Tech Meme

Ariel Bogle / The Guardian: The New York Times, CNN, Reuters, and other outlets block OpenAI’s GPTBot web crawler from accessing their content; some have also blocked Common Crawl’s CCBot  —  Chicago Tribune and Australian newspapers the Canberra Times and Newcastle Herald also appear to have disallowed web crawler from maker of Chat GPT Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Ye / Reuters: Source: Tencent Music, NetEase’s Cloud Music, and others cut streaming features like virtual lucky draws at a hefty cost, amid China’s online gambling crackdown  —  Chinese online content platforms including Tencent Music (1698.HK) and NetEase’s Cloud Music (9899.HK) have removed live streaming features … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Customs data: China’s chip production tool imports totaled nearly $5B in June and July 2023, up 70% YoY from $2.9B, mostly coming from the Netherlands and Japan  —  Data shows surge in June and July purchases ahead of export curbs by Japan and the Netherlands Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Jeans / Forbes: NYC-based digital lender Better.com closed down 94% in its Nasdaq debut on August 24, after a SPAC merger with Aurora Acquisition Corp  —  Once valued at $7.7 billion, Vishal Garg’s SoftBank-backed company faced a cratering stock price and no plans for profitability as it went public Thursday via a SPAC merger. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Timmy Shen / The Block: CoinGecko: Worldcoin’s WLD fell 9.1% over 24 hours to ~$1.33 and is down 43.6% since its launch a month ago, after scrutiny over data collection and privacy  —  – The controversial crypto project co-created by Sam Altman saw its WLD token drop 9.1% over the past 24 hours and 43.6% over the past 30 days. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: EU DSA goes into effect today, forcing platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok to give users a choice to opt out of profiling-based content recommendations  —  Internet users in the European Union are logging on to a quiet revolution on mainstream social networks today … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Smith / AnandTech: AMD announces new Radeon RX 7000 series video cards, $449 RX 7700 XT and $499 7800 XT, based on its new Navi 32 GPU and aimed at the 1440p gaming market  —  With the Gamescom convention taking place in Germany this week, AMD is using Europe’s largest video game trade show as the venue for their latest Radeon video card announcements. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Alibaba launches two AI models: Qwen-VL, which can answer questions about images and generate captions, and Qwen-VL-Chat, which can have “complex interactions”  —  – Alibaba launched on Friday two new artificial intelligence models — Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL-Chat … Lees verder op Tech Meme

M. Sriram / Reuters: Sources: Swiggy, which was valued at $10.7B in 2022, is considering an IPO in 2024, after putting the plans on hold earlier due to market conditions  —  Swiggy, the Softbank-backed food delivery company, is eyeing a 2024 stock market listing and has initiated talks with bankers to assess its valuation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charlize Alcaraz / BetaKit: Toronto-based Ideogram raised a $16.5M seed led by a16z and Index Ventures and launches a beta of Ideogram AI, its generative AI-based text-to-image product  —  Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Ideogram, which offers generative text-to-image technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme