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Sources: facing a US ban, TikTok recently sought to reassure its advertisers and play down the threat of an outright ban, hoping brands would continue to spend (Wall Street Journal) 22-03-2023

Wall Street Journal: Sources: facing a US ban, TikTok recently sought to reassure its advertisers and play down the threat of an outright ban, hoping brands would continue to spend  —  Advertisers take wait-and-see approach after Biden administration demands that video app’s Chinese owners sell stakes Lees verder op Tech Meme

Magic Eden launches a Bitcoin NFT marketplace, supporting Hiro and Xverse wallets to let users trade Ordinal NFTs, expanding on SOL, ETH, and MATIC marketplaces (Cam Thompson/CoinDesk) 22-03-2023

Cam Thompson / CoinDesk: Magic Eden launches a Bitcoin NFT marketplace, supporting Hiro and Xverse wallets to let users trade Ordinal NFTs, expanding on SOL, ETH, and MATIC marketplaces  —  The popular NFT marketplace is integrating support for Bitcoin wallets Hiro and Xverse to help traders list, purchase and sell Ordinal NFTs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tencent reports 2022 revenue down 1% YoY to ~$81B, the first-ever annual drop and below estimates, and Q4 revenue up 1% YoY to ~$21B, as China's economy slows (Josh Ye/Reuters) 22-03-2023

Josh Ye / Reuters: Tencent reports 2022 revenue down 1% YoY to ~$81B, the first-ever annual drop and below estimates, and Q4 revenue up 1% YoY to ~$21B, as China’s economy slows  —  Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) reported a drop in annual revenue for the first time ever, as China’s economic slowdown due to the pandemic … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision SaaS provider for the deployment and configuration of video stream analysis algorithms, raised a €22M Series A (Silicon Canals) 22-03-2023

Silicon Canals: Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision SaaS provider for the deployment and configuration of video stream analysis algorithms, raised a €22M Series A  —  Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €22M in a Series … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Association for Computing Machinery awards Bob Metcalfe the Turing Award for his work on Ethernet at the Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s (Cade Metz/New York Times) 22-03-2023

Cade Metz / New York Times: The Association for Computing Machinery awards Bob Metcalfe the Turing Award for his work on Ethernet at the Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s  —  In the 1970s, Bob Metcalfe helped develop the primary technology that lets you send email or connect with a printer over an office network. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ubisoft unveils Ghostwriter and says the internal AI tool will help scriptwriters save time and create more realistic non-player character interactions (Luke Plunkett/Kotaku) 22-03-2023

Luke Plunkett / Kotaku: Ubisoft unveils Ghostwriter and says the internal AI tool will help scriptwriters save time and create more realistic non-player character interactions  —  Ubisoft Ghostwriter is described by the company as ‘an AI tool’  —  Ubisoft, the publishers behind Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Researchers: Iran's cyber army, or Cyberi, ramped up spear-phishing and adopted new tactics aiming to sow distrust among citizens as political unrest continues (Arian Khameneh/Wired) 22-03-2023

Arian Khameneh / Wired: Researchers: Iran’s cyber army, or Cyberi, ramped up spear-phishing and adopted new tactics aiming to sow distrust among citizens as political unrest continues  —  Amid ongoing protests, the Iranian regime has lost control of its image, pushing it to employ increasingly drastic tactics where everyone loses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nvidia announces the H800 chip, a modified H100 chip, for export to China; Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, and other Chinese companies are already using the H800 (Reuters) 22-03-2023

Reuters: Nvidia announces the H800 chip, a modified H100 chip, for export to China; Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, and other Chinese companies are already using the H800  —  Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), the U.S. semiconductor designer that dominates the market for artificial intelligence (AI) chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision SaaS provider for the deployment and configuration of video stream analysis algorithms, raised a €22M Series A (Silicon Canals) 22-03-2023

Silicon Canals: Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision SaaS provider for the deployment and configuration of video stream analysis algorithms, raised a €22M Series A  —  Paris-based XXII, an AI-powered computer vision company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €22M in a Series … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The US proposes barring CHIPS Act beneficiaries from expanding manufacturing output in “countries of concern” by 5% for advanced chips and 10% for legacy chips (Bloomberg) 22-03-2023

Bloomberg: The US proposes barring CHIPS Act beneficiaries from expanding manufacturing output in “countries of concern” by 5% for advanced chips and 10% for legacy chips  —  The Biden administration unveiled tight restrictions on new operations in China by chipmakers that get federal funds … Lees verder op Tech Meme