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Elon Musk's intent in buying Twitter apparently was not only to dismantle a traditional media tool but also to turn Twitter into a right-wing media heavyweight (Philip Bump/Washington Post) 24-05-2023

Philip Bump / Washington Post: Elon Musk’s intent in buying Twitter apparently was not only to dismantle a traditional media tool but also to turn Twitter into a right-wing media heavyweight  —  It was only a year ago that Elon Musk, then simply the guy who was hoping to buy Twitter, insisted that his politics sat squarely at the center of the national spectrum. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sony says it sold ~600K PS VR2 units during the first six weeks of availability since launching on February 22, 8% more than PS VR sales six weeks from launch (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle) 24-05-2023

Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle: Sony says it sold ~600K PS VR2 units during the first six weeks of availability since launching on February 22, 8% more than PS VR sales six weeks from launch  —  THE PS5 HEADSET SOLD AROUND 600,000 UNITS IN ITS FIRST SIX WEEKS  —  PlayStation VR2’s early sales are ahead of what its PS4-powered predecessor managed, Sony has claimed. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tokyo-based taxi-hailing app Go says it raised ~$72M from Goldman Sachs at a ~$1B valuation and commands 70% of the Japanese market, outpacing Uber and Didi (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg) 24-05-2023

Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: Tokyo-based taxi-hailing app Go says it raised ~$72M from Goldman Sachs at a ~$1B valuation and commands 70% of the Japanese market, outpacing Uber and Didi  —  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has made Japan’s leading taxi-hailing provider, Go Inc., a unicorn with its biggest startup investment in the country. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samsung demos multiple OLED panels, including a long rollable display and one that measures heart rate, blood pressure, and stress levels from a user's finger (Jon Porter/The Verge) 24-05-2023

Jon Porter / The Verge: Samsung demos multiple OLED panels, including a long rollable display and one that measures heart rate, blood pressure, and stress levels from a user’s finger  —  The Rollable Flex is an interesting new flexible screen from Samsung Display that can be unrolled from just 49mm to 254.4mm, over five times its length. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft adds native support for rar, 7-zip, tar, gz, and other archive formats to Windows 11, via the libarchive open-source project (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch) 23-05-2023

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Microsoft adds native support for rar, 7-zip, tar, gz, and other archive formats to Windows 11, via the libarchive open-source project  —  It’s 1999, and my friends and I are surfing warez sites using Internet Explorer on our 98SE gaming rig.  Finally we push past the scams and porn to find … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elliptic: some Chinese chemical suppliers accept cryptocurrency for fentanyl ingredients and the majority use “three specific exchanges” based outside of China (Andy Greenberg/Wired) 24-05-2023

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Elliptic: some Chinese chemical suppliers accept cryptocurrency for fentanyl ingredients and the majority use “three specific exchanges” based outside of China  —  And it’s happening in plain sight.  —  Fentanyl has long been one of the most dangerous wares … Lees verder op Tech Meme