounts, including for US National Weather Service offices, say the company’s new API rules limit automated alerts  —  Twitter’s new API rules just blocked numerous National Weather Service alert accounts and others from working. Lees verder op Tech Meme