Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: A look at Dude Perfect on YouTube, as its five founders look to build a theme park; a source says Dude Perfect’s 2022 revenue was ~$25M, up from ~$20M in 2021  —  The five friends found fame making basketball trick shots and now hope fans can try similar antics at a theme park they would call Dude Perfect World Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: GSMA unveils Open Gateway, an initiative with 21 carriers offering open-source APIs using AWS and Azure to provide carrier billing, location, and other services  —  APIs are the building blocks of how the world of technology works: used to integrate applications with each other … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Sin / XDA Developers: Hands-on with the Xiaomi Wireless AR Smart Glass Explorer Edition, featuring two micro-OLED screens, three front-facing cameras, and weighing 126g, in prototype  —  Xiaomi’s AR Smart Glasses are a prototype not meant for commercial release right now, but the hardware feels more than ready Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hudson Lockett / Financial Times: Filing: China Renaissance says founder Bao Fan is “co-operating in an investigation”, more than a week after disclosing his unexplained disappearance  —  Investment bank reports Bao Fan is assisting Chinese authorities with investigation  —  China Renaissance said its missing founder Bao Fan … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer: Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk’s takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments  —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Ye / Reuters: Sources: Tencent established a team to work on “HunyuanAide”, a ChatGPT-style chatbot using Tencent’s Hunyuan training model, following Alibaba and Baidu  —  Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) has set up a development team to work on a ChatGPT-like chatbot, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer: Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk’s takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments  —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer: Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk’s takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments  —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Graves / Decrypt: Some crypto projects are abandoning terms like NFTs, which became associated with unsavory get-rich-quick scams, in favor of terms like “digital collectibles”  —  It’s the technology that dare not speak its name.  —  Are you looking for NFTs on Reddit or Instagram? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer: Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk’s takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments  —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. Lees verder op Tech Meme