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Sources: Vietnamese internet company VNG aims to raise ~$150M in its US IPO and targets a debut at the end of September; VNG reported $166.3M in H1 2023 revenue (Dave Sebastian/Wall Street Journal) 24-08-2023

Dave Sebastian / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Vietnamese internet company VNG aims to raise ~$150M in its US IPO and targets a debut at the end of September; VNG reported $166.3M in H1 2023 revenue  —  Company is targeting a trading debut by the end of September, sources say  —  Vietnamese internet company VNG aims … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon launches Amazon Luna on LG smart TVs released between 2021 and 2023 and running webOS 6.0 or later, after debuting Luna on Samsung TVs in August 2022 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) 24-08-2023

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Amazon launches Amazon Luna on LG smart TVs released between 2021 and 2023 and running webOS 6.0 or later, after debuting Luna on Samsung TVs in August 2022  —  LG is teaming up with Amazon to bring the Amazon Luna cloud-based game streaming service on its smart TVs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Apple says the company supports California's Right to Repair Act, which passed a Senate vote in May 2023 and now awaits approval before a full assembly vote (Brian Heater/TechCrunch) 23-08-2023

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Apple says the company supports California’s Right to Repair Act, which passed a Senate vote in May 2023 and now awaits approval before a full assembly vote  —  In a surprise move, Apple this week penned a letter to California state senator Susan Talamantes Eggman, voicing support for SB 244 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

How LLMs designed for chat interactions turned AI into a general purpose tool, as AI undergoes transformation much like semiconductors gave rise CPUs and GPUs (Haomiao Huang/Ars Technica) 24-08-2023

Haomiao Huang / Ars Technica: How LLMs designed for chat interactions turned AI into a general purpose tool, as AI undergoes transformation much like semiconductors gave rise CPUs and GPUs  —  Until recently, AI models were specialized tools.  Modern LLMs are different.  —  The chief technology officer of a robotics startup told … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Epic Games announces the Epic First Run program, offering developers 100% of net revenue for six months if they launch games exclusively on the Epic Games Store (Kris Holt/Engadget) 24-08-2023

Kris Holt / Engadget: Epic Games announces the Epic First Run program, offering developers 100% of net revenue for six months if they launch games exclusively on the Epic Games Store  —  Games and apps in the Epic First Run program will also benefit from extra exposure on the storefront. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: TikTok plans to bar links to Amazon and other e-commerce sites to force people to use TikTok Shop; source says Shop will lose $500M+ in the US in 2023 (Erin Woo/The Information) 24-08-2023

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: TikTok plans to bar links to Amazon and other e-commerce sites to force people to use TikTok Shop; source says Shop will lose $500M+ in the US in 2023  —  The cost of TikTok’s online shopping expansion in the U.S. is beginning to add up.  —  TikTok Shop, the app’s nascent shopping service … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Crypto exchange Bitstamp plans to end its Ethereum staking service for US customers starting on September 25, citing “current regulatory dynamics in the US” (Mat Di Salvo/Decrypt) 24-08-2023

Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: Crypto exchange Bitstamp plans to end its Ethereum staking service for US customers starting on September 25, citing “current regulatory dynamics in the US”  —  The crypto exchange said it made the decision due to “regulatory dynamics” in the States. Lees verder op Tech Meme

We are at the tail end of the first wave of LLM-based AI, which performs better than the average human in some tasks but is not enough and is expensive to train (Irregular Ideas) 24-08-2023

Irregular Ideas: We are at the tail end of the first wave of LLM-based AI, which performs better than the average human in some tasks but is not enough and is expensive to train  —  On a recent cross-country trip—I (Paul) drove from California to Illinois and back again.  On the drive, I saw a sign … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Epic Games announces Epic First Run program, which will give developers 100% of net revenue for six months if they launch exclusively on the Epic Games Store (Kris Holt/Engadget) 24-08-2023

Kris Holt / Engadget: Epic Games announces Epic First Run program, which will give developers 100% of net revenue for six months if they launch exclusively on the Epic Games Store  —  Games and apps in the Epic First Run program will also benefit from extra exposure on the storefront. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources say TikTok plans to bar links to Amazon and other e-commerce sites in a bid to force people to use TikTok Shop to buy items they see on the app (Erin Woo/The Information) 24-08-2023

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources say TikTok plans to bar links to Amazon and other e-commerce sites in a bid to force people to use TikTok Shop to buy items they see on the app  —  The cost of TikTok’s online shopping expansion in the U.S. is beginning to add up.  —  TikTok Shop, the app’s nascent shopping service … Lees verder op Tech Meme