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Alibaba, Huawei, and Tencent each run more Southeast Asia availability zones than AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and are investing hundreds of millions of dollars (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal) 14-02-2023

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: Alibaba, Huawei, and Tencent each run more Southeast Asia availability zones than AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and are investing hundreds of millions of dollars  —  China’s Alibaba, Huawei and Tencent are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in developing markets including Thailand, Indonesia Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google's Jigsaw plans to test video ads in Germany to “prebunk” misinformation, after promising results with a pilot project in Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia (David Klepper/Associated Press) 14-02-2023

David Klepper / Associated Press: Google’s Jigsaw plans to test video ads in Germany to “prebunk” misinformation, after promising results with a pilot project in Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia  —  After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people … Lees verder op Tech Meme

E-book pirate site Z-Library relaunches with unique domain names for each user, after the US DOJ seized 200+ domain names connected to the site in November 2022 (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak) 14-02-2023

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: E-book pirate site Z-Library relaunches with unique domain names for each user, after the US DOJ seized 200+ domain names connected to the site in November 2022  —  The U.S. Government’s crackdown against Z-Library late last year aimed to wipe out the pirate library for good. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon's Zoox says its fully autonomous vehicle carried staff between its two main buildings in Foster City, California on public roads for the first time (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg) 14-02-2023

Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: Amazon’s Zoox says its fully autonomous vehicle carried staff between its two main buildings in Foster City, California on public roads for the first time  —  Zoox Inc., the self-driving startup owned by Amazon.com Inc., carried passengers in its fully autonomous vehicle on public roads for the first time. Lees verder op Tech Meme

India-based insurance marketplace InsuranceDekho raised a $150M Series A led by Goldman and TVS, including ~$40M debt, a source says at a $475M-$500M valuation (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 14-02-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India-based insurance marketplace InsuranceDekho raised a $150M Series A led by Goldman and TVS, including ~$40M debt, a source says at a $475M-$500M valuation  —  The Indian insurance platform InsuranceDekho has raised $150 million in a Series A funding round as the more than a decade old firm eyes merger … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Former Gemini Trust Chief Operating Officer Noah Perlman joined Binance in January 2023 as its chief compliance officer, in time for a US regulatory squeeze (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg) 14-02-2023

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: Former Gemini Trust Chief Operating Officer Noah Perlman joined Binance in January 2023 as its chief compliance officer, in time for a US regulatory squeeze  —  Gemini Trust’s former Chief Operating Officer Noah Perlman has started as the chief compliance officer for Binance … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Internal memo: Meta plans to revamp Horizon Worlds, including opening the app to users aged 13-17, seeking to improve user retention as competition intensifies (Salvador Rodriguez/Wall Street Journal) 07-02-2023

Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: Internal memo: Meta plans to revamp Horizon Worlds, including opening the app to users aged 13-17, seeking to improve user retention as competition intensifies  —  Memo highlights social-media giant’s plan to revitalize app, boost users in 2023  —  Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META -0.25%decrease … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nintendo cuts its full-year earnings and revenue outlook, including operating income from ~$3.8B to ~$3.6B, and revises Switch sales forecasts from ~19M to ~18M (Bloomberg) 07-02-2023

Bloomberg: Nintendo cuts its full-year earnings and revenue outlook, including operating income from ~$3.8B to ~$3.6B, and revises Switch sales forecasts from ~19M to ~18M  —  Nintendo Co. cut its full-year earnings and revenue outlook, underscoring uncertainty around its aging Switch console and the global gaming environment. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filings: Digital Currency Group begins selling shares in investment vehicles run by its subsidiary Grayscale at a steep discount, seeking to repay creditors (Financial Times) 07-02-2023

Financial Times: Filings: Digital Currency Group begins selling shares in investment vehicles run by its subsidiary Grayscale at a steep discount, seeking to repay creditors  —  Digital assets conglomerate sells down holdings in prized investments at a discount to pay creditors Lees verder op Tech Meme

WhatsApp updates Status, adding a Private Audience Selector, Status Reactions, 30-second Voice Status messages, and more, rolling out on iOS, Android, and web (WABetaInfo) 07-02-2023

WABetaInfo: WhatsApp updates Status, adding a Private Audience Selector, Status Reactions, 30-second Voice Status messages, and more, rolling out on iOS, Android, and web  —  WhatsApp has just announced a set of new features for status updates, which will be available to users on both iOS and Android devices over the coming weeks. Lees verder op Tech Meme