Tech Meme

Chavi Mehta / Reuters: eBay reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to $2.52B, vs. $2.51B est., gross merchandise volume down 2% YoY to $18.2B, and active buyers down 4% YoY to 132M  —  E-commerce platform eBay (EBAY.O) forecast third-quarter revenue slightly above market expectations on Wednesday, banking on its focus categories … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta Investor Relations: Meta reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $32B, net income up 16% YoY to $7.79B, and family daily active people up 7% YoY to 3.07B for June 2023  —  Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.  —  “We had a good quarter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNN: US prosecutors ask a judge to detain Sam Bankman-Fried over witness tampering allegations, saying he leaked Caroline Ellison’s personal writings to the NYT  —  New York CNN —  —  US prosecutors asked a federal judge to detain former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried over allegations of witness-tampering. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Medha Singh / Reuters: Dish partners with Amazon to sell a Boost Infinite postpaid wireless plan with unlimited talk, text, and data services at $25/month for Amazon Prime subscribers  —  Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) is partnering with Amazon.com (AMZN.O) to sell wireless postpaid service plans through its platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: The CISA warns US federal agencies to secure their systems against an Ivanti flaw that’s been exploited as a zero-day to hack Norway’s government systems  —  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned U.S. federal agencies today to secure their systems … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: As droughts spread across Spain, the US, and elsewhere, communities are battling water-hungry data centers; Meta expects a €1B facility to use 665M liters/year  —  With drought spreading around the globe, battles over water are erupting between AI companies seeking more computing power … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Stability AI launches Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, an open-source text-to-image model that can yield 1MP resolution images “in seconds” in multiple aspect ratios  —  AI startup Stability AI continues to refine its generative AI models in the face of increasing competition — and ethical challenges. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wes Davis / The Verge: T-Mobile rolls out ultrafast 5G capable of 3.3Gbps, first in a few US markets for Samsung Galaxy S23 users only, then nationwide in “the coming weeks”  —  / T-Mobile’s new wireless tech is live in a few markets and will be available nationally in ‘weeks.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Despite not being in SAG-AFTRA, many influencers are passing up deals to promote movies and TV shows to avoid online criticism and being barred from the guild  —  Despite not being in the actors’ union, many content creators are passing up deals to promote films or TV shows … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: As droughts spread across Spain, the US, and elsewhere, communities are battling water-hungry data centers; Meta expects a €1B facility to use 665M liters/year  —  With drought spreading around the globe, battles over water are erupting between AI companies seeking more computing power … Lees verder op Tech Meme