Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI releases new GPT-3.5-turbo and GPT-4 versions that include a new “function calling” feature, and reduces the pricing of the original GPT-3.5-turbo by 25%  —  As the competition in the generative AI space grows fiercer, OpenAI is upgrading its text-generating models while reducing pricing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: A US court issues a temporary restraining order preventing Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition and sets an evidentiary hearing for June 22 and 23, 2023  —  A federal court has issued a temporary restraining order that will prevent Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard — at least for now. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Block: Filing: the SEC says it anticipates it will take 120 days to potentially respond to Coinbase’s request for clearer rulemaking on digital asset trading  —  – The SEC has put forth its position on Coinbase’s rulemaking petition.  — The agency said it anticipates needing four months to potentially respond. Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Stack Overflow survey of ~90K developers in 185 countries: 70% use or plan to use AI coding tools in 2023; only 3% “highly trust” and 39% “somewhat trust” them  —  A survey of developers by coding Q&A site Stack Overflow has found that AI tools are becoming commonplace … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Databricks says its annual revenue jumped 60%+ to $1B in the fiscal year ended in January and announces the acquisition of Rubicon, an AI storage system startup  —  Databricks Inc. said it generated $1 billion in annual revenue and has diversified its business with new products and tools for artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: The Irish DPC says Google must delay Bard’s launch in the EU because it has insufficient information about how it will respect the EU’s data privacy rules  —  The Irish privacy watchdog said the tech giant has given insufficient information about how it will respect the EU’s data privacy rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Lawler / The Verge: Amazon says it has resolved an AWS outage that impacted the US-EAST-1 region for nearly four hours and affected multiple services, including fast-food apps  —  An outage within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud server setup is affecting a number of internet services, including our website. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Apple will remove Damus app unless it drops Bitcoin tipping feature  — Apple has warned the Nostr-based Damus app to comply with its guidelines or face removal within 14 days.  — Damus core developer William Casarin told The Block that the app’s zaps feature will have to be removed to stay on the App Store. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Fagioli / BetaNews: Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell resigns “to pursue another opportunity” effective immediately, with board member Guy Gecht appointed as the company’s interim CEO  —  Logitech made a major announcement today, revealing that Bracken Darrell, the company’s president and CEO, will be leaving to pursue a new opportunity. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: Swedish gaming conglomerate Embracer Group says it will close multiple studios, cancel games, and cut staff, after a $2B deal unexpectedly fell through  —  Embracer Group has close to 17,000 employees over more than 100 studios, many of which were acquired over the past few years Lees verder op Tech Meme