Tech Meme

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: Winamp owner Llama Group deletes the GitHub repository of the legacy player’s source code posted on September 24, following criticism on the way it was released  —  Winamp, through its Belgian owner Llama Group, posted the source for its “Legacy Player Code” on September 24 so that developers could … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Accel: VC funding for cloud startups in the US, Europe, and Israel to rise 27% YoY to $79.2B in 2024, with 40% of the funding going to generative AI startups  —  Generative artificial intelligence startups are getting 40% of all the venture capital funding that flows into cloud companies, according to venture investors Accel. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Waters / Financial Times: Open Source Initiative says Meta is “polluting” the term open-source by using it for its Llama models; OSI to publish its definition of open-source AI next week  —  Open Source Initiative chief accuses tech group of ‘polluting’ the term by using it to describe its Llama models Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: Filing: Google asks the US 9th Circuit for an emergency stay on the Epic ruling, saying the short time it was given to make Play Store changes risks user safety  —  The company says the imminent deadline to implement changes gives it little time to try to mitigate ‘serious risks.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Brazilian authorities have arrested a hacker, known as USDoD, who they allege is linked to breaches of National Public Data, the FBI’s InfraGard, and others  —  A notorious hacker named USDoD, who is linked to the National Public Data and InfraGard breaches, has been arrested … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Everstage, which offers sales performance management software, raised a $30M Series B led by Eight Roads Ventures, bringing its total raised to $45M  —  Enterprise software-as-a-service startup Everstage Inc. announced today that it had raised $30 million in new funding to increase product innovation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Robinhood launches its long-awaited desktop platform Robinhood Legend, and plans to add futures and index options trading to its mobile app in the coming months  —  Robinhood (HOOD.O) launched its long-awaited desktop platform and added futures and index options trading features to its mobile app … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Uber has explored a possible bid for Expedia as it seeks to grow into a super app; Expedia, valued at nearly $20B, would be Uber’s largest acquisition  —  Buying the travel website would be the ride-hailing group’s biggest deal as it looks to diversify Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chester Dawson / Bloomberg: Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute partner to speed up development of humanoid robots using TRI’s large behavior models and Boston Dynamics’ Atlas  —  Research effort aims to develop, deploy multi-tasking robots at scale. … Toyota Motor Corp.’s research unit … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple’s first chief people officer, Carol Surface, who joined in early 2023, is leaving; retail chief Deirdre O’Brien is reassuming oversight of human resources  —  – Carol Surface joined Apple from Medtronic in 2023 for new role  — The short tenure for a senior executive is rare at Apple Lees verder op Tech Meme