Tech Meme

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: Meta, Twitter, and Snapchat’s subscription fees and features are aimed at professional creators filling social feeds because regular users post too infrequently  —  Monthly fees for Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat are not for ordinary users.  They’re for the professionals who’ve taken over the feeds. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: A presentation in FTX’s Chapter 11 case shows the exchange has identified assets of ~$2.2B in FTX.com wallets and a ~$9.3B net borrowing by Alameda Research  —  So far, $2.2 billion in assets have been identified in the wallets of accounts associated with FTX.com, of which only $694 million are in the most liquid assets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergi Castella i Sapé / Zeta Alpha: An analysis of the top 100 cited AI papers per year from 2020 to 2022 shows US-based AI research as the most impactful and Google the dominant organization  —  Who Is publishing the most Impactful AI research right now?  With the breakneck pace of innovation in AI, it is crucial to pick up some signal as soon as possible. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergi Castella i Sapé / Zeta Alpha: An analysis of the top 100 cited AI papers per year from 2020 to 2022 shows US-based AI research as the most impactful and Google the dominant organization  —  Who Is publishing the most Impactful AI research right now?  With the breakneck pace of innovation in AI, it is crucial to pick up some signal as soon as possible. Lees verder op Tech Meme

RT Watson / The Block: Current and former Dapper Labs staff say bullying and lavish spending by CEO Roham Gharegozlou has hurt the NFT startup amid layoffs and a prolonged bear market  —  Published 1 hour and 25 minutes earlier on  — Dapper Labs CEO and co-founder Roham Gharegozlou’s extravagant spending … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: Investor letter: Multicoin Capital’s hedge fund lost 91.4% in 2022; in November it said 10% of assets were stuck on FTX and it had exposure to FTT, SOL, and SRM  —  The fund’s performance was severely impacted by direct exposure to now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and holdings in FTT and Solana-based tokens. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal: Reports and sources: the US prepares a program that could ban US investment in some sectors in China, such as advanced semiconductors, quantum computing, and AI  —  Biden administration expected to seek money in its budget next week to set up program regulating investment abroad Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alberto Nardelli / Bloomberg: Source: Russia is circumventing sanctions by importing advanced chips through countries such as Turkey and the UAE; shipments from China to Russia have surged  —  Russia looks to be successfully working around European Union and Group of Seven sanctions to secure crucial semiconductors … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Cranz / The Verge: Meta is good at making VR hardware but is ignoring its core gamer audience, as it’s not clear the company realizes that games are driving its VR business  —  Meta seems very committed to making hardware to usher in a whole new world and racing away from the games that drive its VR business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times: San Jose-based Vintra markets its “co-appearance” AI, which seeks to detect when people caught on video are likely associates, to the IRS and police departments  —  A gray-haired man walks through an office lobby holding a coffee cup, staring ahead as he passes the entryway. Lees verder op Tech Meme