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Analysts and executives say the UK risks becoming an also-ran in the global 5G rollout race, despite starting in 2019, due to low investment and banning Huawei (Financial Times) 02-08-2023

Financial Times: Analysts and executives say the UK risks becoming an also-ran in the global 5G rollout race, despite starting in 2019, due to low investment and banning Huawei  —  Expansion of high-speed mobile networks hit by factors including limited investment and disruption from ban on Huawei kit Lees verder op Tech Meme

X now lets X Blue subscribers hide their checkmarks, but warns that “the checkmark may still appear in some places” and “some features may not be available” (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) 02-08-2023

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X now lets X Blue subscribers hide their checkmarks, but warns that “the checkmark may still appear in some places” and “some features may not be available”  —  Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft now lets Xbox owners stream gameplay from the console to Discord users, rolling out to all Xbox users in the coming months (Tom Warren/The Verge) 02-08-2023

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft now lets Xbox owners stream gameplay from the console to Discord users, rolling out to all Xbox users in the coming months  —  Microsoft is improving its Xbox and Discord integration with a new streaming gameplay feature.  Xbox owners will soon be able to stream their gameplay … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hopin, the struggling virtual events startup valued at nearly $7.7B in June 2021, sells its Events and Session units to RingCentral for an undisclosed sum (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 02-08-2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Hopin, the struggling virtual events startup valued at nearly $7.7B in June 2021, sells its Events and Session units to RingCentral for an undisclosed sum  —  Hopin, the virtual events startup that saw its star (and valuation) rise quickly during the Covid-19 pandemic, is most definitely coming down to earth. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Interviews with people at Worldcoin booths in Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong find many scanned their eyes to receive the sign-up bonuses, an “easy $50” (Rest of World) 02-08-2023

Rest of World: Interviews with people at Worldcoin booths in Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong find many scanned their eyes to receive the sign-up bonuses, an “easy $50”  —  In Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong, our reporters found lots of people were eager to take the deal. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inworld, which uses AI to help developers create game characters, raised $30M led by Lightspeed at a $500M+ valuation, following a $50M Series A in August 2022 (Charlie Fink/Forbes) 02-08-2023

Charlie Fink / Forbes: Inworld, which uses AI to help developers create game characters, raised $30M led by Lightspeed at a $500M+ valuation, following a $50M Series A in August 2022  —  Inworld, which makes AI-driven non-player characters (NPCs) for games and other applications has raised approximately $30 in new funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Slack launches Slack Sales Elevate, offering deeper integration with Salesforce's Sales Cloud for $60 per month on top of existing Slack and Salesforce fees (Brody Ford/Bloomberg) 02-08-2023

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Slack launches Slack Sales Elevate, offering deeper integration with Salesforce’s Sales Cloud for $60 per month on top of existing Slack and Salesforce fees  —  – More Slack editions coming for customer service, marketing  — New Slack CEO Lidiane Jones focuses on product updates Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta releases AudioCraft, a new open-source AI model that lets users create music and sounds via prompts, consisting of MusicGen, AudioGen, and EnCodec models (Emilia David/The Verge) 02-08-2023

Emilia David / The Verge: Meta releases AudioCraft, a new open-source AI model that lets users create music and sounds via prompts, consisting of MusicGen, AudioGen, and EnCodec models  —  It consists of three AI models, all tackling different areas of sound generation.  MusicGen takes text inputs to generate music. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Katie Haun's $1.5B crypto fund, launched in spring 2022 just before the crypto crash, which has now deployed ~30% of its cash to ~24 startups (Fortune) 02-08-2023

Fortune: A look at Katie Haun’s $1.5B crypto fund, launched in spring 2022 just before the crypto crash, which has now deployed ~30% of its cash to ~24 startups  —  On a sunny morning in April, Katie Haun trudged up a winding path around the Stanford Dish in the hills over Palo Alto. Lees verder op Tech Meme

X now lets X Blue subscribers hide their verified checkmarks, although “the checkmark may still appear in some places” and some features “may not be available” (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) 02-08-2023

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X now lets X Blue subscribers hide their verified checkmarks, although “the checkmark may still appear in some places” and some features “may not be available”  —  Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks. Lees verder op Tech Meme