Tech Meme

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: ASML reports Q3 order bookings down 53% QoQ to €2.6B, far below €5.39B est., and Q3 net income of €2.1B, in results apparently released early; ASML drops 15%+  —  – The chip gear maker’s orders missed estimates in third quarter  — ASML cut its guidance for next year on chip sector weakness Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Customer service AI startup Neuron7 raised a $44M Series B led by Smith Point Capital, and says it had 300% growth in ARR in 2023 and 65 full-time employees  —  Five-year-old AI customer service startup Neuron7 just closed an oversubscribed $44 million series B round led by Keith Block … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram enhances its profile sharing QR codes with a “profile card”, showing profile info on the front and, using a flip animation, a QR code on the back  —  Instagram is rolling out a new “profile card” feature that is essentially a digital business card for your profile. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: ASML reports Q3 order bookings down 53% QoQ to €2.6B, far below €5.39B est., and Q3 net income of €2.1B, in results apparently released early; ASML drops 15%+  —  – The chip gear maker’s orders missed estimates in third quarter  — ASML cut its guidance for next year on chip sector weakness Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Chrome begins disabling uBlock Origin as part of Google’s plan to phase out Manifest V2 extensions; uBlock Origin has 39M+ downloads on the Chrome Web Store  —  The browser is doing so as part of Google’s plan to phase out older Manifest V2 extensions to bolster Chrome’s security. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Google rolls out Android 15 to Pixel devices, adding privacy features like a “private space” for apps, security tools, and foldable and tablet improvements  —  Android 15 is now rolling out to Pixel devices, bringing them new privacy features, security tools, and improvements for foldables and tablets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Catherine McGrath / Fortune: Azra Games, a video game developer working on an RPG that uses web3 tech, raised a $42M Series A led by Pantera Capital, bringing its total raised to $68.3M  —  Azra Games was founded by veteran game designer, Mark Otero, in 2022.  —  GETTY IMAGES  —  Many crypto enthusiasts have tried … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: YouTube rolls out new features: granular playback speed controls, an improved miniplayer on iOS and Android, updated playlists, a sleep timer, and more  —  YouTube is making official a number of updates that it’s been testing in recent months, like the new miniplayer and several design updates. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Burgess / Wired: A review of Telegram communities involved in explicit nonconsensual content finds 50+ bots that claim to create such content, listing 4M+ total “monthly users”  —  Bots that “remove clothes” from images have run rampant on the messaging app, allowing people to create nonconsensual deepfake images … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Janie Har / Associated Press: Tech consultant Nima Momeni, charged in Cash App founder Bob Lee’s stabbing death in April 2023, goes on trial; the judge says it is set to last two months  —  The tech consultant charged in Cash App founder Bob Lee’s stabbing death had no motive to kill him and in fact was forced to defend himself … Lees verder op Tech Meme