Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Amazon discontinues Alexa’s celebrity voices feature, offering Samuel L. Jackson’s, Shaquille O’Neal’s, and Melissa McCarthy’s voices, even for those who paid  —  Amazon is getting rid of its celebrity voices for Alexa.  Not only are the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O’Neal … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: The NHTSA closes its investigation into Tesla’s Passenger Play, after the company’s December 2021 update disabled the video game feature when the car is moving  —  U.S. highway safety regulators have closed an investigation into Tesla allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while vehicles are moving. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Nvidia opens at a $1T market cap, joining Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon, after raising its Q2 revenue forecast due to AI demand; NVDA is up 170%+ YTD  —  – Nvidia briefly hit a $1 trillion market cap at the start of trading Tuesday  — Nvidia shares are trading at around $409 a share. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: An interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on having had “some serious” leadership, people, and methodology issues, the rough turnaround, competitors, and more  —  Rivals such as Nvidia have left the chip company far behind.  CEO Pat Gelsinger aims to reverse firm’s fortunes by vastly expanding its factories. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Analyst Ross Young says Apple’s headset will have two 1.41 Micro OLED displays at 5000+ nits of brightness, a 4000:1 contrast ratio, and “should be 4K per eye”  —  The tech community is collectively on the edge of our seats as we zoom toward the expected unveiling of Apple’s mixed reality headset. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: Sources: TikTok has stored personal and financial data of its biggest stars, including those in its Creator Fund, on servers in China, accessible by staff there  —  TikTok has stored the most sensitive financial data of its biggest stars — including those in its “Creator Fund” — on servers in China. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: A viral Nintendo’s Tears of the Kingdom clip that shows Link unfurling a bridge wows game developers; Nintendo reportedly spent a full year polishing the game  —  What looks simple is actually very hard to make  —  There’s a bridge to cross the lava pit in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Marakuguc Shrine, but it’s broken. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Analysis: of 460+ companies that did SPAC deals, insiders at 232 sold ~$22B in well-timed stock trades; Chamath Palihapitiya made $310M selling Virgin Galactic  —  Executives and early investors sold shares worth $22 billion  —  The SPAC boom cost investors billions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Binance names Richard Teng to run all its regional markets outside the US, a swift ascension for the executive who joined in August 2021, as CZ comes under fire  —  Binance tapped Richard Teng to head all its regional markets outside of the US, a swift and steady ascension for the executive … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: SCOTUS turns away an appeal by victims of child porn claiming Reddit facilitates and benefits from CSAM, after leaving Section 230 intact in two May 2023 cases  —  The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal from victims of child pornography who claimed Reddit Inc. knowingly facilitates and benefits from images of child sexual abuse. Lees verder op Tech Meme