Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden steps down, replaced by COO John Mountain as interim CEO; Starling, which has raised over $1B, reports £453M in FY2023 revenue  —  Anne Boden nearly lost a grip on Starling Bank years ago when the neobank was in the middle of a coup effort led by its CTO … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Morgan Meaker / Wired: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently visited London, part of tour to 17 cities, including Paris, Warsaw, and Lagos, to discuss AI, balanced regulation, and more  —  On a stop in London, the OpenAI CEO called for balanced regulation and warned of the risks of deepfake disinformation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Google DeepMind shows how its visual language model Flamingo is generating descriptions for YouTube Shorts based on metadata, helping improve discoverability  —  Google just combined DeepMind and Google Brain into one big AI team, and on Wednesday, the new Google DeepMind shared details … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Knibbs / Wired: A look at AI-generated podcasts, like “The Joe Rogan AI Experience” and “Myself, I Am and That”, created using AI voice tools from ElevenLabs and other startups  —  Inside the strange world of podcasts made by artificial intelligence, where even creators aren’t sure who wants to hear robot chit-chat. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Margrethe Vestager says the EU and the UK disagreeing on Microsoft’s Activision deal raises “important questions” and the EU was swayed by the proposed remedies  —  The European Union’s decision to approve Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion plan to buy Activision Blizzard Inc … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aja Romano / Vox: A look at how puritanism took over fandom communities, the growing “anti-fandom” movement, and how the US’ FOSTA-SESTA worsened sex positivity discourse online  —  Puriteens, anti-fans, and the culture war’s most bonkers battleground.  —  How did the internet become so puritanical? Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: Sony announces Project Q, a handheld device with an 8-inch screen for streaming games from a PlayStation 5 via Remote Play over Wi-Fi, launching later in 2023  —  Sony has officially confirmed it’s working on a PlayStation handheld to make it easier to play your PS5 games. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Gross / Financial Times: Sources: after closing Arm Research last year, Arm plans to limit “blue sky” research and focus on commercially viable products, ahead of this year’s IPO  —  UK chip designer faces criticism after closing flagship unit to sharpen focus on commercial products Lees verder op Tech Meme

Grace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia: Regulatory filings: Indonesia-based eFishery, which provides software and financing to fish farmers, raised a $108M Series D at a $1.3B post-money valuation  —  Indonesian agritech startup eFishery has raised US$108 million in series D funding, pushing its post-money valuation to US$1.3 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Memo: Grab co-founder Tan Hooi Ling plans to exit operational roles and give up her board seat by the end of 2023, as the company fights to reverse losses  —  Grab Holdings Ltd. co-founder Tan Hooi Ling is stepping down from her operational roles by the end of the year … Lees verder op Tech Meme