Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: Netflix cut its prices on certain subscription tiers across 36+ countries in recent weeks, in some cases halving the cost; Netflix operates in 190+ countries  —  Move comes as streaming company says members ‘have never had more choices when it comes to entertainment’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: After the US passed the industry-supported $52B CHIPS Act, chipmakers turn cutthroat to snag a bigger share of the federal cash, setting off a lobbying frenzy  —  Semiconductor companies, which united to get the CHIPS Act approved, have set off a lobbying frenzy as they argue for more cash than their competitors. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Lurie / Wired: A look at IMDb’s top 300 contributors, including one who wrote 35K+ plot summaries, and the history of the Amazon-owned crowdsourced website predating Wikipedia  —  Powered by obsessed film buffs, it’s a crowdsourced juggernaut that’s older than Google and Wikipedia.  Now AI is threatening to steal the starring role. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Austin-based ProsperOps, whose software automatically optimizes cloud resources, raised a $72M Series A led by H.I.G. Growth, after previously raising ~$800K  —  The cloud is growing expensive.  According to a recent survey from ESG, more than half of companies say that their spending … Lees verder op Tech Meme