Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Comcast resists a call from an ad industry group to reverse course on its February branding of its Xfinity network as “10G” — Comcast renamed its whole network “Xfinity 10G” despite cable’s slower speeds. — An advertising industry group urged Comcast to stop its “10G” … Lees verder op Tech Meme
James Titcomb / Telegraph: Israel plans to boycott Europe’s biggest tech conference, Web Summit, after the event’s co-founder accused Israel of war crimes, as many tech companies pull out — Dozens of companies pull out of Lisbon event following a wave of protest from tech bosses — Israel has said it will boycott … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jordan Novet / CNBC: LinkedIn plans to lay off 668 staff, mostly from its engineering team, after cutting 716 jobs in May 2023; a source says LinkedIn is ramping up hiring in India — – LinkedIn is cutting almost 700 employees as revenue growth has slowed over the past two years. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Chavi Mehta / Reuters: Snap’s stock closes up 11.98% after a report that the company’s internal “stretch” goal was to pass 475M DAUs in 2024, above Wall Street’s expectations of ~447M — Snap (SNAP.N) shares jumped 11% on Monday after a media report said the social media company is expected … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Sources detail Netflix’s deepening gaming push: expanding to games for TVs and PCs, licensing third-party games like GTA, and more mobile games about its shows — Streamer to put greater emphasis on developing games based on its popular programming, including ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Black Mirror’ Lees verder op Tech Meme
The Markup: Analysis: X throttles traffic to Patreon, WhatsApp, and at times Messenger by 2.5 seconds on average; Patreon creators say doing so undermines their livelihood — Markup readers helped uncover the link delays, which also affect WhatsApp and Messenger. — Twitter is now slowing down traffic … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Karen Freifeld / Reuters: Sources: the US plans rules to block selling some AI chips to China that fall just under the current technical parameters, mandate shipment reporting, and more — The U.S. will take steps to prevent American chipmakers from selling semiconductors to China that circumvent government restrictions … Lees verder op Tech Meme
James Titcomb / Telegraph: Israel plans to boycott Europe’s biggest tech conference, Web Summit, after the event’s founder accused Israel of war crimes, as many tech companies pull out — Dozens of companies pull out of Lisbon event following a wave of protest from tech bosses — Israel has said it will boycott … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube adds Spotlight Moments, an AI-powered ad tool to help brands identify the most popular YouTube videos related to cultural moments, like the Oscars — YouTube is putting Google AI to use for advertisers, the company announced this morning with the introduction of a new advertising package called “Spotlight Moments.” Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jonathan Rothwell / Gallup: A survey of 1,567 US adolescents: 51% spend at least four hours on social media apps per day; 13-year-olds spent 4.1 hours, rising to 5.8 hours for 17-year-olds — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just over half of U.S. teenagers (51%) report spending at least four hours per day using a variety … Lees verder op Tech Meme