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Internal Q&A: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta plans to slow hiring, and that net employee growth of 1% to 2% per year will be the standard going forward (Wall Street Journal) 21-04-2023

Wall Street Journal: Internal Q&A: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta plans to slow hiring, and that net employee growth of 1% to 2% per year will be the standard going forward  —  Facebook-parent CEO says employee growth of 1%-2% a year will be standard in future  —  Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitter offered LeBron James a complimentary Blue subscription after he said he wouldn't pay for one; Musk says he's paying for “a few” subscriptions personally (The Verge) 21-04-2023

The Verge: Twitter offered LeBron James a complimentary Blue subscription after he said he wouldn’t pay for one; Musk says he’s paying for “a few” subscriptions personally  —  / After saying he wouldn’t pay, James was offered a complimentary subscription ‘on behalf of Elon Musk.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stack Overflow CEO says the company plans to charge large AI developers for access to the 50M questions and answers on its service as soon as mid-2023 (Paresh Dave/Wired) 21-04-2023

Paresh Dave / Wired: Stack Overflow CEO says the company plans to charge large AI developers for access to the 50M questions and answers on its service as soon as mid-2023  —  The programmer Q&A site joins Reddit in demanding compensation when its data is used to train algorithms and ChatGPT-style bots Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sony acquires Firewalk Studios, an AAA multiplayer developer working on a live service PS5 and PC game and now the 20th developer to join PlayStation Studios (Christopher Dring/GamesIndustry.biz) 20-04-2023

Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: Sony acquires Firewalk Studios, an AAA multiplayer developer working on a live service PS5 and PC game and now the 20th developer to join PlayStation Studios  —  It will be the 20th PlayStation Studios team  —  News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B  —  PlayStation has agreed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sony agrees to acquire Firewalk Studios, an AAA multiplayer developer working on a live service game for PS5 and PC; Firewalk will join PlayStation Studios (Christopher Dring/GamesIndustry.biz) 20-04-2023

Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: Sony agrees to acquire Firewalk Studios, an AAA multiplayer developer working on a live service game for PS5 and PC; Firewalk will join PlayStation Studios  —  It will be the 20th PlayStation Studios team  —  News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B  —  PlayStation has agreed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Roblox is transcending its kid-oriented roots by reaching older players and welcoming brands; the 17-to-24 age group, up 33% YoY, is Roblox's fastest growing (Harry McCracken/Fast Company) 20-04-2023

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: Roblox is transcending its kid-oriented roots by reaching older players and welcoming brands; the 17-to-24 age group, up 33% YoY, is Roblox’s fastest growing  —  The 3D-world for kids is attracting an older audience.  It might also be the closest thing we’ve got to a metaverse that already exists. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google announces Google DeepMind, a unit combining DeepMind's team and Google Research's Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as its CEO (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal) 20-04-2023

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Google announces Google DeepMind, a unit combining DeepMind’s team and Google Research’s Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as its CEO  —  Search giant merges AI resources to accelerate progress in technology that is reshaping business Lees verder op Tech Meme

Montreal-based Optable, which offers data collaboration and clean room tech for the ad industry, raised a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23.6M (Anthony Vargas/AdExchanger) 20-04-2023

Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger: Montreal-based Optable, which offers data collaboration and clean room tech for the ad industry, raised a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23.6M  —  Clean rooms are all the rage right now – and investors are noticing.  —  On Tuesday, data collaboration and clean room platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The EU is taking a pragmatic approach to TikTok, treating the Chinese company like its US rivals, in contrast to the “theatrical” approach that the US is taking (Jillian Deutsch/Bloomberg) 20-04-2023

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The EU is taking a pragmatic approach to TikTok, treating the Chinese company like its US rivals, in contrast to the “theatrical” approach that the US is taking  —  Europe is taking a different approach from the US toward TikTok.  But first…  • Instagram will cut or relocate its London employees Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon (David Pierce/The Verge) 20-04-2023

David Pierce / The Verge: A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon  —  The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook. Lees verder op Tech Meme