Tech Meme

Makena Kelly / The Verge: OpenAI, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others make voluntary AI governance pledges to the White House, including cybersecurity investment and watermarking systems  —  The White House is bringing in AI’s top seven companies Friday to make a series of voluntary promises to protect users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg: A study based on open-source data estimates that 30K+ workers at European tech companies have moved to China in the past 20 years; China rejects the findings  —  More than 30,000 workers at European technology companies have moved to China in the last 20 years, bringing critical industry know-how back home. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charmaine Jacob / CNBC: Canalys: smartphone shipments in India stabilized in Q2 2023 after three quarters of decline, with 36.1M units, down 1% YoY; Samsung led with an 18% share  —  – India’s smartphone market stabilized in the second quarter with 36.1 million units shipped, according to a report by Canalys. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Overwatch League’s future remains uncertain as Activision Blizzard lays off ~50 esports employees and asks teams to vote on an updated operating agreement  —  Amid layoffs in the Activision Blizzard esports department, Overwatch League franchise owners will vote on whether to continue the league in its current format. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal: The US DOJ merges its crypto enforcement team that debuted in 2021 into the agency investigating computer-related crimes, giving crypto crimes the same status  —  The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team will become a permanent fixture of a section of the agency that investigates computer-related crimes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Autonomous trucking company Aurora Innovation raised $600M in private placement of its stock and plans a public offering at $3 per share valued at ~$220M  —  Aurora Innovation, the self-driving technology company that aims to launch an autonomous trucking business in 2024 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Heaney / UploadVR: Meta rolls out its Quest v56 update, bringing Hand Tracking 2.2, which it claims improves latency up to 40% in typical use and up to 75% during faster movements  —  The Meta Quest v56 update brings a range of improvements and new features to Quest 2 and Quest Pro. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Sergey Brin has increased his visits to Google in recent months to three to four days a week, working with AI researchers building Google’s Gemini  —  Co-founder is working alongside AI researchers at tech giant’s headquarters, aiding efforts to build powerful Gemini system Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: FTX sues Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh for $1B+, alleging they misappropriated funds for “pet projects” before FTX bankruptcy  —  FTX Trading Ltd on Thursday sued founder Sam Bankman-Fried and other former executives at the cryptocurrency exchange … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Filing: the US FTC suspends its in-house trial against Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition scheduled for August, opening the door to settlement talks  —  – Move allows Microsoft, Activision to speak with commissioners  — Companies asked for delay ahead of August in-house trial Lees verder op Tech Meme