Tech Meme

Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired: Nintendo and Sony embracing direct-to-audience streams, added to the pandemic, led to E3’s demise; fan conventions and networking events have survived the shift  —  These days, video game companies can just promote their hardware and new releases via prepackaged livestreams.  Why would they bother with a trade show? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: SimilarWeb: of the 2.6M people who visited the Twitter Blue web promo page in March, only 116,000 signed up; Blue is used by less than 1% of monthly users  —  Twitter Inc. is struggling to sell users on its new subscription product, Twitter Blue, according to a new report. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Novak / Forbes: Twitter adds a “state-affiliated media” label to NPR’s account, seemingly contradicting Twitter’s own policies, which used NPR as an example of an exception  —  Twitter added a warning to NPR’s Twitter account on Tuesday, declaring it as “state-affiliated media,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Henderson / Insider Gaming: Source: Sony is developing a handheld, codenamed Q Lite, which will use Remote Play with the PS5 and feature an 8-inch 1080p touchscreen and adaptive triggers  —  Following days of speculation, Insider Gaming can report that there’s a new PlayStation Handheld in development. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources detail Apple’s efforts to shift production from China, including wooing other countries and assembling “tiger teams” to solve supply chain weaknesses  —  In late March, when Tim Cook made his first public appearance in China since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kazuyuki Okudaira / Nikkei Asia: Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth says the company plans to begin commercializing its generative AI in 2023 and remains at the “very forefront” of the LLM field  —  Facebook parent expects tech to help clients better reach audiences, reduce costs  —  TOKYO — Facebook owner Meta intends … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel More / Reuters: Germany’s Bundeskartellamt regulator designates Apple as “of paramount significance for competition across markets”, opening the door to antitrust curbs  —  Germany’s antitrust regulator has opened the door for measures to curb Apple (AAPL.O) after deciding that the U.S. tech … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Brex co-CEO Henrique Dubugras on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, launching Brex travel to compete with SAP Concur and Navan, and more  —  Everybody hates Concur.  Brex wants to replace it. … Brex is what you might call a neobank — not a traditional bank but, rather … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: As AI chatbots explode, Helsinki-based Silo AI and other European startups race to improve responses in languages other than English, like German and Arabic  —  Companies aim to improve response quality after criticism of reliance on small group of mostly US participants Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: Ofcom says AWS, Azure, and Google may be limiting competition in the UK cloud computing market after a review since October 2022 and refers the case to the CMA  —  Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s cloud services could be limiting competition in the UK’s cloud sector … Lees verder op Tech Meme