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Samsung reports Q4 operating profit down 69% YoY to ~$3.5B, its lowest since Q3 2014, and revenue down 8% YoY to ~$57.3B, citing weak chip and smartphone demand (Kim Jaewon/Nikkei Asia) 31-01-2023

Kim Jaewon / Nikkei Asia: Samsung reports Q4 operating profit down 69% YoY to ~$3.5B, its lowest since Q3 2014, and revenue down 8% YoY to ~$57.3B, citing weak chip and smartphone demand  —  South Korean tech giant’s slump expected to continue in first half of this year  —  SEOUL — Samsung Electronics said Tuesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at MetaBirkins, 100 NFTs created by a self-described entrepreneur and artist in 2021, as Hermès goes to court in NYC seeking to stop the use of its brand (Erin Mulvaney/Wall Street Journal) 31-01-2023

Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal: A look at MetaBirkins, 100 NFTs created by a self-described entrepreneur and artist in 2021, as Hermès goes to court in NYC seeking to stop the use of its brand  —  Lawsuit is an early test of how a company can exercise its rights against virtual assets it didn’t authorize Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony do not plan to attend E3 2023, to be held in-person from June 13 to June 16; E3 2022 was canceled due to the pandemic (Kat Bailey/IGN) 31-01-2023

Kat Bailey / IGN: Sources: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony do not plan to attend E3 2023, to be held in-person from June 13 to June 16; E3 2022 was canceled due to the pandemic  —  All three of gaming’s first-party console manufacturers appear poised to skip E3’s big return.  —  E3’s first physical event … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Payment card services company Marqeta plans to acquire NYC-based fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223M in cash plus $52M subject to a milestone (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch) 31-01-2023

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Payment card services company Marqeta plans to acquire NYC-based fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223M in cash plus $52M subject to a milestone  —  Marqeta has agreed to acquire two-year-old fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223 million in cash … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manu Jain, who led Xiaomi's India business for seven years, leaves, joining a long list of key departures; sources say he pitched investors on EV startup ideas (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 31-01-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Manu Jain, who led Xiaomi’s India business for seven years, leaves, joining a long list of key departures; sources say he pitched investors on EV startup ideas  —  Manu Jain, the executive who helped Xiaomi set up and scale business in India, has left the company, he said Monday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon's third-party “seller services”, a large and growing part of the company's revenue that is also profitable, has filled its Marketplace with junk products (John Herrman/New York Magazine) 31-01-2023

John Herrman / New York Magazine: Amazon’s third-party “seller services”, a large and growing part of the company’s revenue that is also profitable, has filled its Marketplace with junk products  —  Let’s say you’re a regular Amazon shopper in need of a spatula.  You might start your journey by typing the word … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samsung reports a ~$1.38B mobile profit in Q4, down from ~$2.15B in Q4 2021, and says its 2023 chip investment will be similar to 2022, in contrast to rivals (Reuters) 31-01-2023

Reuters: Samsung reports a ~$1.38B mobile profit in Q4, down from ~$2.15B in Q4 2021, and says its 2023 chip investment will be similar to 2022, in contrast to rivals  —  South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Tuesday indicated it has no plan to cut investment in chips this year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Sony halves its Q1 PlayStation VR2 shipment forecast to ~1M units after disappointing early preorders; the headset will be launched on February 22 (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg) 31-01-2023

Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: Sources: Sony halves its Q1 PlayStation VR2 shipment forecast to ~1M units after disappointing early preorders; the headset will be launched on February 22  —  Sony Group Corp. reduced projections for the initial launch of its PlayStation VR2 headset dramatically after early pre-orders disappointed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google plans to sunset Optimize and Optimize 360, which let marketers conduct A/B testing to improve their website or app user experience, on September 30, 2023 (Nicole Farley/Search Engine Land) 24-01-2023

Nicole Farley / Search Engine Land: Google plans to sunset Optimize and Optimize 360, which let marketers conduct A/B testing to improve their website or app user experience, on September 30, 2023  —  Any experiments and personalizations still active will end.  —  Google Optimize and Optimize 360 will no longer be available after September 30, 2023. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The FTC fines HomeAdvisor up to $7.2M for using deceptive tactics to sell home improvement project leads, marking the agency's first fine related to gig work (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 24-01-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: The FTC fines HomeAdvisor up to $7.2M for using deceptive tactics to sell home improvement project leads, marking the agency’s first fine related to gig work  —  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ordered home services marketplace HomeAdvisor up to $7.2 million for its use of deceptive … Lees verder op Tech Meme