Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing 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 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Unity is releasing 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 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Endowus, which operates a digital wealth management platform, raised $35M from Citi Ventures, MUFG, and others, taking its total funding to $95M  —  Back in 2021 and early 2022, there was a flurry of VC interest in Southeast Asian investment apps. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Catherine Perloff / Adweek: Google changes the name of one of its advertising video formats from “in-stream ads” to “skippable ads”, after a report accused YouTube of misleading buyers  —  What was once in-stream ads are now skippable ads  —  Google changed the name of one of its video formats … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nivesh Rustgi / Decrypt: El Salvador grants Binance licenses to offer custodial services, process crypto payments, provide digital wallets, and operate a digital asset exchange  —  Today, El Salvador’s central bank and crypto regulator granted Binance a Bitcoin Services Provider License (BSP) and Digital Assets Services Provider license (DASP) Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Verizon is sunsetting BlueJeans, a business-focused video conferencing app it acquired in 2020, starting August 31, 2023, due to “the changing market landscape”  —  Did you know Verizon acquired a video conferencing app back in 2020?  It’s fine if you haven’t because Verizon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Lyft CEO says Lyft is trying to get rid of surge pricing because “riders hate it” and rides affected by surge pricing dropped 35% QoQ due to more driver supply  —  Lyft has been cutting fares in order to secure more riders, and it’s working.  Bu that success has come with a (literal) cost. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Verizon will shut down BlueJeans, a business-focused video conferencing app it acquired in 2020, on August 31, 2023, due to “the changing market landscape”  —  Did you know Verizon acquired a video conferencing app back in 2020?  It’s fine if you haven’t because Verizon has announced that its … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: Intel fixes a flaw found by a Google researcher, affecting Skylake, Tiger Lake, and Ice Lake chips, that could let attackers steal passwords and other secrets  —  The vulnerability could allow attackers to take advantage of an information leak to steal sensitive details like private messages, passwords, and encryption keys. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Netflix launches a game controller app on the App Store to let users play Netflix games on their TV; the app description says the feature is “coming soon”  —  After last fall signaling its intentions to expand into cloud gaming, Netflix today launched a new app that will soon allow subscribers to play games on their TV. Lees verder op Tech Meme