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SoftBank reports an adjusted ~$300M investment gain for its Vision Funds in Q2, as Vision Fund 1 gained $2.5B thanks Arm's IPO while Vision Fund 2 lost $2.1B (Financial Times) 09-11-2023

Financial Times: SoftBank reports an adjusted ~$300M investment gain for its Vision Funds in Q2, as Vision Fund 1 gained $2.5B thanks Arm’s IPO while Vision Fund 2 lost $2.1B  —  Japanese tech conglomerate hit by falling valuations in portfolio companies  —  SoftBank Group posted an unexpected ¥931bn … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sony reports Q2 revenue of ~$18.5B, up 8% YoY, operating profit down 29% YoY to ~$1.74B, chips division profit down 38%, PS5 sales of 4.9M vs. 3.3M in Q2 2022 (Sam Nussey/Reuters) 09-11-2023

Sam Nussey / Reuters: Sony reports Q2 revenue of ~$18.5B, up 8% YoY, operating profit down 29% YoY to ~$1.74B, chips division profit down 38%, PS5 sales of 4.9M vs. 3.3M in Q2 2022  —  Sony’s (6758.T) operating profit fell 29% in the July-September quarter as the company was hit by a weaker performance at its image sensor and financial divisions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Epic v. Google: Google exec Purnima Kochikar says Google offered to pay Epic $147M over a three years period ending in 2021 to launch Fortnite on Play Store (Adi Robertson/The Verge) 09-11-2023

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Epic v. Google: Google exec Purnima Kochikar says Google offered to pay Epic $147M over a three years period ending in 2021 to launch Fortnite on Play Store  —  Google has confirmed in court that Epic was offered a $147 million deal to launch its hit game Fortnite on Android’s Google Play store. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bob Iger says Disney “would like to stay” in India as Hotstar struggles to avoid churn; Hotstar lost ~23M subscribers in the past year including 2.8M in Q4 2023 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 09-11-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Bob Iger says Disney “would like to stay” in India as Hotstar struggles to avoid churn; Hotstar lost ~23M subscribers in the past year including 2.8M in Q4 2023  —  Bob Iger said Wednesday that Disney “would like to stay” in India and is considering its options in the world’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tech executives and officials detail how the Indian government used new rules, censorship, and law enforcement to break Twitter's resistance to takedown orders (Washington Post) 09-11-2023

Washington Post: Tech executives and officials detail how the Indian government used new rules, censorship, and law enforcement to break Twitter’s resistance to takedown orders  —  NEW DELHI — For years, a committee of executives from U.S. technology companies and Indian officials convened every two weeks … Lees verder op Tech Meme

OpenAI says it's grappling with “abnormal traffic” and has spotted signs of a DDoS attack resulting in periodic outages of its services (Bloomberg) 09-11-2023

Bloomberg: OpenAI says it’s grappling with “abnormal traffic” and has spotted signs of a DDoS attack resulting in periodic outages of its services  —  – OpenAI says on its site it’s grappling with “abnormal traffic”  — The US startup introduced a preview version of GPT-4 Turbo Lees verder op Tech Meme

A US judge rules that automakers' use of on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept owners' texts and call logs doesn't violate Washington state law (Suzanne Smalley/The Record) 09-11-2023

Suzanne Smalley / The Record: A US judge rules that automakers’ use of on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept owners’ texts and call logs doesn’t violate Washington state law  —  A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington … Lees verder op Tech Meme