Tech Meme

The Athletic: Sources: MLS and Apple discussed offering Lionel Messi a revenue share generated by new Season Pass subscribers; on June 6, Apple announced a Messi docuseries  —  Major League Soccer and Inter Miami are solidifying details around the potential signing of Argentine superstar Lionel Messi. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alyssa Mercante / Kotaku: A look at Twitch’s new ad rules covering branded content, a crucial source of income for creators; after an outcry, Twitch says the update was “overly broad”  —  ‘The top 100 streamers on Twitch just got told they’re not allowed to make 80 percent of their revenue the way they’re used to making it.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple releases a Game Porting Toolkit based on open-source platform Wine to translate DirectX 12 into Metal 3, a potentially massive step for Mac gaming  —  One of the new features in macOS Sonoma is Game Mode, which Apple claims improves gaming performance on Apple Silicon Macs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Microsoft plans to bring OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4 to Azure Government, including a variety of US agencies; the DOD’s DTIC plans to experiment with the LLMs  —  Microsoft Corp. will make it possible for users of its Azure Government cloud computing service, which include a variety of US agencies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Robert Armstrong / Financial Times: Crypto is dangerous nonsense and should be regulated like smoking, gambling, or pyramid schemes, not granted the dignity of regulation under US securities law  —  But not for the reasons the exchanges think  —  This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple releases a Game Porting Toolkit based on open-source platform Wine to translate DirectX 12 into Metal 3, a potentially massive step for Mac gaming  —  One of the new features in macOS Sonoma is Game Mode, which Apple claims improves gaming performance on Apple Silicon Macs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maghan McDowell / Vogue Business: Louis Vuitton announces “Treasure Trunk” NFTs costing €39K each and granting access to future products and experiences, in a hard pivot from an NFT-based game  —  The collection of phygital “Treasure Trunks” marks the first time that the luxury brand will sell NFTs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Sources: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with over 100 members of Congress, alongside VP Harris and cabinet members, to discuss AI regulation in recent months  —  The chief executive of OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, has met with at least 100 U.S. lawmakers in recent months.  He has also taken his show abroad. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sequoia’s plan for three firms, a major shift, highlights the impact of rising US-China tensions and efforts by Silicon Valley to create distance from China  —  Sequoia Capital’s plan to split itself into three separate regional firms represents a major shift at one the world’s foremost venture capital firms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Automattic launches Jetpack AI Assistant for WordPress and Jetpack-powered sites, letting users generate content, translate text into 12 languages, and more  —  Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and the main contributor to the open-source WordPress project, launched an AI assistant … Lees verder op Tech Meme