Tech Meme

Echo Wang / Reuters: Maryland-based iLearningEngines, which uses AI to offer companies personalized training materials, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.4B valuation  —  Training software company iLearningEngines Inc agreed to go public through a merger with blank check company Arrowroot Acquisition Corp … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Ex-Apple employee Dhirendra Prasad is sentenced to three years and must pay restitution for stealing $17M from Apple via kickbacks from parts suppliers, more  —  A former Apple employee has been sentenced to three years in prison and must pay back over $19 million in restitution … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: A look at Google’s DeepMind-Brain merger; sources say Demis Hassabis ceded DeepMind’s cherished independence in return for greater power over the future of AI  —  Start-up founder Demis Hassabis trades independence for greater influence over the future of artificial intelligence Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Graves / Decrypt: Bluesky is seeing an influx of users, including @dril and AOC, with some referring to posting on the Jack Dorsey-backed social network as “skeeting”  —  Instead of “tweeting,” the influx of new Bluesky users has coined a new term for sharing their thoughts on the decentralized social media app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Graves / Decrypt: Bluesky is seeing an influx of users, who are “skeeting” on the Jack Dorsey-backed social network, including high-profile Twitter users like @dril and AOC  —  Instead of “tweeting,” the influx of new Bluesky users has coined a new term for sharing their thoughts on the decentralized social media app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Reddit begins testing Discord-like chat channels with 25 volunteer subreddits that have under 100K members and will give moderators control in managing chats  —  Reddit announced Thursday that it is testing Discord-like chat channels with select subreddits. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: A profile of Sarah Cardell, the UK CMA’s Chief Executive, who played a key role in shaping the policy that led to Microsoft’s Activision takeover being blocked  —  Former corporate lawyer has attracted the ire of the US group by blocking its $75bn acquisition of Activision Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mickey Djuric / Canadian Press: Canada’s Online Streaming Act passes a final Senate vote; the law will require streamers to support Canadian content and gives the CRTC regulatory power  —  OTTAWA – A federal bill that will force digital platforms like Netflix and YouTube to contribute financially to Canadian content is on the cusp of becoming law. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: Solana’s SOL is up about 125% since December 31, outperforming bitcoin’s 78% rally, as the blockchain tries to move past its association with Sam Bankman-Fried  —  The SOL token of the Solana blockchain has more than doubled this year, outperforming Bitcoin, as the project tries to move past … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Dent / Engadget: Sony reports 6.3M PS5 sales in Q4 2022, up from 2M in Q4 2021, taking FY 2022 to 19.1M and 38.4M since launch, and $29B revenue for FY 2022, up from $19.9B YoY  —  Now that it’s solved its supply shortages, Sony is seeing a lot of pent-up demand for PlayStation 5 consoles. Lees verder op Tech Meme