Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: YouTube will stop showing users recommended videos in some places, including the homepage, when watch history is turned off entirely  —  Recommended videos keep users engaged on YouTube, but starting today, YouTube will stop showing recommended videos in some places, such as the homepage, if your watch history is turned off entirely. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: The US Federal Reserve launches a program for overseeing banks’ crypto activity and clarifies its pre-approval process for engaging with stablecoins  —  Fresh crypto guidance from the U.S. central bank doesn’t represent a departure from previous policy, but it provides more details on what the Fed expects from banks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Twilio reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to $1.04B vs. $986M est., active customer accounts up 11% YoY to 304K+, and raises FY 2023 profit outlook; TWLO jumps 9%+  —  – Company reports revenue, profit that top analysts’ estimates  — Twilio has reduced its workforce twice in the past year Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Bary / MarketWatch: Toast reports Q2 revenue up 45% YoY to $978M, vs. $943M est., and a positive free cash flow for the first time since its IPO, with $39M; TOST jumps 12%+  —  Positive free cash flow reached for the first time since IPO  —  Toast Inc. shares were popping in Tuesday’s after-hours action … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: Lyft reports Q2 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.02B, a net loss of $114.3M, and active riders up 8.2% YoY to 21.49M, its highest levels since the pandemic  —  Ride-share company projects better-than-expected outlook for current quarter  —  Lyft raised its revenue and trimmed its loss last quarter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Roper Technologies, which makes engineering products for niche markets, acquires Syntellis, which sells enterprise performance management software, for $1.25B  —  Roper Technologies, a lesser-known company that creates engineering products for niche markets, this morning announced … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 review: better battery, slimmer bezels, Wear OS 4, and overall improvements, but few changes, pricier, and works best with Samsung phones  —  Samsung focuses on refining a tried-and-true formula, but how much longer can it afford to coast? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Google and UMG are in talks to license artists’ melodies and voices for AI-made songs; goals include making a tool for fans and paying copyright owners  —  New technology that can mimic artists’ voices has been seen as growing threat  —  Google and Universal Music are in talks … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Nvidia announces AI Workbench, which lets users create, test, and customize LLMs from Hugging Face and others on local workstations before using cloud resources  —  Timed to coincide with SIGGRAPH, the annual AI academic conference, Nvidia this morning announced a new platform designed to let users create … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian King / Bloomberg: Nvidia unveils the GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, a combination GPU and CPU relying on high-bandwidth memory 3, or HBM3e, expected to enter production in Q2 2024  —  – Company is upgrading lineup that fueled $1 trillion valuation  — New chip could make it harder for rivals like AMD to catch up Lees verder op Tech Meme