Tech Meme

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Xreal, formerly Nreal, announces the $399 Xreal Air 2 and $449 Air 2 Pro glasses with brighter Micro OLED displays, shipping in November in the US and the UK  —  Xreal is opening preorders for its latest generation of augmented reality glasses, the Xreal Air 2 and Air 2 Pro … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to €3.4B, MAUs up 26% to 574M, Premium users up 16% YoY to 226M, and a €32M profit, beating estimates of a €44.6M loss  —  Spotify Technology SA, the music-streaming giant, reported third-quarter sales that exceeded analysts’ projections … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: WIPO: in 2022, Chinese entities applied for 29,853 AI patents, up from 29,000 in 2021, almost 80% more than the 16,800 US filings, down from 17,800 in 2021  —  – Patent filings from China almost doubles the sum of US in 2022  — Top players like Baidu, Alibaba race to monetize AI products Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benedict Evans: A Twitter user since 2007 reflects on leaving due to Elon Musk swapping stasis at the company for chaos, his constant bullshitting, and spreading toxic content  —  Twitter always used to look a lot like Craigslist.  It stumbled into something that a lot of people found very useful … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Sources: many people inside Apple do not believe its own AI/ML team can deliver on generative AI, and worry that the company will only use its own team’s output  —  Speaking of Mark Gurman, he has an interesting bit about Apple’s AI efforts in his latest Power On column: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to €3.4B, MAUs up 26% to 574M, Premium users up 16% YoY to 226M, and a €32M profit, beating estimates of a €44.6M loss  —  Spotify Technology SA, the music-streaming giant, reported third-quarter sales that exceeded analysts’ projections … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to €3.4B, MAUs up 26% to 574M, Premium users up 16% YoY to 226M, and a €32M profit, beating estimates of a €44.6M loss  —  Spotify Technology SA, the music-streaming giant, reported third-quarter sales that exceeded analysts’ projections … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kenza Bryan / Financial Times: EU environmental groups criticize Apple branding new Apple Watches as “carbon neutral” and using credits to cancel out the 7kg to 12kg of emissions per unit  —  iPhone maker flags credentials of its latest Watch products as EU seeks to clamp down on ‘greenwashing’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the UK is set to reject Big Tech calls to be able to appeal rulings by the CMA’s Digital Markets Unit, expected to be able to levy fines and more  —  – Decision due within two months in new Parliamentary session  — Ministers seek to curb dominance of major technology companies Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Taiwan VP Lai Ching-te criticizes China’s Foxconn investigation; sources say China disclosed the move for political reasons tied to Taiwan’s January elections  —  Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday hit out at China over its probe of major Apple (AAPL.O) supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) … Lees verder op Tech Meme