Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Roblox reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$681M, bookings up 22% YoY to $780.7M, vs. $785M est., and a $282.8M net loss; DAUs up 25% YoY to 65.5M; RBLX drops 9%+  —  – Shares of Roblox fell in premarket trading Wednesday after the company reported second-quarter results that missed analysts’ expectations on top and bottom lines. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Weiss / Fortune: Aptos Labs partners with Microsoft to build a ChatGPT-powered Aptos Assistant and plans to host validator notes on Azure; GitHub will add Aptos’ Move to Copilot  —  Since the A.I.-hype train reached full speed earlier this year, there’s been no shortage of crypto entrepreneurs trying to get a piece of the action. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Shepardson / Reuters: The US Commerce Department says over 460 companies have expressed an interest in winning some of the $52.7B CHIPS Act funding, which includes $39B for chips  —  The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday that more than 460 companies have expressed interested in winning government … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google finally adds native translate capability to its Gmail app on Android, available now, and on iOS, rolling out in the coming weeks  —  Google is finally adding a native translate capability to Gmail for Android and iOS after long supporting it on the web client. Lees verder op 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