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Tencent reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$21.5B, in line with estimates, and net profit down 9% YoY to ~$5B, as games sales recovered from China's crackdown (Josh Ye/Reuters) 15-11-2023

Josh Ye / Reuters: Tencent reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$21.5B, in line with estimates, and net profit down 9% YoY to ~$5B, as games sales recovered from China’s crackdown  —  China’s Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) said third-quarter revenue climbed 10%, as its games business staged a robust recovery … Lees verder op Tech Meme

JD.com reports Q3 revenue up 1.7% YoY to ~$34B and net income up 33% YoY to ~$1.1B, helped by a better performance in its main business lines and cost controls (Ben Otto/Wall Street Journal) 15-11-2023

Ben Otto / Wall Street Journal: JD.com reports Q3 revenue up 1.7% YoY to ~$34B and net income up 33% YoY to ~$1.1B, helped by a better performance in its main business lines and cost controls  —  The bottom line was also boosted by nonoperating income  —  Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com beat analyst estimates … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Irish Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon plans to exit on February 19 after nearly 10 years; the GDPR transformed the DPC into the EU's top tech regulator (Stephanie Bodoni/Bloomberg) 15-11-2023

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: Irish Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon plans to exit on February 19 after nearly 10 years; the GDPR transformed the DPC into the EU’s top tech regulator  —  – Helen Dixon this year slapped Meta with biggest GDPR fine yet  — Irish watchdog is lead EU data enforcer for Meta and Apple Lees verder op Tech Meme

How volunteer social media communities, like the 39K-member Facebook group Thee Unidentified & Unsolved, are now using AI to help identify dead people in the US (Deidre Olsen/Wired) 15-11-2023

Deidre Olsen / Wired: How volunteer social media communities, like the 39K-member Facebook group Thee Unidentified & Unsolved, are now using AI to help identify dead people in the US  —  Poverty, fentanyl, and lack of public funding mean morgues are overloaded with unidentified bodies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google updates Google Maps to add transit directions for “lowest cost”, “less walking”, “fewer transfers,” and more, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge) 15-11-2023

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Google updates Google Maps to add transit directions for “lowest cost”, “less walking”, “fewer transfers,” and more, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists  —  Google announced a slew of updates to Maps, including improved transit directions, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta calls for legislation requiring app stores to get parental approval for kids aged 13 to 15 to download apps, pushing Google and Apple to play a bigger role (Washington Post) 15-11-2023

Washington Post: Meta calls for legislation requiring app stores to get parental approval for kids aged 13 to 15 to download apps, pushing Google and Apple to play a bigger role  —  The tech giant is calling for legislation requiring that parents approve teens’ downloads on app stores like Google and Apple Lees verder op Tech Meme

Be My Eyes, an app for the blind and visually impaired, says Microsoft plans to add Be My AI tech to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for customer service (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg) 15-11-2023

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: Be My Eyes, an app for the blind and visually impaired, says Microsoft plans to add Be My AI tech to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for customer service  —  – Company is working with Be My Eyes app for visually impaired  — Service will help users install software updates, troubleshoot Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon announces Astro for Business, letting SMBs buy its Alexa-powered Astro security robot for $2,350 per unit for sites no larger than 5,000 square feet (Daniel Cooper/Engadget) 15-11-2023

Daniel Cooper / Engadget: Amazon announces Astro for Business, letting SMBs buy its Alexa-powered Astro security robot for $2,350 per unit for sites no larger than 5,000 square feet  —  Astro for Business aims to automate nighttime patrols.  —  It’s been a couple of years since Amazon first showed off Astro … Lees verder op Tech Meme

PitchBook: Coinbase Ventures, Kraken Ventures, and Binance Labs significantly cut dealmaking since Q1 2022; Coinbase did 11 deals in Q3, down from 65 in Q1 2022 (Hannah Miller/Bloomberg) 15-11-2023

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: PitchBook: Coinbase Ventures, Kraken Ventures, and Binance Labs significantly cut dealmaking since Q1 2022; Coinbase did 11 deals in Q3, down from 65 in Q1 2022  —  Even crypto companies are pulling back on crypto venture capital. … It’s the all-time biggest backer of industry startups … Lees verder op Tech Meme