Tech Meme

Stephen Lurie / Wired: A look at IMDb’s top 300 contributors, including one who wrote 35K+ plot summaries, and the history of the Amazon-owned crowdsourced website predating Wikipedia  —  Powered by obsessed film buffs, it’s a crowdsourced juggernaut that’s older than Google and Wikipedia.  Now AI is threatening to steal the starring role. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: After the US passed the industry-supported $52B CHIPS Act, chipmakers turn cutthroat to snag a bigger share of the federal cash, setting off a lobbying frenzy  —  Semiconductor companies, which united to get the CHIPS Act approved, have set off a lobbying frenzy as they argue for more cash than their competitors. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: Netflix cut its prices on certain subscription tiers across 36+ countries in recent weeks, in some cases halving the cost; Netflix operates in 190+ countries  —  Move comes as streaming company says members ‘have never had more choices when it comes to entertainment’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adam Rawnsley / Rolling Stone: Twitter under Elon Musk is yet to publish transparency reports detailing content removal demands from governments; its last report was published in July 2022  —  “That shit went out the window right after Elon came in,” one former staffer says of Twitter’s previously routine transparency reports Lees verder op Tech Meme

Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch: Source.ag, which uses AI to help commercial greenhouse crop growers maximize their yields, raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $33M  —  Based in the Netherlands, blossoming agtech startup Source.ag has announced a $23 million Series A funding round to help grow its business … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: YouTube rolls out multi-language audio tracks to more creators worldwide; creators saw 15%+ of their watch time from the video’s non-primary language in January  —  After initial testing over the last few months, YouTube is rolling out access to multi-language audio tracks to more creators worldwide … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The EC opens a consultation on Europe’s telecom sector, which could see Google, Apple, Meta, Netflix, Amazon, Microsoft, and others help cover network costs  —  The European Commission on Thursday launched a consultation on the future of Europe’s telecoms sector, starting a process that could lead … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 2% YoY to ~$35.9B, China Commerce revenue down 1% YoY to ~$24.6B, and net income up 69% YoY to ~$6.8B  —  – Alibaba reported earnings for its fiscal third quarter that smashed expectations, sending shares soaring 6% higher.  — During the December quarter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: ProsperOps, which makes software that automatically optimizes cloud resources, raised $72M led by H.I.G. Growth Partners, after previously raising just $800K  —  The cloud is growing expensive.  According to a recent survey from ESG, more than half of companies say that their spending … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: Valve recently patched a Dota 2 exploit used by third-party cheating clients, created a honeypot to catch them, and banned over 40,000 accounts  —  The update added a ‘honeypot’ to catch cheaters  —  Valve issued an update to Dota 2 recently that patched an exploit used … Lees verder op Tech Meme