Meteen naar de inhoud

Tech Meme

A look at how puritanism took over fandom communities, the growing “anti-fandom” movement, and how the US' FOSTA-SESTA worsened sex positivity discourse online (Aja Romano/Vox) 25-05-2023

Aja Romano / Vox: A look at how puritanism took over fandom communities, the growing “anti-fandom” movement, and how the US’ FOSTA-SESTA worsened sex positivity discourse online  —  Puriteens, anti-fans, and the culture war’s most bonkers battleground.  —  How did the internet become so puritanical? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sony announces Project Q, a handheld device with an 8-inch screen for streaming games from a PlayStation 5 via Remote Play over Wi-Fi, launching later in 2023 (The Verge) 25-05-2023

The Verge: Sony announces Project Q, a handheld device with an 8-inch screen for streaming games from a PlayStation 5 via Remote Play over Wi-Fi, launching later in 2023  —  Sony has officially confirmed it’s working on a PlayStation handheld to make it easier to play your PS5 games. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: after closing Arm Research last year, Arm plans to limit “blue sky” research and focus on commercially viable products, ahead of this year's IPO (Anna Gross/Financial Times) 25-05-2023

Anna Gross / Financial Times: Sources: after closing Arm Research last year, Arm plans to limit “blue sky” research and focus on commercially viable products, ahead of this year’s IPO  —  UK chip designer faces criticism after closing flagship unit to sharpen focus on commercial products Lees verder op Tech Meme

Regulatory filings: Indonesia-based eFishery, which provides software and financing to fish farmers, raised a $108M Series D at a $1.3B post-money valuation (Grace Priscilla Teo/Tech in Asia) 25-05-2023

Grace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia: Regulatory filings: Indonesia-based eFishery, which provides software and financing to fish farmers, raised a $108M Series D at a $1.3B post-money valuation  —  Indonesian agritech startup eFishery has raised US$108 million in series D funding, pushing its post-money valuation to US$1.3 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Memo: Grab co-founder Tan Hooi Ling plans to exit operational roles and give up her board seat by the end of 2023, as the company fights to reverse losses (Bloomberg) 25-05-2023

Bloomberg: Memo: Grab co-founder Tan Hooi Ling plans to exit operational roles and give up her board seat by the end of 2023, as the company fights to reverse losses  —  Grab Holdings Ltd. co-founder Tan Hooi Ling is stepping down from her operational roles by the end of the year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Q&A with Grimes, who invited anyone to make Grimes songs using AI tools, on open-sourcing her voice, her obsession with AI, and five GrimesAI-created tracks (Joe Coscarelli/New York Times) 25-05-2023

Joe Coscarelli / New York Times: Q&A with Grimes, who invited anyone to make Grimes songs using AI tools, on open-sourcing her voice, her obsession with AI, and five GrimesAI-created tracks  —  The producer and pop singer, long a proponent of technological experimentation, has “open-sourced” her voice using new A.I. tools. Lees verder op Tech Meme

An SEC filing shows OpenAI closed a $175.3M fund to invest in startups, 75% higher than the money raised when the fund launched in May 2021, from 14 investors (Kate Clark/The Information) 25-05-2023

Kate Clark / The Information: An SEC filing shows OpenAI closed a $175.3M fund to invest in startups, 75% higher than the money raised when the fund launched in May 2021, from 14 investors  —  OpenAI has closed a $175.3 million fund to invest in other startups, according to a securities filing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon is closing its Appstore in China on July 17, 2023, following the company's announcement last year that it would shutter its Kindle e-bookstore in China (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post) 25-05-2023

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: Amazon is closing its Appstore in China on July 17, 2023, following the company’s announcement last year that it would shutter its Kindle e-bookstore in China  —  Amazon.com will close its official app store in China in July, the latest retreat from the Chinese market by the US tech giant following … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A Montenegrin court overturns a lower court's decision that would have let Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon be released on €400K bail; Kwon remains in jail (Misha Savic/Bloomberg) 24-05-2023

Misha Savic / Bloomberg: A Montenegrin court overturns a lower court’s decision that would have let Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon be released on €400K bail; Kwon remains in jail  —  A Montenegrin court has annulled a lower court’s decision under which former crypto mogul and Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon would be released on bail. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A study describes how a patient who was paralyzed from waist down was able to walk naturally again with brain and spine implants using an AI thought decoder (Oliver Whang/New York Times) 25-05-2023

Oliver Whang / New York Times: A study describes how a patient who was paralyzed from waist down was able to walk naturally again with brain and spine implants using an AI thought decoder  —  In a new study, researchers describe a device that connects the intentions of a paralyzed patient to his physical movements. Lees verder op Tech Meme