Tom Warren / The Verge: Nvidia RTX 4070 review: the most affordable RTX 40-series GPU yet at $599, solid 1440p performance, and DLSS 3, but 12GB of VRAM and poor 4K gaming performance — The RTX 4070 is the most affordable RTX 40-series GPU yet, with solid 1440p performance. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Intel’s Foundry Services unit partners with Arm to build low-power SoCs, giving customers using Arm’s designs access to Intel’s A18 process to make their chips — Intel Corp. said today its Intel Foundry Services business unit is partnering with the British chip design firm Arm Ltd … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Todd Spangler / Variety: Warner Bros. Discovery officially announces Max as the new name of its flagship streamer, with content from HBO and Discovery+, launching in the US on May 23 — It’s not HBO Max — soon it’s just going to be Max. … The company announced the name change at a press event Wednesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bart Meijer / Reuters: The European Commission finds Broadcom’s proposed $61B VMware acquisition may restrict competition in the market for some hardware parts, like storage adapters — The European Commission on Wednesday said the proposed $61 billion takeover by U.S. chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Documents: the US House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the FTC over its Twitter privacy investigation, saying the agency didn’t comply with a March 10 request — Rep. Jim Jordan , the chair of the Judiciary Committee, said the FTC has made burdensome demands of Twitter and its owner, Elon Musk. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Sources: Thoma Bravo lost the race to acquire Qualtrics, which sold to Silver Lake and CPP for $12.5B in March 2023, due to US antitrust investigation fears — Qualtrics eventually sold for $12.5bn to Silver Lake and CPP in largest leveraged buyout of year Lees verder op Tech Meme
Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg: February 2023 filings: FTX lawyers are exploring tax issues around rebooting FTX, billing $13.5M for recovering assets, weighing “long-term options”, and more — Whether FTX’s new chief executive officer actually pushes forward with an effort to restart the bankrupt crypto exchange, its lawyers are billing it for the job. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: IAC and PwC: US digital ad revenue rose 10.8% YoY to $209.7B in 2022, down from 35% YoY in 2021; social media ad revenue rose 3.6% YoY in 2022, down from 39.3% — Headwinds from the economy and privacy protections were offset by growth in areas such as retail ad networks and streaming TV, executives and analysts say Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Documents: the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the FTC over its Twitter privacy investigation, saying the agency failed to comply with an earlier request — Rep. Jim Jordan , the chair of the Judiciary Committee, said the FTC has made burdensome demands of Twitter and its owner, Elon Musk. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google launches Assured Open Source Software to help developers defend against supply chain attacks for free, with support for 1,000+ Java and Python packages — About a year ago, Google announced its Assured Open Source Software (Assured OSS) service, a service that helps developers defend … Lees verder op Tech Meme