Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: ESA survey in 2022: Hispanic and Black Americans played video games more than other groups, 72% of US gamers were white, active players fell to 212.6M, and more  —  Hispanic and Black Americans play video games more than other groups, according to an annual industry report … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: The EU and the US agree to a new deal on data transfers after EU judges threw out two previous pacts over privacy concerns; Meta had threatened to leave the EU  —  The European Union and the US sealed a new deal on data transfers after EU judges threw out two previous pacts partly over fears … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Instagram Threads passes 100M signups in just five days, up from 30M in the first 24 hours and 10M in the first seven hours  —  Instagram’s text-based app Threads has achieved the mark of 100 million sign-ups in just five days.  The Twitter rival was launched on June 6 (or June 5 in the Americas), according to a tracker. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian: With Twitter traffic “tanking” and Threads ascendant, Elon Musk says Mark Zuckerberg “is a cuck” and proposes “a literal dick-measuring contest”  —  Twitter owner calls Facebook founder a ‘cuck’ as rancour grows over launch of Threads, a competitor to Musk’s network Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: A profile of Debbie Bestwick, the video games industry’s longest-serving female CEO, ahead of her year-end departure from UK studio Team17, which released Worms  —  The outgoing Team17 chief executive on her battles in a sector known for its sexist attitudes — and the role … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: VR game makers say women are buying headsets due to fitness and workout apps, a shift from the male-dominated early days; <10% of Quest users were women in 2019  —  Seeking to broaden their customer base, makers of virtual reality headsets move away from gaming and into new types of apps Lees verder op Tech Meme

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: Foxconn pulls out of a $19.5B Indian chip and display joint venture, announced in 2022, with conglomerate Vedanta and is “working to remove the Foxconn name”  —  Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW) said on Monday it is pulling out of a joint venture with metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta Ltd … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Alibaba’s Youku airs My Chinese Chip, a new drama series in China telling the story of a startup building lasers for deep ultraviolet lithography machines  —  A new series in China tells the story of a scrappy startup developing the advanced chipmaking technology that multinational trade sanctions today are keeping out of the country. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Revolut’s US system let criminals steal $20M+ over several months in 2022 before Revolut shut the loophole, equivalent to ~66% of its 2021 net profit  —  During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: OpenAI releases in-house ChatGPT plug-in Code Interpreter to all Plus subscribers, helping them analyze data, create charts, edit files, and more  —  OpenAI first announced third-party software application plug-ins for its hit service ChatGPT back in March, allowing users to extend … Lees verder op Tech Meme