Chris Welch / The Verge: Sonos appoints software veteran Hugo Barra to its board, replacing Mike Volpi, who is stepping down after 15 years; Barra is /dev/agents’ Chief Product Officer  —  Barra led Android during a critical phase and also served as VP of Oculus at Meta. … As Sonos continues a company-wide effort … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: BeReal rolls out in-feed ads in the US, after Voodoo acquired it for €500M; BeReal says it has ~40M MAUs, including 5M in the US, and 85% of its users are Gen Z  —  It’s time for BeReal to get real — it’s difficult to turn a profit on a social photo-sharing app without selling ads or memberships. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sharon Goldman / Fortune: Some Meta insiders fear FAIR is “dying a slow death” as Joelle Pineau exits in May; Yann LeCun says it’s “a new beginning” for “Advanced Machine Intelligence”  —  Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta Platforms Inc. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: Razer launches Razer PC Remote Play, which streams PC games to mobile devices running Windows 11, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, or Android 14+ at their native resolutions  —  Razer PC Remote Play streams games to mobile devices at their native resolutions and aspect ratios. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: Trump signs a bill repealing IRS rules that treat DeFi platforms as brokers and require them to report user data, the first pro-crypto effort to clear Congress  —  The successful reversal of the Internal Revenue Service rule marks the first time the industry got a significant pro-crypto effort through Congress. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority: Oppo launches the Find X8 Ultra in China, with a 6.82 OLED, a Snapdragon 8 Elite, a 6,100mAh battery, four rear cameras, and 100W charging, starting at ~$890  —  Unfortunately, the Find X8 Ultra isn’t coming to global markets.  —  •  —  •  —  • … What if the Pro wasn’t enough for you, though? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ann Cao / South China Morning Post: China discloses details about its ~$8.2B AI Industry Investment Fund, aimed at early-stage investments in AI projects, established with money from the Big Fund  —  The AI Industry Investment Fund was established by the industry and finance ministries with money from the Big Fund Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: OpenAI rolls out a ChatGPT memory feature that references past chats for answers, starting with ChatGPT Pro and Plus subscribers, but not in the UK and the EEA  —  OpenAI announced on Thursday that it’s starting to roll out a new memory feature in ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to tailor … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Canva debuts Canva AI, which lets users generate images, design ideas, and documents, and Canva Code, for creating mini apps that can be integrated in designs  —  Although there has been significant pushback from artists regarding the proliferation of AI design tools and the content used … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December 2024 meeting that China was behind the Volt Typhoon hacks, tying them to the US’ support for Taiwan  —  A senior Chinese official linked intrusions to escalating U.S. support for Taiwan  —  WASHINGTON—Chinese officials acknowledged … Lees verder op Tech Meme