Tech Meme

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Samsung says TM Roh, who oversees mobile, will temporarily step into a broader role overseeing its consumer electronics, after the death of co-CEO Han Jong-Hee  —  Roh will fill the vacancy at the top of Samsung’s Device Experience group until the company’s board approves a formal successor to Han … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: OpenAI’s new GPT-4o-powered image generator is now available to all users; Sam Altman last week mentioned a limit of three images per day for free-tier users  —  OpenAI’s new image generator, powered by its GPT-4o model, is now available to all users, CEO Sam Altman said in a post on X … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wency Chen / South China Morning Post: Microsoft closes its IoT & AI Insider Lab in Shanghai, opened in May 2019, reflecting a broader pullback from China amid geopolitical tensions with the US  —  The IoT & AI Insider Lab in the Zhangjiang hi-tech zone likely closed in January or February, nearby workers say Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Uncertainty around high-skilled visas is unsettling Silicon Valley’s immigrant tech community, as tech companies tell employees on visas not to leave the US  —  Uncertainty around high-skilled visas is rattling the immigrant tech community in Silicon Valley long viewed as one of the key pillars of U.S. innovation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: With the Switch 2, Nintendo must do what it has rarely done before: follow one hit console with another; Nintendo sold 150M+ Switch units since its 2017 launch  —  The Japanese gaming giant is about to release its latest console.  The stakes have never been higher to end the boom-bust cycle that’s plagued the company for years. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lam Le / Rest of World: A look at Shanghai municipal government-backed SpaceSail, a satellite internet company that has launched ~90 satellites so far and plans to have 15,000 by 2030  —  The Shanghai satellite company is launching deals in countries where Starlink, X or Tesla are creating friction. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: With Switch 2, Nintendo must do what it has rarely done before: follow one hit console with another; Nintendo has sold 150M+ Switch units since launch in 2017  —  The Japanese gaming giant is about to release its latest console.  The stakes have never been higher to end the boom-bust cycle that’s plagued the company for years. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoë Schiffer / Wired: USPTO suspended xAI’s Grok trademark application, saying the name could be confused with companies Groq and Grokstream; startup Bizly claims rights to “Grok”  —  Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: OpenAI’s new image generator, powered by GPT-4o, is now available to all users; Altman last week mentioned a limit of three images per day for free-tier users  —  OpenAI’s new image generator, powered by its GPT-4o model, is now available to all users, CEO Sam Altman said in a post on X … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Xavier / The Hindu: A survey of 1,450 verified Indian IT professionals by Blind: 83% reported experiencing burnout, with 72% saying they routinely exceed the 48-hour workweek limit  —  Organisations like Confluent, Intuit, UiPath, Adobe, Uber, InMobi, Salesforce, Walmart, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft lead the list … Lees verder op Tech Meme