Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: SteamDB: after releasing its massive 1.6 update, Stardew Valley hit 146,159 concurrent players on Steam, a new record and above Palworld’s stats this week  —  The cozy farming simulator hit 146,159 concurrent players on Steam according to SteamDB data, smashing the game’s previous record … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Toronto-based PocketHealth, which helps 775 health care providers exchange images covering 1.5M patients to cut costs, raised a $33M Series B led by Round13  —  – It raised $33 million in a round led by Round13 Capital  — It aims to personalize health care through the use of AI Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: France fines Google €250M for failing to broker deals with media outlets over content linking and using press content to train AI, after a €500M fine in 2021  —  – Firm also accused of breaking other commitments in news case  — Watchdog levies €250 million penalty in latest escalation Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Tencent reports Q4 revenue up 7% YoY to ~$21.6B, vs. ~$21.8B est., a ~$3.8B net income, vs. ~$4.6B est., and plans a $12.8B+ stock buyback, as gaming sales slow  —  – Revenue growth in the quarter was its slowest in a year  — Tencent joins tech rivals in ramping up shareholder returns Lees verder op Tech Meme

Liz Alderman / New York Times: France begins work on “a national solution” to protect IT giant Atos, which manages nuclear data and cybersecurity, after Airbus talks failed; ATO.PA drops 20%+  —  The French government said it would seek “a national solution” to protect Atos, a debt-burdened company that serves nuclear programs and the military. Lees verder op Tech Meme