Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Indian Web3 gaming startup Kratos Studios, which lets developers design quests for gamers and more, raised a $20M seed led by Accel at a $150M valuation  —  – Kratos Studios raised $20 million in seed funding at a valuation of $150 million.  — The Indian web3 gaming startup also acquired IndiGG, a sub-DAO of Yield Guild Games DAO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Social media’s new era of a “pay-to-play” model turns features such as security, visibility, and technical support that users expect for free into premium items  —  You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs.  Now Meta and Twitter want your money, too. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jude Karabus / The Register: US-based DNA Diagnostics Center settled a pair of AG lawsuits after hackers stole data on 2.1M people in 2021 from a “legacy” database the company forgot it had  —  Settles lawsuit with two states after wider leak that affected millions  —  A DNA diagnostics company will pay $400,000 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikkei Asia: Sources: Chinese Luxshare took over AR development team for Apple’s headset in Shanghai from Taiwan’s Pegatron; Foxconn to make second gen, mass market version  —  Reliance on a Chinese supplier for first-gen gadget a first for iPhone maker  —  TAIPEI — Apple has for the first time tapped … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: Everyday Robots will no longer be a separate project within Alphabet and some of its tech and staff will be consolidated into Google Research robotics efforts  —  The company recently laid off thousands of human employees—it is also shutting down a unit working on robots that learned to open doors and clean tables. Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Samsung expands Bixby Text Call, which answers calls via text-to-speech, to English and unveils Custom Voice Creator, which clones the user’s voice, in Korean  —  AI voice clones are already being deployed in podcasts and video games, but how long until they can be harnessed directly by the general public? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mickey Djuric / The Canadian Press News: Google tests blocking news content in Search for fewer than 4% of Canadian users for about five weeks, a potential response to Canada’s proposed Online News Act  —  Google blocking news for some Canadians in test  —  OTTAWA – Google is blocking some Canadian users from viewing news content … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max Weinbach / 9to5Mac: Leaked iPhone 15 CAD files reveal a larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, a USB-C charging port, and more, after iPhone 15 Pro CAD files leaked last week  —  Apple’s iPhone 15 is still months away from being announced, but we have some exciting news to share with you today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Nvidia reports Q4 revenue down 21% YoY to $6.05B vs. $6B est., Data Center revenue up 11% YoY to $3.62B, and Q1 revenue guidance above estimates; NVDA jumps 8%+  —  – Nvidia stock rose on Wednesday after the company reported slightly higher revenue and net income than Wall Street expected … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Letter: the US Copyright Office says a graphic novel’s images that were generated using the AI tool Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection  —  Images in a graphic novel that were created using the artificial-intelligence system Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection … Lees verder op Tech Meme