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Sources: Meta plans to build only ~1,000 units of its first-gen AR glasses, due in 2024, which use silicon carbide in the lenses, requiring assembly in the US (Wayne Ma/The Information) 10-08-2023

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Meta plans to build only ~1,000 units of its first-gen AR glasses, due in 2024, which use silicon carbide in the lenses, requiring assembly in the US  —  Meta Platforms plans to build only around a thousand units of the first generation of its augmented-reality glasses due out next year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hosting provider Uberspace takes down youtube-dl's website, which offered YouTube ripping software, but continues to appeal a court order forcing the takedown (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak) 10-08-2023

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Hosting provider Uberspace takes down youtube-dl’s website, which offered YouTube ripping software, but continues to appeal a court order forcing the takedown  —  Hosting provider Uberspace has taken down the website of YouTube-ripping software, youtube-dl. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Skydio shuts down its consumer drone business and plans to expand its enterprise offerings, after raising a $230M Series E at a $2.2B valuation in February 2023 (Brian Heater/TechCrunch) 10-08-2023

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Skydio shuts down its consumer drone business and plans to expand its enterprise offerings, after raising a $230M Series E at a $2.2B valuation in February 2023  —  Skydio today announced that it will be shutting down its consumer drone business.  —  Beginning today, the firm will no longer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

California-based Virtualitics, which provides data visualizations that can be viewed in AR and VR, raised a $37M Series C, bringing its total funding to $67M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 10-08-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: California-based Virtualitics, which provides data visualizations that can be viewed in AR and VR, raised a $37M Series C, bringing its total funding to $67M  —  Many companies grapple with data challenges.  In a 2019 survey, Deloitte reports that 67% of executives aren’t comfortable accessing or using the data at their organizations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

X CEO Linda Yaccarino plans to reinstate the company's “client council”, an invite-only yet-to-be-decided group of marketing and ad executives, in the fall (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times) 10-08-2023

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: X CEO Linda Yaccarino plans to reinstate the company’s “client council”, an invite-only yet-to-be-decided group of marketing and ad executives, in the fall  —  New CEO tries to mend fences with brands after Elon Musk took over platform formerly known as Twitter Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Amazon cuts dozens of in-house brands in clothing, furniture, and more to fend off regulators and grow profits; Amazon says Basics will remain a focus (Dana Mattioli/Wall Street Journal) 10-08-2023

Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon cuts dozens of in-house brands in clothing, furniture, and more to fend off regulators and grow profits; Amazon says Basics will remain a focus  —  Company’s cuts include all but three of its 30 clothing labels, such as Goodthreads and Lark & Ro Lees verder op Tech Meme

Virtualitics, which provides data visualizations that can be viewed in VR and AR, raised a $37M Series C, bringing its total funding to $67M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 10-08-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Virtualitics, which provides data visualizations that can be viewed in VR and AR, raised a $37M Series C, bringing its total funding to $67M  —  Many companies grapple with data challenges.  In a 2019 survey, Deloitte reports that 67% of executives aren’t comfortable accessing or using the data at their organizations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: ByteDance's revenue in China grew 25% YoY in 2022 to $69B, vs. 68% in 2021; overseas revenue grew from $6.5B in 2021 to $16B in 2022, driven by TikTok (Jing Yang/The Information) 10-08-2023

Jing Yang / The Information: Sources: ByteDance’s revenue in China grew 25% YoY in 2022 to $69B, vs. 68% in 2021; overseas revenue grew from $6.5B in 2021 to $16B in 2022, driven by TikTok  —  ByteDance might be best known globally as the parent company of TikTok, but the bulk of its money comes from its home base of China, thanks to its Chinese video app Douyin. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: the Kremlin's fear of a serious tech brain drain is the main factor preventing Moscow from nationalizing the Nasdaq-listed Yandex, which has 20K+ staff (Reuters) 10-08-2023

Reuters: Sources: the Kremlin’s fear of a serious tech brain drain is the main factor preventing Moscow from nationalizing the Nasdaq-listed Yandex, which has 20K+ staff  —  The Kremlin’s fear of a serious tech brain drain is the main factor preventing Moscow from nationalising Nasdaq-listed Yandex … Lees verder op Tech Meme

An interview with X CEO Linda Yaccarino on having “autonomy” under Elon Musk, planning to add video calls, payments between users, brands returning, and more (Rohan Goswami/CNBC) 10-08-2023

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: An interview with X CEO Linda Yaccarino on having “autonomy” under Elon Musk, planning to add video calls, payments between users, brands returning, and more  —  – X CEO Linda Yaccarino explained to CNBC on Thursday why the company decided to get rid of its Twitter branding. Lees verder op Tech Meme