Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Gabriel Simon / Bloomberg: India-based Credgenics, which provides an online service to help banks collect on debt, raised $50M led by Accel and Westbridge Capital at a $340M valuation  —  – It raised $50 million in funding round led also by WestBridge  — The startup aims to expand to Southeast Asian countries Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Oremus / Washington Post: A look at Def Con’s White House-backed Generative Red Team Challenge, where contestants try to make AI chatbots go rogue; the results will be sealed for months  —  Chatbots can be biased, deceptive or even dangerous.  Hackers are competing to figure out exactly how. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: Sources: ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame is in talks with prosecutors to plead guilty to criminal charges and may enter a plea as soon as September  —  – Ryan Salame was the co-chief executive of FTX Digital Markets  — Salame would be fourth former FTX executive to plead guilty Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Endowus, which operates a digital wealth management platform, raised $35M from Citi Ventures, MUFG, and others, taking its total funding to $95M  —  Back in 2021 and early 2022, there was a flurry of VC interest in Southeast Asian investment apps. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Catherine Perloff / Adweek: Google changes the name of one of its advertising video formats from “in-stream ads” to “skippable ads”, after a report accused YouTube of misleading buyers  —  What was once in-stream ads are now skippable ads  —  Google changed the name of one of its video formats … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nivesh Rustgi / Decrypt: El Salvador grants Binance licenses to offer custodial services, process crypto payments, provide digital wallets, and operate a digital asset exchange  —  Today, El Salvador’s central bank and crypto regulator granted Binance a Bitcoin Services Provider License (BSP) and Digital Assets Services Provider license (DASP) Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Verizon is sunsetting BlueJeans, a business-focused video conferencing app it acquired in 2020, starting August 31, 2023, due to “the changing market landscape”  —  Did you know Verizon acquired a video conferencing app back in 2020?  It’s fine if you haven’t because Verizon … Lees verder op Tech Meme