Tech Meme

Elizabeth de Luna / Mashable: X begins making ad revenue payouts to smaller creators, after releasing payments to thousands of select accounts; how payouts are calculated remains unclear  —  ‘$8 to make $370 is a fantastic ROI for something I do anyway,’ one creator tweeted. … X is finally paying smaller creators … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Take-Two reports Q1 net revenue up 17% YoY to $1.28B, net bookings up 20% YoY to $1.2B, and forecasts $8B in bookings for the next fiscal year, hinting at GTA 6  —  Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the company behind video games like Grand Theft Auto, rose in extended trading … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: In its Q1 report, Sony, the world’s largest camera sensor supplier, pushes back expectations for a smartphone market recovery to 2024 at the earliest  —  – The camera sensor leader had anticipated second-half recovery  — Sony warns that conditions are tough in China and the US Lees verder op Tech Meme

Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: CCDH: ChatGPT, Bard, My AI, DreamStudio, Dall-E, and Midjourney generated “pro-anorexia” content 41% of the time when asked about common eating disorder topics  —  Disturbing fake images and dangerous chatbot advice: New research shows how ChatGPT, Bard, Stable Diffusion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joel Khalili / Wired: Sex workers who relied on crypto for storing wealth and accepting payment, bypassing the banking system entirely, are finding the limits of crypto’s utility  —  Banks and payments companies have long penalized sex workers.  Many thought crypto would be a solution, but now exchanges are dumping them too. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Gizmodo EIC Dan Ackerman sues Apple, the Tetris Company, and others, claiming they adapted his book about Tetris into a feature film without his permission  —  Dan Ackerman, editor in chief of the tech-news website Gizmodo, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Monday accusing Apple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Ye / Reuters: China plans to require app developers to file business details with the government or face sanctions from March 2024, likely creating headaches for developers  —  China will require all mobile app providers in the country to file business details with the government, its information ministry said … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Nikon reports Q1 revenue up 8.6% YoY to $1.1B, profit down 78% YoY to ~$23M, and shipping four lithography machines, compared to eight in 2022; NINOY drops 11%  —  – Nikon supplies mature chipmaking machines to Intel, TSMC  — Chip industry sales have been hit by glut, economic headwinds Lees verder op Tech Meme

Martin K.N Siele / Rest of World: In Kenya, the most active African country on TikTok, creators make money with protest livestreams, which protesters say help them stay safe from police violence  —  At least 23 people have reportedly been killed as crowds oppose proposed tax increases.  —  • NAIROBI, KENYA Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity releases some of Wētā FX’s 2D and 3D tools, including Wig 1.0 for simulating hair and fur, into public beta under its new Unity Wētā Tools division  —  Unity is releasing some of the specialist 2D and 3D tools from Weta FX — the visual effects company behind Peter Jackson’s Lord … Lees verder op Tech Meme