Tech Meme

Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: Sony acquires Firewalk Studios, an AAA multiplayer developer working on a live service PS5 and PC game and now the 20th developer to join PlayStation Studios  —  It will be the 20th PlayStation Studios team  —  News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B  —  PlayStation has agreed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: Sony agrees to acquire Firewalk Studios, an AAA multiplayer developer working on a live service game for PS5 and PC; Firewalk will join PlayStation Studios  —  It will be the 20th PlayStation Studios team  —  News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B  —  PlayStation has agreed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: Roblox is transcending its kid-oriented roots by reaching older players and welcoming brands; the 17-to-24 age group, up 33% YoY, is Roblox’s fastest growing  —  The 3D-world for kids is attracting an older audience.  It might also be the closest thing we’ve got to a metaverse that already exists. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Google announces Google DeepMind, a unit combining DeepMind’s team and Google Research’s Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as its CEO  —  Search giant merges AI resources to accelerate progress in technology that is reshaping business Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon  —  The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Google announces Google DeepMind, a new unit combining the DeepMind team and Google Research’s Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis  —  Search giant merges AI resources to accelerate progress in technology that is reshaping business  —  Alphabet Inc.’s Google merged … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger: Montreal-based Optable, which offers data collaboration and clean room tech for the ad industry, raised a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23.6M  —  Clean rooms are all the rage right now – and investors are noticing.  —  On Tuesday, data collaboration and clean room platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The EU is taking a pragmatic approach to TikTok, treating the Chinese company like its US rivals, in contrast to the “theatrical” approach that the US is taking  —  Europe is taking a different approach from the US toward TikTok.  But first…  • Instagram will cut or relocate its London employees Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Meta’s Oversight Board issues a report backing Meta’s content moderation during the pandemic but asks Meta to assess its public health and human rights impact  —  Meta’s Oversight Board — an independent panel the social media giant selected to deliberate its content decisions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk’s long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”  —  The change is apparent on Twitter accounts for several Verge writers and other journalists like LA Times reporter Matt Pearce … Lees verder op Tech Meme