Tech Meme

Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post: Alibaba and JD.com did not share 2023 GMV figures for 618, China’s second largest shopping festival; the companies previously used GMV to trumpet their wins  —  China’s e-commerce firms experienced a relatively quiet 618 shopping festival, as the absence of total gross merchandise value … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Germany and Intel agree on subsidies worth ~€10B for its chip plant in Magdeburg, up from an initial agreement on €6.8B, as part of a ~€30B project  —  Germany and Intel Corp. sealed an agreement for the US company to receive an enlarged subsidy package worth about €10 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: After complaints about spam by Indian users, WhatsApp adds the ability to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers and a privacy checkup feature  —  WhatsApp has introduced a new feature to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers.  This comes after multiple customers in India … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to launch a detailed investigation into Adobe’s acquisition of Figma later in 2023, which may derail the $20B deal  —  Transaction faces lengthy antitrust probe in Brussels as global watchdogs signal concern over market consolidation Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Germany and Intel agree on subsidies worth ~€10B for its chip plant in Magdeburg, up from an initial agreement on €6.8B, as part of a ~€30B project  —  Germany and Intel Corp. sealed an agreement for the US company to receive an enlarged subsidy package worth about €10 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: GOP lawmakers target Wikimedia, Graphika, and others in a legal campaign, accusing them of colluding with the government to suppress conservative speech online  —  A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet: Vimeo announces AI tools to automate parts of the video creation process, including an AI script generator, a teleprompter, and a text-based video editor  —  Have you ever had a great video idea that you just never got to because of how much work was involved? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to launch a detailed investigation into Adobe’s acquisition of Figma later this year, which may derail the deal  —  Transaction faces lengthy antitrust probe in Brussels as global watchdogs signal concern over market consolidation Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Pincus / The Nexus Of Privacy: Amid ongoing Reddit protests, decentralized link aggregation and discussion forum projects Lemmy and Kbin grow to a total of 70K+ MAUs and 1,000+ instances  —  Tens of thousands of people have signed up for KBin and Lemmy accounts since I first published Don’t tell people “it’s easy” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Germany and Intel agree on subsidies worth ~€10B for its chip plant in Magdeburg, up from an initial agreement on €6.8B, as part of a ~€30B project  —  Germany and Intel Corp. sealed an agreement for the US company to receive an enlarged subsidy package worth about €10 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme